Setting default web browser in VS 2005

23 03 2006

After installing the latest Firefox 2.0 alpha, I realized my VS 2005 no longer could start debugging. It complained with a “Could not start program …\firefox…” message as it couldn’t find my browser anymore after I upgraded it. After a quick Googling, found a blog with the answer. Right-click your web project, and select Browse With…. Presto! The menu you were looking for…

Dunno if this works in previous versions; I rarely used alternative browsers back then, or had to dink with this setting.





Hilarious video

17 03 2006

I can’t believe I’m posting on a Friday nite, but this is the funniest damn thing I’ve seen in awhile…I’m crying!!!!

Video of people freaking out on amusement park rides





Updating a Windows Service

17 03 2006

Ever need to update a Windows Service? I had a problem today at work, my PC was incorrectly setup by the technical services team, one of my services’ “Path to Executable” was pointing at the wrong .exe. I had seen the sc.exe command-line command before for creating services, but I only wanted to modify an existing service.

Luckily I found a page online that mentioned these settings are in the registry. Browse to the following hive and see all the settings for your service that you can modify, and at least the “Path to Executable” seemed to take effect immediately with no reboot (Windows XP Pro SP2).

DISLAIMER: Do this at your own risk! As always touching the registry is risque business )

\\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
\SYSTEM
\CurrentControlSet
\Services
\___YOUR_SERVICE_NAME___





Too funny to try to intro myself…

8 03 2006

Man Dates Gal on Internet for Six Months — and It Turns Out She’s His Mother! [article]





How NOT to implement Generics in .NET 2.0!

1 03 2006

Any developer worth their salt sees the problem here:

http://www.thedailywtf.com/forums/62237/ShowPost.aspx

BTW, I highly recommend this site to the techies out there, of all languages, of all roles…only 1 post a day, but well worth the wait :)