MSDN 2010: Complete offline help for VS 2010
You can download the complete MSDN 2010 from this link:
http://vshelpdownloader.codeplex.com/releases
This is an .exe which allows you to select the topics and tools for which you want the help
good luck!
How to: Install Netgear WG311v3 Wireless Driver in Win7 – 64 bit
Those who have 32 bit version of windows 7 and want to install Netgear WG311v3 driver then read this article else follow the steps below to install the driver for 64 bit windows 7
By default 64 bit windows 7 does not allow any digitally unsigned driver to load in memory; this is as per the architecture. Here are the steps to follow in order to have your driver installed and working properly:
1. download netgear WG311v3 driver for windows 7
2. once download is complete; right click the .exe file and under “compatibility” tab select OS “vista SP3″ and “run as administrator”
3. install the driver and in end windows will say plug out the h/w and put it back and restart. click ok but dont take out the wireless card and dont restart.
4. install ReadyDriverPlus and follow the wizard; if you are not sure about the options then do not change anything and install with default settings. This will enable windows to boot without “signed driver” option. This step is important
5. Restart windows now; you will notice some screens will appear and automatically windows will load with settings “disable the signed driver” option
6. Once windows starts; you wil notice that netgear setup continues; select your geo region and you will see the networks you can connect to.
hope it helps someone 
Increase .vdi file size in Virtual Box
This is for those who are using virtual box on windows operating XP or higher
Sorry for very brief article bur running short of time and want to publish this one before going offline.
By any chance if you have a fixed sized .vdi file and running short of space and want to increase the file size then follow the below steps to achieve the success.
1. Search for “CloneVDI” tool in google and download version 2 or later
2. Start the downloaded application and select the .vdi file you want to expand
3. Do not change the new file name at this time; which you can change later
4. Under section options select the following choices:
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Generate new UUID
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Increase the virtual drive size to: enter the new space size in GB
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Increase the partition size
Click Proceed button; it will take some time to finish
5. Download .ISO file of gparted version 0.8.0
6.Goto virtual box manager -> select the file and click settings
7. Goto storage tab and right click Sata Controller section on right side; select the cloned file created at step 2
8. Now right click IDE Controller section and select the gparted ISO file and click ok
9. Start the selected environment in order to choose and apply the expanded .vdi file. During setup the gpart environment should load itself and if not then make sure that it is done
10. While gpart loads there will be a screen asking to make a selection related to “keyboard”; dont change anything and just enter and continue
11. Then you will be prompted for default language and i assume that yours english so just press enter and continue
12. You will be prompted to load what mode of gpart to load; again here just press enter and Gpart will finally load
13. Now on top right side of the gpart window you will see a list box containing two partitions; the one with small file size and big file size.
14. Select the partition from the list box that you want to copy and then in the iddle of the screen you will the visual details of the selected partition; right click over the partition and select Copy
15. Now select the new partition and right click in the detail pane and select Paste
16. On the main toolbar select Apply and wait for a while gpart copies the partition to the expanded one
17. Once the operation is completed; right the expanded partition and select Flags options; select “boot” and click ok
18. Close the virtual box environment and before restarting it; goto settings and remove the .ISO from IDE controller and remove the old .vdi file
19. Now restart the environment and windows will run chkdsk and will boot with no issues
20. Goto windows explorer and check the disk space
Trial key for MS Project Server 2010
The key mentioned over microsoft site for trialing MSPS is:
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W7FTF-FPKGY-WHYHD-JCQ9B-K8H2F |
the above key will not work so instead try the below key.
HRPDM-9C238-7YD9V-DBBR7-QB6BQ
Report Build 3.0 for Reporting Services 2010 Integrated With Sharepoint 2010…
When i installed moss2010 and integrated it with msrs then i found that the report builder installed by default was v1.0. Then i googled about it and found many examples that were referring v3.0
New version has some good features and explore them you can find it here
rsServerConfigurationError in Reporting Services 2008…
This solution will work for those who installed the following on single machine or virtual environment:
- SQL Server 2008 R2
- Reporting Services
- MOSS 2010
Two points to recollect:
Firstly, you installed all above on single machine
Secondly, while configuring reporting services via RS configuration manager; the default user that is selected under Service Account is *network service*
And I also had the same above configuration on my machine but I was not able to access Rerporting Services link as I was getting rsServerConfigurationError error
I also went thru a terrible time and pain while looking for a solution and after hitting over 100 links on Google and then i thought to try something new on Central Admin site of SharePoint and i clicked *Add a Report Server to the Integration* link under Reporting Services section which is under Central Administration -> General Application Settings (2nd last link on left pane)
The page displays information about the server name which was selected while installing MOSS and SQL.
I didn’t change anything and I clicked Ok button and J after a while I found the solution.
In this case Network Service account by default expects the authentication to done as if MOSS is installed on a Farm. Since this is a single machine environment hence you need to change the configuration of reporting services via RS configuration manager.
So open RS config manager and after connecting RS; click on left side *Service Account* and select the 2nd option *Use another account* and enter the admin user details
The moment you change the setting and click Apply button; then click *Database* on left side and configure the same username details thru the wizard
Stop and Start reporting services and click http://<yourservername>:80/Reports
It should work and I hope above info may have helped you.
Howto: Find wireless channel in windows 7…
There are times while exploring out for something you may want to know the channel on which your wireless network is up.
Follow below simple steps to find out….
1. open CMD
2. type netsh
3. then type wlan
4. and finally type “show all”
Windows will display all the relevant details for your wireless network
Hope this may help some of you
How to Disable/Clear Recent MRU Items from Jump List of Windows 7
The easiest way of doing this is to follow these steps:
1. Right Click on Taskbar and Select Properties
2. Now click on Start Menu Tab
3. Uncheck “Store and Display Recently Opened Items in the Start menu and the taskbar”
Taskbar window
If you just want to clear complete recent item list then *uncheck* the selected option
Hope it helps.
How TO: Clear Skype 4.1x IM Chat and Call History?
All you need to do is choose Tools > Options, go to the Privacy tab then Privacy Settings and hit the ‘Clear History’ button.
A dialog box will popup asking you for confirmation regarding deleting all previous text chats, voicemail, calls, file transfers and SMS messages. Hit Delete and you’re done. The Skype call and chat history has been deleted.
Also, If you want to disable or turn off Skype history, just use the ‘No History’ option under ‘Keep History for’ in the Privacy tab.
How to Boot Windows7 More Faster?
One of the new features in windows 7 is that now you can configure your services to start a bit later after you have logged on to windows. To configure any service earlier windows had only 3 options:
- Automatic
- Disable
- Manual
But now windows have a new option Automatic (Delay Start); so now you can setup services that are not system specific and you can feel the difference. To setup it you can goto Services and right click a service and select the new option that is shown below
make windows to work faster for you
