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How to make XP look like Vista-Longhorn

So, how many of us are bored of looking at user interface of XP? Most of us, because Microsoft has only released 2-3 themes for XP from its launch. There are many different websites that allows to download themes for XP that are not developed by Microsoft. But by downloading them and adding them in [...]

TFS Migration Guidance Document

Team Foundation Server (TFS) product group and the Team System Rangers started a project on CodePlex called TFS Integration Platform, to facilitate the development of tools that integrate TFS with other systems. Currently, this tool allow to enable TFS to integrate with other version control and work-item/bug tracking systems, but the eventual goal of this [...]

How to list checked out files — TFS 2008

What is the procedure to list all the files checked out from team foundation server for a particular project? Also needs to traverse directories and sub directories for listing all files that are checked out.
There is a simple solution for this issue, provided through a command line tool of VS 2008. Open Visual Studio command [...]

Disable UAC in Windows 7

User Access control was a new feature introduced in windows vista, but has become increasingly annoying due to extra security clicks on performing simple windows operations.
Microsoft has changed User Access control features a little bit in Windows 7, and now it is some what better than its previous version of windows vista. Windows 7 UAC [...]

Configuring SSL for a website on IIS

To remove the issue of sending/receiving data on http, SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) is used to encrypt data for transmission.
In order to implement SSL successfully on your IIS, you need to get a Server Certificate. Server Certificates can be obtained from a trusted 3rd party CA such as VeriSign or Thawte.
Steps for Configuring SSL
To configure [...]

Hibernate – Insufficient system resources exist to complete the API

This annoying error comes up when a user tries to hibernate its system, and this error pops up and now the hibernation option is not available until system restarts.

 
 
 
 
This problem occurs because the Windows kernel power manager cannot obtain the memory resources that are required to prepare the computer to hibernate.
A Microsoft KB article [...]

Project not opening in Read/Write mode – Project Server 2007

Sometimes it happens that when a user want to open a project schedule from project professional it does not open in write mode. This is because that last time the project was opened it was not checked in properly. There are two ways to overcome this problem:

First, do not retrieve all projects from Server, instead [...]

Connect Project Professional to Project Server

Follow the steps to connect project professional 2007 to Project server 2007:

Open Project Professional.

Goto Tools -> Enterproze Options -> Microsoft Office project server Accounts

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
When clicked , following window is opened that shows the current accounts from which project professional is running

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Next Add a new Account , and fill in the required description.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Click [...]

Sorted timesheets in Import Timesheet – Project Server 2007

By default when we see the dropdown list of timesheets in the Import Timesheet page, they are not really sorted. And it is quite difficult to select the appropriate timesheet you want to import for your tasks to be updated. Follow the steps below to sort the timesheets:

Go to "ProjectServer_Published" database.

In Stored Procedures find the [...]

Project Server 2007 migration steps to new server

Some of the pre requisites for above mentioned operation are:

The new machine should have all the pre reqs for Project server installation (Sharepoint Central Administration, Web application, Project Application Service etc.)
Same service packs/Patches are to be installed on the new machine.
New machine has got same databases restored on it DB.
Content Database is [...]

open sharepoint websites in mozilla firefox

If you use Firefox along with Internet Explorer, each time you want to open up an internal network site or SharePoint or Team System Web Access etc…you have to provide your windows credentials or log in with some valid details. This will repeat with every page you access and have to use Internet Explorer to [...]

Job Queue hangs – Project Server 2007

If you are working on a project using Office Project 2007 to list out all the tasks and when you publish the project after completion, there might be a indefinite pause for publishing the project. The Resources allocated might not be notified of the changes. If you notice the office project status bar.
What happens is, [...]

Service Unavailable – Error message

When you configure your IIS webserver and find the following message Service Unavailable Then the first solution to the above error is http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?id=823552 but if this does not solve the problem try doing the following stuff. Open the IIS Manager, right click Web Sites [...]

Remote Access Timeout

When using remote access you may find that uploading or downloading a large file or a group of files will cause the connection to time out before the operation finishes with the error message "The remote connection to the computer timed out. Please connect again."
By default, remote access is configured to timeout after 20 minutes, [...]

Security Certificate problem

If you are using a computer without the connector (console) software on it (e.g. at work trying to access your home server) and you try to connect to the web interface of WHS then the following error appears:
If you are using a computer without the connector (console) software on it (e.g. at work trying to [...]

The terminal server has exceeded the maximum number of allowed connections

When a user establishes a Remote Desktop connection to the WHS this connection will remain active until the user selects "Log Off" from the Start Menu. If a user simply closes the remote desktop window when they’re finished, that username will still remain logged on.

 
 
 
 
The software running on the WHS to facilitate the Remote [...]

How to update Quick Launch links programmatically in SharePoint and WSS 3.0

Updating quick launch navigation in SharePoint is much simpler with WSS 3.0 Microsoft.SharePoint.Navigation API. Please refer to the following sample code that will help you to iterate through all quick launch links in SharePoint sites and update them as per your liking.
private static void Traverse(string top, string from, string to)
{

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Passing Querystring Parameters to a Silverlight Control

The approach to passing Querystring parameters to a Silverlight 2.0 Control that works for me is pretty simple. We check for the presence of Querystrings in the app.xaml Application_Startup using the Silverlight HTML Bridge and pass those values to the page’s constructor.
APP.XAML ——————————–
private void Application_Startup(object sender, StartupEventArgs e) { [...]

TFS Credentails

I was trying to connect to a TFS server in another domain, but without success. I could connect to the TFS web services through FireFox after providing the correct credentials, but Visual Studio was simply failing with a TF31002: Unable to connect to this Team foundation Server: tfs.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Click OK and the moment of truth…
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How to Upgrade to the Full Version of Team Foundation Server

Overall I’ve had good first impressions of Team Foundation Server, which I installed and configured for a client. We installed TFS Workgroup Edition to get started and later wanted to upgrade to the full version, which the client acquired through volume licensing. Upgrading from Workgroup (or Trial) Edition to the full version using a volume [...]