How to fix problems with SSL certs in Plesk
The Problem: You attempt to install (or renew) an SSL certificate in Plesk (web hosting management software) but when you follow the instructions (meaning add the certificate in Plesk, and then going to the “Setup” screen for the domain, you do not have the option of selecting the renewed certificate. The Cause: This is the […]
How to fix invisible view in ASP.net mvc
This is not the most significant I know, but the goal is to document every problem that took more than 15 minutes to solve, and I did try the more complicated methods before I tried the obvious one, so here it is. The Problem: When programming in ASP.net MVC in Visual Studio 2008 you create […]
How to fix Quickbooks 2010 printing problem on 64 Bit Windows, (Error Code -30)
I intended the focus of the “How To Fix” posts to be Silverlight, but as I’ve encountered other problems while setting up the business, I’m posting those. The rule I established is “If it takes more than 15 minutes to fix, it gets documented” so here we go. The Problem: You finally get Quickbooks 2010 […]
Quick review of RescueTime
Yesterday I downloaded and installed RescueTime – So far I like it. It hasn’t had that much time to gather data but it does identify many weak ponts. A longer review will be coming as soon as there is more to work with. This post originally appeared on the Stronico blog – with the […]
At long last QuickBooks will work
After recreating an XP 32bit Pro installation on two different drives, I finally get QuickBooks 2010 to work on my machine. Now to actually use it and see if it is the fun everyone tells me it is. This post originally appeared on the Stronico blog – with the absorption of Stronico into Digital […]
QuickBooks Conversion tool will not work with 64 bit Windows, or Accounting software wants to kill me
First Microsoft discontinues Office Accounting 2009 a mere four months after I install it and spend 40 hours trying to get it working over the network with XP. Then I make the move to QuickBooks due to this press release, and discover that their oh so magnificent data conversion tool will not work with either […]
How to migrate a user profile in Vista
In a previous post I detailed the simple procedure of leaving a domain and joining a workgroup in Vista. The catch is… The Problem: When you leave the domain, the user profile is basically destroyed and a crippled version is put in it’s place. Very little documentation exists on how to prevent this, and the […]
How to leave a domain and join a workgroup in Vista
This is another one of those non-Silverlight problems, but since it created such a massive time sink I thought I would blog about it. The Problem: You want to leave a domain for whatever reason (in my case, I wasn’t using the server for anything) and join a workgroup. The Cause: The solution at first […]
How to fix Blogger page title problems
I was perusing my Google Analytics reports and did some checking on came across some sub optimal page structure. The Problem: Blogger (my blogging platform of choice) sets page titles in reverse. More specifically Blogger will set the title of a post as “Stronico Contact Management – How to fix browser size problem in Silverlight” […]
Thoughts on Create Your Own Economy by Tyler Cowen
I recently finished Create Your Own Economy by Tyler Cowen and loved it. I found it to be an insightful treatise on the Autistic Spectrum and it raised many thoughts which are still bouncing around my head. As a self-diagnosed Aspie – I was particularly fascinated by the part about degrees of difference, mainly that […]