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IE8 + Win7 = pain [IE8 + Win7 = pain]

phreaks — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:12:05 GMT

IE8 will not run on one account on my laptop. It runs fine under another account. The account that it does actually run under is a non-domain account (not sure if that matters here). The symptoms are as soon as I start IE8, it crashes. I have disabled all add-ins and tried launching in in-private mode, neither matter.

I also removed IE8 and reinstalled it using "Turn Windows Features on or Off". That did not resolve the issue.

I have looked everywhere for a solution and came up empty handed.

Does anyone know of anything else I can try to fix this?

Here is the event log entry for the crash.

Faulting application name: iexplore.exe, version: 8.0.7600.16385, time stamp: 0x4a5bc69e
Faulting module name: IEFRAME.dll, version: 8.0.7600.16385, time stamp: 0x4a5bda08
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x001ac13a
Faulting process id: 0x13b8
Faulting application start time: 0x01ca3dff5f851743
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Windows\system32\IEFRAME.dll
Report Id: 9d883633-a9f2-11de-b515-001dd9e73b7f

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Help with refactoring [Help with refactoring]

phreaks — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 04:35:07 GMT

I'm looking for some refactoring tips.

Can anyone give me some? I consistantly spend way too much time refactoring, how do I know when some code is good enough?

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DateTime.Subtract = WTF? [DateTime.Subtract = WTF?]

phreaks — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 04:37:42 GMT

This is not the results I expected - Am I totally misunderstanding something here?

Should (8/20/2009 12:26:45 AM - 8/19/2009 1:22:00 PM) really return a result of 4 minutes?

==========================================

TimeSpan spanDiff = DateTime.Now.Subtract(GetDateTimeFromSessionFolderName(sessionChildFolder.Name));

LogHelper.Info("Time calc = " + DateTime.Now.ToString() + " - " + GetDateTimeFromSessionFolderName(sessionChildFolder.Name).ToString());

LogHelper.Info("Diff = " + spanDiff.Minutes.ToString());

=========================================

OUTPUT

=========================================

Time calc = 8/20/2009 12:26:45 AM - 8/19/2009 1:22:00 PM
Diff = 4

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Nevermind [Nevermind]

phreaks — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:33:26 GMT

My bad, question rescinded for lack of clarity on my part

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GACUTIL /NOLOGO - what's the nologo do? [GACUTIL /NOLOGO - what's the nologo do?]

phreaks — Tue, 26 May 2009 20:22:54 GMT

I would like to create a script to gac/de-gac assemblies, all the GAC samples include the nologo switch, does anyone know what it does?

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Can I overload a Ctor on a Generic Type? [Can I overload a Ctor on a Generic Type?]

phreaks — Mon, 04 May 2009 15:54:46 GMT

[code language="C#"]
public class LogEngine<T> where T : BaseLogEngine, new()
{
    BaseLogEngine _logger;

    public LogEngine()
    {
        _logger = new T();
    }

    // Is there a way to do this?
    public LogEngine(String LogFilePath)
    {
        _logger = new T(LogFilePath);
    }

    public void Log(LogItem logItem)
    {
        _logger.Log(logItem);
    }

}
[/code]

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Async HttpModule [Async HttpModule]

phreaks — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:22:22 GMT

I want to build a logging module that I can easily plug into all my sites.

I am thinking that using an HttpModule would be the best idea since I can easily incorporate it into all my existing sites.

Since the main responsibility of the module is logging, and logging actions take some time to complete I want to have my logging functions run async.

I've never used an httpmodule previously, and there doesn't seem to be a ton of good examples out there .

Does anyone have any feedback on the merits of utilizing an httpmodule for this functionality?

Should I be concerned about spinning up threads (in a threadpool) within an httpmodule? Will it noticeably impact performance?

Any other thoughts are appreciated as well.

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Pointless but funny video [Pointless but funny video]

phreaks — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:41:37 GMT

This made me lol

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DataSet Memory not being Collected? [DataSet Memory not being Collected?]

phreaks — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:36:56 GMT

I have an app that uses pages results from Sql Server (2008) into a Typed Dataset.

I fetch about 20k rows at a clip and then dump the rows to a text file in a loop. In the end I should have 1.5 to 8 million rows written.

This process continues until all the records have been retrieved from the DB and written to the text file.

I've noticed that my memory grows linearly each iteration until I get OOM exceptions. I've narrowed the cause down to the DataSet.

I am implementing the disposable pattern, and that has no effect either.

Any ideas?

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PC building - I7 or Core2 Quad? [PC building - I7 or Core2 Quad?]

phreaks — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:51:28 GMT

Anyone have any good measurements for deciding on a Core2 Quad vs an I7 from a performance perspective?

Is there enough of a perf gain to justify the price differences?

I've heard that the I7 only slightly out-performs the Quad cores, anyone have any insight into the credibility of that statement?

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Windows Max Memory - Why? [Windows Max Memory - Why?]

phreaks — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 01:17:51 GMT

I am thinking of building a new pc and using the Intel i7 chip, the mobo I am looking at supports 24 Gb of Memory and that got me thinking as to what OS would support that much memory.

I don't really understand what the issues are or what the actual barriers are, but I thought it was 4Gb for 32 bit Windows and 8 Gb for 64 bit?

I found this, and it says Windows Server 2008 Enterprise would, can anyone verify that it would support more than 8 Gb of Memory?
Actually it says Vista Ultimate can address 128 Gb of memory, is this true? I thought I have heard ppl stating that 8 Gb was max.

If so, why can't Vista and Win7 address this much memory as well?

I'm pretty confused, can someone please enlighten me.

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It's snowing [It's snowing]

phreaks — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 19:25:39 GMT

Right now.

Wtf.

I wish that Global Warming would hurry up and arrive, seriously.

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ASP.NET Profile Provider [ASP.NET Profile Provider]

phreaks — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 21:16:42 GMT

I've never ever used the profile stuff bundled into ASP.NET.
I am now in a situation where I want to start using it.

From what I've read it seems that the default profile implementation isn't well suited for heavy use sites.

My initial roll-out will need to support 1,000 concurrent users and then scale up to 15,000.

I like having the ability of saying Profile.Property, but I am not sure the default provider can handle the expected user burden.

I would rather not have to write my own complete implementation complete with procs and classes, as it seems someone else has to have done this before....

Can anyone point me in the right direction or provide any other type of feedback to me?
Remember I'm an ASP.NET n00b, so keep it simple please.

TIA

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Azure Services [Azure Services]

phreaks — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 20:02:17 GMT

Does anyone have a way to expedite me receiving a Azure Invite?

Pretty please?

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Are Static Methods Evil? [Are Static Methods Evil?]

phreaks — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 22:40:04 GMT

Some of my co-workers keep advising me to "just use a static method"

I generally don't use them too often because they are tied to a type and not an instance which usually screws me up when thinking about how to define the base and derived structures.

Are there any penalties or pitfalls to using static methods?

Would something like this even make sense?

This is a simple class of static data that an app calls all over the place, would it be better to make this a non-static method, if so why? (I have about 10 similar classes, the only difference is the data)

I was thinking about refactoring it out to an interface, so that I could easily pass arounf the instances without worrying about the specific type, but then it would have to be derived from Dictionary<Object, Object> to be flexible. Arrrgh, I'm confusing myself more as I type.

[code language="c#"]

public class SomeData : Dictionary<String, String>
{

    public static Dictionary<String, String> GetDictionary()
    {
        SomeData sd = new SomeData()
        {
            {"1", "Billy Bob Thorton"},
            {"2", "Bob Barker"},
            {"3", "Ben Bernanke"}
        };
        return sd;
    }

}
[/code]

I also did some expirementing and just realized today, that Interfaces can't contain a static definition.
Could someone also explain the reason for that?

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IE8 = Optimized for MSN? WTF? [IE8 = Optimized for MSN? WTF?]

phreaks — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:23:49 GMT

http://www.msn.com/

Lower right corner - Flash based IE8 Advertisement states "Optimized for MSN"

Seriously? Microsoft is optimizing their web browser for their web site? That seems a tad backwards to me.

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How do I unsubscribe from an email list? [How do I unsubscribe from an email list?]

phreaks — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:36:49 GMT

I have been getting a bunch of unwanted emails from the white house (at least 5 - 10 per week).

There is no unsubscribe link, or any other way to "unsubscribe".

Seriously, this is very annoying, does anyone have an idea on how to get these emails to stop?

Isn't it a law or something that you have to have an unsubscribe mechanism?

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VS 2008 Test Projects - Output? [VS 2008 Test Projects - Output?]

phreaks — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:07:13 GMT

I've been using NUnit for a few years now as my Testing framework of choice.

Today, I decided to try the new Testing Framework included in VS 2008.

I was surprised at how easy it was to setup and integrate into, but one thing is frustrating me.

How do I write output to the console? In NUnit I can just write to the Console (Write, WriteLine, Out) and the Test Runner intercepts the output and redirects it back to the NUnit gui.

How do I acheive this using the VS Testing Framework?

For example:

[code language="C#"]

[TestMethod]
public void IterateBindingSourceTest()
{
    BindingList<SimpleControlBinder> bl = ControlBindingSources.UniverseTypeSource();
    int i = 0;

    foreach (SimpleControlBinder binder in bl)
    {    // I can't see this output anywhere?
        Console.WriteLine("Name: {0} - Value: {1}", binder.Name, binder.Value);
        i++;
    }

Assert.AreEqual(i, bl.Count, "Item Mismatach");

}
[/code]

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Vista and folder sharing (grrrrrrrrrrrr) [Vista and folder sharing (grrrrrrrrrrrr)]

phreaks — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 18:51:46 GMT

I was finally able to setup folder shares in vista that are visible across my network by other machines.

However, I am unable to copy, run, edit or delete any of the files from another machine.
Basically, all that I can do is view the file is there, I can't run it.

If I try to run (or copy) an mp3 or mpg (or any other) file, I get permission denied errors.

Why is Vista so ridiculously complicated? Seriously, this is just plain retarded.

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Create an abstract Tree Type class? [Create an abstract Tree Type class?]

phreaks — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:34:36 GMT

I want to create a type that resembles a tree.

There would be 2 types to the tree, Branch and Leaf

Tree can contain 1 or more branches and Branch can contain 1 or more leafs.

Any suggestions on where to start?

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An Inconvenient Debt [An Inconvenient Debt]

phreaks — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:48:04 GMT

Nothing noone didn't already know, but helps put it into perspective.

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ClickOnce - Configure Installation Path? [ClickOnce - Configure Installation Path?]

phreaks — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:10:28 GMT

Is there any way possible to configure the installation path of a ClickOnce application?

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Can't convert String to DateTime [Can't convert String to DateTime]

phreaks — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 23:19:30 GMT

For some reason i am getting exceptions when i try to Convert a string to a datetime.

Anyone know what the issue is with this?

System.FormatException was unhandled
Message="String was not recognized as a valid DateTime."
Source="mscorlib"

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ImportRow no worky - wtf? [ImportRow no worky - wtf?]

phreaks — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 23:01:35 GMT

Nevermind, apparently you MUST clone the original DataTable.

I'm trying to use DataTable.ImportRow and it's not working.

No exceptions are thrown but the source table never gets populated.

Any Ideas?

[code language="C#"]

public DS.CalcRegressionItems GetReadableRegressionItems()
{

DS.CalcRegressionItems dsItems = new FAF.DS.CalcRegressionItems();
//Add items to DS.CalcRegressionItems

    foreach (DS.MatlabQueueList.DetailsRow row in _dsQueue.Details.Rows)
    {
        // ParseCommandString returns a populated dsItems.Details.NewDetailsRow()
        DS.CalcRegressionItems.DetailsRow newRow = ParseCommandString(row);
        dsItems.Details.ImportRow(newRow); // Nothing happens here
        dsItems.Details.AcceptChanges();
    }

return dsItems; //dsItems is Empty here

}

[/code]

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Toolbar could not be found... [Toolbar could not be found...]

phreaks — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 13:59:58 GMT

I get these "Toolbar could not be found" mesages all the time while posting on C9.

What toolbar? Is there a way to get rid of this message?

Totally annoying...

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