My workstation now has multiple monitors

Finally!!! Last week just got my workstation configured for multiple monitors. Now I can VNC/RDP/Web Browse/Debug at the same time without having to switch applications.

Here is one view of my workstation: -

Checking my mails and looking at the blunder Mexico committed after the first goal.

Another view with wallpaper changed. One monitor running VS 2010 and another VS 2008. Now thats dual development

Working with VS2010 and VS2008 side-by-side

As for the images, courtesy goes to Asim’s Samsung S5620 Monte. Great Phone, Great Nick. Thanks Monte

TortoiseSVN messes up the Windows XP context menu

To fix this issue, open the registry editor using ‘regedit’ in the start menu > run command
and then browse to path,

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\TortoiseSVN

Add ‘—’ hypens in beginning of the key as shown in the image above, save and close.

That’s all.

How to install Windows Sharepoint Services 3.0 on Windows XP for Visual Studio 2008 Extensions (VSeWSS)

Major concern of the day:

Problem:
“This product cannot be installed if Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 has been installed first.“

How can I install “Windows SharePoint Services 3.0: Visual Studio 2008 Extensions (VSeWSS)“
for non-Windows 2003 server OS. My problem here is with Windows XP.

Solution:

A simple hack in the registry.

Go to key,

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Web Server Extensions]

Create a key [12.0] and add a new string “Sharepoint” with value “Installed”

Why does my USB Flash drive not show up in Explorer or My Computer

The most hectic issue. Workaround was to open Disk Management in My Computer > Manage window and explore the flash drive from there.

But finally I have found the fix. The problem child was Daemon Tools.
Simply renamed the SPTD.sys file in C:\[WindowOS Folder]\System32\Drivers folder. And it started working. Although had to get rid of Daemon tools for the time being, till they resolve this issue in their newer release.

DNS Changes Automatically to 85.xxx.xxx.xxx

My PC was infected with a trojan last week. The main objective of this trojan was to change the default DNS entries to its own preferred DNS server. In my case it pointed to 85.255.xxx.xxx and I was unable to access SQL Server (on my LAN) using windows authentication. Since my preferred DNS was the domain controller and now that dns entry kept changing to the trojan preferred DNS server.

Finally after a lot of search over the internet, this was the best possible solution I found and resolved my issue.

http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_143834.htm

The part that did the trick was,

1. Click on Start->Run and type “netsh” followed the ENTER key.
2. Type “int ip reset reset.log” followed by the ENTER key.
3. Type “quit” followed by the ENTER key.