How to turn on/off lights and TV, change color and brightness of lights with...
Amazon’s voice assistant Alexa is pushing the limits to make your home smarter. You use it only for listening music? Check this video out to see what else she can do for you. In this video Alexa: Turns...
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Solved: Internet Explorer prompts credentials (Single Sign-on doesn’t work)
You have probably come across this prompt windows saying “Enter your credentials” at least once while using your work computer. Enterprise companies set up SSO (Single Sign-on) in their internal...
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Solved: Issue using Google sites: “We’ve detected a problem with your cookie...
You may come across this message when visiting a Google site such as Google Calendar or Google Analytics: We’ve detected a problem with your cookie settings. Enable cookies Make sure your cookies are...
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Solved: “ORA-01830: date format picture ends before converting entire input...
If you store timestamps as string values (varchar2) in your Oracle database, you will need convert them to date or timestamp values in order to use sorting based dates and times. Let’s say, you have...
View ArticleHow to convert a long timestamp to a short date in Oracle?
Many developers agree on working with dates is more challenging than working with other data types. I recently had to convert some long timestamp strings to short date values. Here are the functions I...
View ArticleSolved: Telerik RadGrid doesn’t retain data after a postback
You may come across this issue when you try to sort, filter or group your table that is built with Telerik RadGrid component. Each of these sorting, filtering, and grouping features trigger a postback....
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How to organize images automatically in an Excel file using a macro?
If you add multiple images at once to an Excel file, Excel will try to squeeze them in once cell. It will probably look like the screenshot below. Instead of manually resizing and relocating these...
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How to install Entity Framework in Visual Studio?
There are 2 ways to install Microsoft’s data access technology, Entity Framework: Use NuGet Package Manager UI: In Visual Studio, click “Tools > NuGet Package Manager > Manage NuGet Packages for...
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Solved: “Google Chrome extension is blocked by the administrator”
When you try to install a Chrome extension, you may come across this error message: Ooops LINER – Web/PDF Highlighter (extension ID “bmhcbmnbenmcecpmpepghooflbehcack”) is blocked by the administrator....
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Better online reading experience: 3 tools to highlight and share content in...
When you study or read a book, you probably want to use a colorful marker or pen to highlight important parts of the text. Hopefully, there are solutions to carry this same habit to online world. Check...
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Solved: “ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error: character string buffer...
If you store a large text data as a CLOB data type in your Oracle database, you may come across to the error messages below when you query your table: ORA-06502: numeric or value error: character...
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Solved: Computer restarts itself everyday with a short notice and no postpone...
It can get pretty annoying if your computer restarts everyday without an option to postpone or cancel it. My desktop PC (Windows 7) was restarting itself between 4pm – 5pm every day. Here is how I...
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How to fetch last logon date and last successful password set date from...
Active Directory stores users’ last logon dates in lastLogon attribute and last successful password set dates in pwdLastSet attribute. You may think that it’s as easy as running an LDAP query to get...
View ArticleHow to fetch data from Active Directory from your .NET application?
By using System.DirectoryServices namespace, you can easily send LDAP queries to your Active Directory and return attribute values. Make sure that LDAP port is open between your machine and the Active...
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Solved: “Could not load file or assembly ‘Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Sdk....
You may run into the error below while doing development in Visual Studio: Could not load file or assembly ‘Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Sdk.Sfc, Version=11.0.0.0, Culture=neutral,...
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How to rotate videos in Windows for free?
You took a video with your phone but it’s upside down? There are several mobile and desktop apps but it’s tricky to find one that is easy to use and free of charge. I came across an app called Movie...
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How to record your computer’s screen for free?
When it comes to screen recording, Camtasia is the first that comes to the mind. However, popularity comes with a price. You can use Camtasia for 30 days for free but then the charge is $199! I have...
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How to use Oracle “OPatch Utility” to find out information about Oracle Home
Oracle has a useful tool to list information about its products: OPatch Utility. You can apply patches or get information about the installed updates by using this command line tool. One of the...
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Solved: “Unrecognized tag prefix or device filter ‘telerik'”
I came across “unrecognized tag prefix” error while trying to use Telerik’s ASP.NET AJAX controls. Here is how the error message looks like: Warning – Unrecognized tag prefix or device filter ‘telerik’...
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Solved: “Unknown server tag telerik:RadScriptManager”
If you are using third-party .NET component libraries such as Telerik or DevExpress, you may come across the error message below while trying to include controls in your page. Server Error in...
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