Common Task Scheduler Event IDs
Here is a list of the most common Event IDs in the History tab for Windows Scheduled Tasks. Event ID Description 100 Task Started 101 Task Start Failed 102 Task completed 103 Action start failed 106 Task registered 107 Task triggered on scheduler 108 Task triggered on...
Common Task Scheduler Operational Codes
Here are some hard to find Operational Codes that you find in the History tab in Windows Task Scheduler. Very useful for trying to figure out why your scheduled task isn't working. Op Codes Description 0 or 0x0 The operation completed successfully. 1 or 0x1 Incorrect...
How To Add Apps to Windows Startup Folder
When a computer reboots, there may be certain applications that need to be started. This was easy to do in Windows XP. All that you need to do is drag a shortcut to the app into the Startup folder through the Start menu -> All Programs -> Startup. However, in...
Software Installation Sites for Eclipse
After installing Sloeber (the Arduino plugin for Eclipse), the software installation sites were deleted. This will prevent Eclipse from making updates to the installed plugins. These are the sites that I use with my Eclipse for PHP Developers setup which can be...
Installing MS SQL Server on Ubuntu
At Microsoft Connect(); 2016, it was announced that MS SQL Server was available for Linux (Ubuntu and RedHat) and MacOS. This was a real surprise and I'm not sure if its free or not. It was an easy installation on Ubuntu 16 running on HyperV on a Windows 2012...
A Better Error Page on the Canada Immigration Site
Tonight during the historic US election, the Canadian Immigration site (http://www.cic.gc.ca/) was down. I’m sure it had nothing to do with Americans trying to leave their country and move to Canada in light of the imminent Trump victory. The following ASP.NET error...
Direct URL for a Store in XMPie uStore
You can login to an XMPie uStore using a direct URL. This is just for debugging purposes. Normally an outside user will use a friendly URL that the proxy server generates. The URL for accessing a store is: ...
How To Download Visual Studio 2015 for Offline Install
I don't mind online installers. They're convenient but if your installing a multi-gigabyte application, you don't want to reinstall it this way. Visual Studio 2015 is one of those apps. This, in my humble opinion, is the best software developer tool out there. If it...
Using an Apostrophe in a Variable in MSSQL
A user created an account in my web application which had an apostrophe in their e-mail address. It was similar to First_D'Second@website.com. I didn't think that an apostrophe was a valid character for an e-mail so I didn't have any code to prevent it from crashing...
Setup Emergency Alerts !important
I've compiled a list of important emergency alerts that should be on your cell phone and Twitter accounts. These can be found on the EmergencyInfoBC web site, but I summarized the important data to use with your devices for receiving these alerts. Two of these are...
