Retrieve list of checked out files from Team Foundation Server

There are times when you want to know who has not checked in their files. This will happen when migrating servers, removing a workspace of a non existent user etc. we can use the “tf” command line utility for retrieving all files that are checked out by a specific user.

Forcefully CheckIn a file that is CheckedOut by a different user–TF50605 –Team Foundation Server

  This is a big issue in Team Foundation Server (TFS), how to get rid of this? Sometime users(system crash, different domain, or users that are not in Active directoy) forget to CheckIn files that were cehecked out by them exclusively. The only solution to this problem is to restore the version that was Checked [...]

‘Google Places’ for Pakistan

Google does it again for Local businesses in Pakistan. Google has launched it services ‘Google Places’ which is the new version of ‘Local Business Centre’. It is free web based service for business owners to to claim their business and publish useful information about their business. This service will work on top of Google Maps.

FIFA Ballon d’Or nominations for 2010

From this year onward two most prestigious prize in football are merged, and now the best player in the world will now also be recognized by a single award – FIFA Ballon d’Or.

Ten finest strikers in Barclays Premier League

Following is the list of some fearful strikers in Barclays Premier league:

Cannot Resolve Collation Conflict

Collation can be defined at column level in MS SQL Server. An annoying error that comes up when using two columns that have different collations defined.

Windows Internet Explorer 9 Beta Launched

Microsoft has launched its new Internet Explorer 9 for beta testing. Its interface looks good, Microsoft says it is more secure and stable from previous versions, And with more enhanced piracy settings it is now more safer. Additional/Download information can be obtained from following links: http://www.beautyoftheweb.com/ https://partner.microsoft.com/40146845

Google Instant | More faster Search from Google

Once again, Google fastest search engine has became more faster .  Sometimes when users do not know the exact keyword for their search, Google Instant Suggestion is the solution. More information on this can be obtained from: http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20015857-264.html?tag=rb_content;carouselMain

Percentage of Work completed – SQL Server

Today, I was taking a manual backup of a database through a scheduled Job. Normally this backup job takes about 1 hour to complete, but today it was still executing for almost 3 hours. I started to look up Activity monitor, dbcc commands for any lock against the database, but of no avail. After searching [...]

Get indexes on all tables – SQL Server

An important ingredient in database designing is creating, maintaining and rebuilding indexes after some specified intervals. One main  aspect of database tuning is to apply indexes. Index must exist in databases otherwise their would be a lot of performance issues. While searching across internet, i came across a script that will list all the tables [...]

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