Other control panels
Enable hibernation. Press
Apply
Prompt for password when computer resumes
Hibernate
Vista tightens the security settings compared to Windows XP. For a top-level review, see Microsoft's Vista Security Guide
Control Panel->Administrative
Tools->Local Security Policy->Local Policies->Security Options->User Account
Control. Set Behavior of the elevation prompt for administrators
... to Elevate without prompting.
Control Panel->User Accounts->Turn User
Account Control. Uncheck and reboot. You will need to turn on Network
Discovery and File Sharing (Goto Network, it will eventually prompt you). The previous suggestion,
Elevate without prompting removes the User Account Control messages but
does not remove "Destination Folder Access Denied".
Some hints (needs expansion).
Control Panel->Network
Connections->Local Area Connection->Properties->Internet Protocol
(TCP/IP)->Properties->Advanced->DNS->Append these DNS suffixes [bsearles]
If there are two disks, consider using C: for program files and D: for all data and user configuration. If so, you can rebuild C: without deleting your data -- if you are careful about keeping data in D:
Example directory structure.
Windows Explorer is your primary navigation to your files.
Explorer->Tools->Folder Options->View, select "Apply to all folders"
To create a Quick Launch shortcut to a directory
Target from FILEPATH to a file or directory within your directory
explorer.exe /e,/select,FILEPATH\FILE_OR_DIRECTORY
Apply -- the icon should change.
Change Icon...
The Windows Taskbar is your primary navigation to your applications
right-click Quick Launch->open
folder->New->Folder. The Quick Launch folder apparently can not be moved
like the Favorites folder.
Windows Explorer to Taskbar->QuickLaunch
Command Prompt to
Taskbar->QuickLaunch. Add or Remove Programs and System.
Add Start->Control
Panels->Administrative Tools->Computer Management. Add
Windows/system32 calc and taskmgr. Alternatively use the calculator from Windows
PowerToys.
Tweak
UI->Taskbar and Start menu->Grouping. A good setting is to group 6 or more
items of the same name.
The Links toolbar allows quick access to any directory or file. For frequently used
directories, also consider drive letters. To assign a drive letter use the
subst command from
subst S: "G:\QAVault\MathcadClient\Trunk\SmokeTest\smoke_test_files"
Setup Links toolbar for Explorer
config directory.
config directory.
Right-click on the Favorites folder in Documents
and Settings/your-ID. Drag into your config directory
and select Move To. The Links directory is now
config\Favorites\Links. If you want to move the Favorites directory
again, use TweakUI->My Computer->Special Folders from regedit, modify or create the
'link' value in the registry key
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer.
Set its data to REG_BINARY 00 00 00 00.
link' value in the registry key
HKEY_CURRENT_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer.
Set its data to REG_BINARY 00 00 00 00.
Send to ->Desktop as a poor alternative.
apps directory on the Desktop for application
links. Then periodically copy the Links directory to the Desktop.
Use these links for the Save as and Open dialog boxes.
xcopy "D:\cbb\config\Favorites\Links\*" "C:\Documents and Settings\bbarber\Desktop" /D /S /Y
right click
taskbar->Toolbars->Links
Using the Links toolbar
Make your Desktop a mirror of the Links Toolbar. Then File Open gives you one-click access to everything in your Links.
Right-click Taskbar->Properties->Group similar
taskbar buttons. Select Allow middle click to close task
button/group.
Tools->Options->Files->Specify File Types->Additionally index...
Allow indexing when minimized
Keep copies of email in index. Copying the emails can lock up the processor for a minute or two.
Rules->Performance->Show Response Timestamp.
To configure Firefox for Fiddler2, set Firefox->Tools->Options->Advanced->Network->Connection->Settings->Automatic proxy configuration URL
to file:///C:\Document%20and%20Settings\kevin\My%20Documents\Fiddler2\Scripts\BrowserPAC.js
and press 'Reload' followed by 'OK'.
ControlPanels->Add/Remove
Programs->Windows Components. Check Windows Messenger
An English Windows system can run Chinese applications, but non-unicode application displays characters in the current code page, i.e., gibberish when using an English code page.
Control Panels->Regional and Language Options->Languages->Install files
for East Asian Languages
Control Panels->Regional and
Language Options->Advanced->Language for non-Unicode programs
XP Power Toys -- Try CmdWinHere, Deskman virtual desktop [ltegeler], TweakUI, PowerCalc
TweakUI settings, Start->Programs->Power Toys->TweakUI
Optimize hard disk when idle. Periodically run
Start->Programs->Accessories->System Tools->Disk defragmenter
Prefix "Shortcut to"
Links menu.
Button Grouping to "with at
least 6 windows".
Documents and
Settings to your own config folder. Makes it easier to backup and manage.
Favorites/Links is the Links directory
for Explorer. Consider moving your 'My Documents' and 'Download' folders as well.
Alternatively, you can use Explorer to move these folder from Documents and
Settings to your config folder.
Other notes
bash.
Explorer->Tools->Folder Options->File Types->Folder->Advanced->New. Set
the program to %SystemRoot%\system32\cmd.exe /K cd "%1" [ssteward]
Opera is a free browser with a tabbed interface and gesture UI. Excellent bookmark orgranizer. Excellent download manager.
opera6.ini in C:\Documents and Settings\...\Application Data\Opera\Opera\profile.
Placement=Off
Firefox is a full replacement for Internet Explorer, except for IE-centric websites.
Useful extensions and plugs:
To view networked drives
Hardcopy -- Free image capture and
editing. For just image capture, consider
Settings->Options->Save to Jpeg Interchange (Standard)
MWSnap is a free image clip utility.
It is easy to use for reporting bugs. For many more features, see
Minimize to tray, Minimize on
closing
Auto copy snapped images
Restore MwSnap after snapping
Any rect. area
PuTTY is an excellent graphical client for SSH, telnet, and rlogin.
Configure PuTTY's default settings
Log file name to putty-any-&Y&M&D&T.log
Rows to 60 and Lines of scrollback to 9000.
./pageant ~/.ssh/bbarber-ispy-20091205.ppk
Session, select "Default Settings". Then click Save
Configure a connection
export PROMPT_COMMAND='echo -ne "\033]0;${HOSTNAME/a172.26.105/}\007"'
). It also works for XTERM.
Session, enter the connection name and click Save
Target to
regedit //ea putty.reg 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SimonTatham\PuTTY' >PuTTY-config.reg
Textpad is a full replacement for Notepad. Recommended. Alternatives include NotePad++ and NoteTab
Configure TextPad
Hints
Internet Information Services (IIS) is Microsoft's web server. See also
To create a new web site:
Host Header Name
(e.g., www.mysite.com). It can be configured later with right-click
yourSite->Properties->Web Site->Advanced->Add->Host Header value (TCP port
= 80). If so, you need to restart IIS by right-click yourServer->All
Tasks->Restart IIS
yourSite->Properties and set the default file.
IIS Manger->website->Properties->HTTP Headers->Enable Content Expiration->Expire
Immediately
IIS Manager->website->Properties->HTTP Headers->MIME Types. There
are many MIME Types, e.g., text/plain and text/xml
your_web_site->Properties->Web Site.
Select Enable logging and Enable
logging->Properties->Advanced->Referer. Analyze the log with
Analog is a free website analyzer with extensive customization.
C:\Program Files
analog.cfg.
analog
6.0/images to this location
VPN is a protocol for a virtual private network. Other techniques include VNC and SSH2. To configure VPN
Finish
Include Windows logon domain
Allow other network users
Off only if
you another hardware or software firewall
Microsoft's remote desktop provides remote access to Windows sessions. An alternative
is
To allow remote users to access your computer
Allow users to connect remotely
Allow users to connect remotely
To create a configuration file with access to your local disks and quick login (both machines must be secure):
machines folder on your desktop. If you prefer a sub-menu from
the taskbar's Quick Launch, right-click Quick Launch->open
folder->New->Folder. Place the machines folder at the end
of the Quick Launch menu. If you prefer quick access from the Links
Toolbar, create the machines folder in Documents and
Settings->your-ID->Favorites->Links.
Disk drives.
machines directory.
For one-time
use, Run the following command with the machine-name: mstsc
-v:machine-name. For quick setup using a link:
Hints
shutdown -t 0 -r (After 0 seconds,
shutdown and restart). Use -f to force applications to close without warning.
Start->Windows
Security->Shut Down->Shut Down [mliang]
shutdown -m '\\computername' -t 0 -r
You may need to connect to the computer first using Explorer.
shutdown -m '\\computername' -t 0 -r
.Microsoft suggests using mstsc /console myremote.rdp, but this does not
appear to help.
c:/WINDOWS/system32/taskmgr.exe, to QuickLaunch.
Alternatively, use Ctrl-Shift-Esc when you are full-screen.
Allow remote assistance ...-
Beyond Compare is an excellent file and
directory diff program. Also see
Set up
Include Beyond Compare in Explorer context menus
Show dialog with quick comparison
Rules-based quick compare
Open viewer automatically
Open to first difference
C:\bin\TextPad\TextPad.exe "%f"(%l)
Side-by-Side layout
Ignore unimportant differences
Line details
To report differences between files in two directories
Postgres is a open source database.
standard_conforming_strings = on to the postgresql.conf file.
To add a scheduled task
ping wait.some at the end to keep the window
visible for a short time.
Browse to
select your bat file.
Daily. Then in
Properties->Schedule->Advanced, configure the hourly repetition.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowserver2003/techinfo/reskit/deploykit.mspx -- registry info, regentry.chm Dependency Walker is an excellent utility for understanding dll's and their many dependencies. Shows missing dll's and other dependency errors.
Includes excellent documentation.windows\winsxs) may be defined by the
.manifest file or RT_MANIFEST resource.
With Dependency Walker and Process Monitor, you can collect detailed logs of a program's activity
Profile->Start profiling
and select these options
Profile Module
File->Save
File->Save
Load Image in Procmon corresponds to Loaded in Dependency Walker.
SystemRescueCD is a complete Linux system. Boot Linux on a crashed system with full access to your disks and network.
net-setup eth0' to configure the network. Use
either DHCP or static IPs for your computer and gateway.
wizard' to start the graphical user interface.
mount /dev/sda2 /mnt/windows' to mount the sda2
disk as /mnt/windows. If you have multiple partitions, create additional directories
in /mnt.
dmesg | more'.
Scroll to the first disk by entering '/sda. Create an empty directory
with 'mkdir /mnt/usb' followed by 'mount /dev/sdaXX
/mnt/usb' where XX is from dmesg.
ntfs-3g /dev/sda2 /mnt/windows.
shutdown' command to stop Linux.
VMWare provides multiple virtual machines on a single host. It is particularly useful for QA. An alternative is Norton Ghost for creating test environments.
VMWare Setupcontig -s c:\VMWare\*)
Clone operation. Be sure you have several
gigabytes of free
space. If building multiple VMWare images, copy the image from the network, then
recopy that image locally.
.vmx file. -- Delete the ethernet0.generated* lines; they
will be recreated.
.vmx file and change displayName="VMWare_name_for
clone".
Connect at power
on.
Add to
favorites, or use the menu, File->Add to Favorites.
Create a new identify. It also
generates a new ethernet address (i.e., ethernet0.generated*)
Control
Panel->Region and Language Settings->Language (Tab #2)->Details. For quick
changes, use the language tab on the task bar or Alt-Shift. The
login will continue to be the native keyboard.
Control Panels->User Accounts. Set the domain
to WORKGROUP .
Control Panel->User
Accounts->Create a new account (2nd of 3). Then assign a password by
selecting the user name, Create a password (2nd of 4 choices). Use the
alphanumeric characters -- "user" works for many languages.
Properties->Settings. Change the screen
resolution to 1024 x 768. Set color quality to 16 bit.
Control
Panel->Display->Screen Saver).
Control Panel->Security
Center->Automatic Updates. Updates are expensive in network and disk
resources. Instead of auto update, periodically revert to the image's snapshot,
install updates, and take a new snapshot.
Control Panel->System->System
Restore or Start->run->msconfig->System Restore.
Restore uses a lot of disk space. Restore a VM from a snapshot or
archived
image.
Allow incoming echo requests
(1st of many) in Control Panel->Security->Windows
Firewall->Advanced->ICMP Settings. Allow
Exceptions->Remote Desktop
Control
Panel->System->Remote
Control
Panel->System->Advanced->Performance->Visual Effects (3rd of 4 choices on first tab)
Control Panel->System->Computer Name. For example, a German XP system
running on doyle could be named "wxp-de-doyle".
VMware
Workstation->VM->Install VMWare tools. It will reboot the system.
shutdown -r -t
0. Do not log off or close the VMWare workstation.
Cancelling the VM session is the same as pulling the plug on a machine. You may
lose work or damage the virtual disk image. Periodically reboot to
make sure that your changes are saved to disk.
ping machine_name. If this fails, try the IP address from the VM's
ipconfig /all. If the IP works but the machine name does not, renew
DNS with ipconfig /renew on the VM.
Start->All
Programs->Accessories->Communications->. Set its Display to 1024 x 768 and Color to
16 bit. Set Experience to Modem. Turn off disk and printer sharing.
Tools->Folder Options (last one), set Use
Windows classic folder. Unclick Folder Options->Advanced
Settings->Hide extensions for known file types (it is above one of the
"(Recommended) settings). In the same section, unclick Show hidden files and
folders (under the Hidden... folder)
Date Modified column between
'Name' and 'Size'
Toolbars->Quick Launch (last of 4) and Toolbars->Links.
Drag the Quick Launch area below the task area by dragging below the window.
Start->run->regedit), navigate to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
Right-click->New->Binary Value (2nd of
5)->OK and change the name to 'link'. If too late, right-click the key
and select Rename (the last option).
Explorer->Settings->Prefix
"shortcut" ...
Control Panel->Power Options. On the first tab, Power
Schemes, select "Never" (the last option) for Turn off hard
disks and System standby [last two menus].
shutdown -r
-t 0. It may take a minute or two before Remote Desktop is enabled.
C:\Windows, add regedit.exe . On 32-bit applications on 64-bit machines, use
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regedit instead. Their registry keys are
virtualized.
C:\Windows\System 32, add cmd.exe, notepad.exe, taskmgr.exe
Start->Accessories, copy Explorer
Control Panel, create shortcuts to System and Add/Remove
Programs. Add Start->Control
Panels->Administrative Tools->Computer Management.
properties (last
item).
Options->Edit Options->QuickEdit Mode
(bottom-right box).
Font->Lucinda Console
Layout->Window
Size->Height.
Screen Buffer Size
Colors tab, make the "Screen Background"
white and the "Screen Text' black.
Links. Find
the Links directory under C:\Documents and
Settings\yourname\Favorities. Drag it to the Links, making it easy to
manage them. In the Links menu, rename "Links" to "_Links". It keeps it first so
that drag-and-drop ends up in Links.
Edit->Preferences->Priority->Snapshots
psshutdown -t 0 [sysinternals]). Then archive of the VM's disk
directory. The archive allows you to recreate the VM on any machine.
Task
Manager (ctrl-shift-esc)->Processes->VMWare User. Try restarting the VM.
Manual.
Likewise, vmnat.exe and mvnetdhcp.exe run forever, but they are relatively innocuous.
pagedefrag) and VMWare's vmdk and vmsn files (Contig
'*.vm*').
Connect at power on for
CD-ROM, Floppy, Audio. Need to investigate actual effect on performance.
Control
Panels->Display->Screen Saver
chipset.onlineStandby=FALSE
These instructions are for a Dell computer. Review these instructions since they may be out-of-date.
Tools->Customize->Options->Always show full menus
Tools->Options->General->Recently used
Tools->Share Workbook->Allow changes.
Tools->Track Changes. If the document doesn't show changes
View->Markup. View change history with Show->Reviewing
Pane. Accept
all changes from View->Toolbars->Reviewing.. Before sending documents
to customers be sure to Reviewing Toolbar->Delete all Comments in Document;
otherwise the recipient may have more information than intended.
Tools->Compare
and Merge Documents. With VBA, compare and merge can be integrated with
source control [e.g., Perforce's p4ofc].
Tools->Spelling and
Grammar->Options->Custom Dictionaries->Modify.
Delayed sending of messages helps avoid embarrassing mistakes.
File->Work Offline
Tools->Send/Receive->Define Send/Receive Groups. Select "All
Accounts". Check all of the boxes and schedule an automatic send/receive every 15-30
minutes. Close the dialog box
Tools->Options->Mail
Setup->Send/Receive. Alternatively, go off-line by setting File->Work Offline
F9
If you want to stay "on-line", you can define a rule to delay sending. A problem is that all messages are delayed. There is no way to immediately send a previously delayed message.
Delete key to
delete each auto-complete that appears.
If you want to use Eudora or Netscape for e-mail
If you are a Eudora POP user, e-mail is downloaded to your workstation or laptop. It is not retained on the server.
Since Outlook uses e-mail for meeting proposals, you will not be able to respond to meeting requests. An easy fix is to use IMAP instead of POP.
If you want to continue using Eudora as a POP client
First create a new folder in your Outlook InBox, called Meeting Requests Then create a rule to copy meeting requests to your folder:
1) Create a Rule using Tools > Rules Wizard 2) Start with a blank rule and select 'Check messages when they arrive' 3) Select, 'Uses the form name form' 4) Click on 'form name' in the rule description box 5) Select 'Application Forms' 6) Add all the forms with "Meeting" _Accept Meeting Response_, 'Decline Meeting Response_, _Meeting Cancellation_, _Meeting Request_, _Tentative Meeting Response_. 7) Select 'move a copy to the specified folder' 8) Click on 'folder name' and select the Meeting Requests folder that you created above. 0) Select 'stop further processing"When a meeting request is made, it is sent to both your Eudora client and Outlook's Meeting Request folder. In Outlook, the folder name will be in bold face. Click on the message and press the Accept button.
To hide new headers in Eudora messages [EudoraLab]
TabooHeaders is a comma separated list of headers that will not show when ShowAllHeaders is turned off. The easiest way to implement this is with an Option:
<X-Eudora-Option:TabooHeaders=>Copy the link and paste it in the body of a new message in Eudora. Press the enter key once if the link doesn't appear in blue. Then hold down the alt key while clicking the link. A "Change Option" window will appear. In the "New Value" field type the headers you don't want to see. If you just type the first letter of a header, then all headers starting with that letter will be tabooed. You may want to type a,b,c, etc ......z, and omit d for Date, f for From, s for Subject, t for To, and so forth.
right-click->Sharing and
Security->Share this folder->Permissions->Add]. You can turn off
read access to 'Everyone'.
Settings->Configure->Integration->Integrate with ClearCase).
After integrating with ClearCase,
stop/start ClearCase by going to Clearcase HomeBase->Administration->Control
Panel->Services.
Start->All Programs->IBM Rational->IBM Rational Clearcase->Home Base.
Control Panels->Regional
and Language Options->Languages->Supplemenary language support and select
Install files for East Asian Languages. It requires an installation CD.
CL\mvfslogs.
Consider moving it to your Clearcase directory using
HomeBase->Administration->Control Panel->MVFS->Logging Path
HomeBase->Administration->Control Panel->Options->Display confirmation
message
ClearCase Home Base->Administration->Control
Panel->MVFS->Drive Letter
subst X:
N:\view_name\a\b\c).
view_storage shared directory on your disk.
C:\Program
Files\Rational\ClearCase\doc\tutorial\. If you use Base Clearcase,
skip the material on UCM (Unified Change
management).
Rational ClearCase Explorer->Toolbox
C:\Program Files\Rational\ClearCase\doc\books. It is
not readily available from the Start menu or ClearCase Home. For a documentation
map see C:\Program Files\Rational\ClearCase\doc\help\cc_main\clearcase_docmap.htm
HomeBase->Views->Create View->Next->Dynamic View.
{None}. Do not assign a drive letter. You will access the dynamic
view using the network drive assigned at install time
Advanced Options
View storage
location to your shared folder
(cc_admin\view_storage) If you do not see "view_storage',
create a shared directory as described above ("Install ClearCase ...").
HomeBase->VOBs->Mount VOB
and click the Mount button.
View->Refresh View Shortcuts. Your view should appear.
Clicking will start the Explorer pane (upper right).
\\view\myclient
A snapshot view is a directory on your computer that gets refreshed by ClearCase. On Windows, use a snapshot view for your working folders and programmatic access (e.g., website, builds, or automated tests). On Unix (and Windows), use a snapshot view for disconnected access to your files.
HomeBase->Views->Create View->Next->Snapshot View.
C:\cc). It must be a new directory.
Use your local disk instead of a network drive (for faster loads).
Advanced Options -- If you skip this step, ClearCase will
report an error storage directory must be in UNC style.
View storage
location. Enter the same shared directory as for a dynamic view
(e.g., cc_admin\view_storage)
ClearCase Home->VOBs->Mount
VOB.
subst.
element /mathcad_classic/Documentation/... /main/0. Warning -- unloaded, hijacked files will be renamed to
*.unloaded
The ConfigSpec selects a version of each element (HomeBase->Views->Edit
View Properties->ConfigSpec). It is a sequence of rules. The first
matching rule for an element, selects the element and performs additional
operations.
A branch view selects branched versions in place of the mainline. For example, a branch spec may look like
Command
Prompt.
man or view the Command
References (cc_ref_1.pdf and cc_ref_2.pdf) in the online manuals.
cleartool find . –type l –print
Advanced Options button.
The Vault client must be compatible with the Vault server. Review
Besides following the company preferences, consider setting the following
Status column to the left. It is easy for the
disk to get out-of-sync with Vault. You need to be able to scan the Status column.
See Vault is a source control system that mimics Visual Source Safe.
vault help .... Generate the help page by vault
helphtml.
Tools->Options->CommandDialogs->Commands used on
folders->History Filter. Then select a folder and Show History. Select
View folder history by version
Get Tree
Be careful of the following problems with Vault.
Checkout command always
downloads the latest version. It does not warn you if your version is out-of-date.
Add Files/Folders dialog will add
files to the current directory even though the file is in a subdirectory. First add the
folder, check in the add, then navigate to the folder in vault and add the file.
To check the status of all files
Search pane. Check Recursive and Lock onto this
folder. Select Search->Any Status.
Detect modified files using CRCs and reduce the size limit to 1 MB.
It slows down Get Latest Version, so you may prefer periodic status
checks.
Email tab at the bottom of Vault's dialog box.
If Vault requires recovery from backup, or if you have continued to modify files after disconnecting from Vault.
vault HISTORY -user xyz -password xyz -host xyz -rowlimit 100000 -repository QA \
-excludeactions "add, branch, checkin, create, delete, label, move, obliterate, pin,propertychange, rename, rollback, snapshot, undelete" $ \
| tr -c -d [:print:][:space:] >shared.xml
logparser -q -i:xml "select user,actionString from shared.xml order by user, actionString" | sed 's/ as /\n /' >share.txt
grep -v "Shared " qa-share.txt | sed 's/.*\$/$QA/' >qa-b.txt
grep "Shared " qa-share.txt | sed 's/.*\$/$QA/' >qa-a.txt
grep -v "Shared " share-dev.txt | sed 's/.*\$/\$Mathcad/' >dev-b.txt
grep "Shared " share-dev.txt | sed 's/.*\$/\$Mathcad/' >dev-a.txt
sort -u dev-a.txt dev-b.txt qa-a.txt qa-b.txt >dirs.txt
find . -type f | grep -v "'" | xargs -i md5sum "{}" >mathcad_classic.md5um
cat *.md5sum | sort | uniq -d -w 33 | more
cat *.md5sum | sort | uniq -D -w 33 | more
cat *.md5sum | sort | uniq -d -w 33 | wc
cat *.md5sum | sort | uniq -D -w 33 | wc
cat filedirs.txt | grep -E '\..{1,10}$' >file.txt
cat filedirs.txt | grep -v -E '\..{1,10}$' >dirs.txt
/cbb/config/CurrentSettings.vssettings)
At Startup to Load last loaded solution
Visual Studio projects location to a "vcproj" directory (e.g., 'c:\bash\local\vcproj').
Show Output window when
build starts
Drag and drop text editing
Insert spaces.
Tab size 4, Indent size 4, Keep
tabs. Most text processing programs assume a physical tab size of 8,
causing formating problems. Either set Insert
spaces or Tab size 8.
Customize dialog visible, you can rearrange the
buttons on the toolbars, or drag buttons from the dialog box to the toolbar. The
Customize dialog box is also visible from the toolbar pull-down menus.
Build
Build->Compile to the
Build toolbar. Check that you already have Build->Build
Selection (allowing you to rebuild a dll without rebuilding the whole
solution [OK ?]).
Build Solution,
Build Selection, Compile [FIXUP]
Common7\Tools\Bin\OleView.Exe
to Tools->External Tools->Add.
Tools->External Tools->Add.
Visual Assist X from Whole Tomato adds many editing, navigation, and refactoring enhancements to Visual Studio.
Tools->Options->Text
Editor->C/C++/C#->General->Display->Navigation Bar
HKCU./Software/Whole Tomato/UserDataDir = "C:\new_path\".
VA Options -> Advanced -> Correction -> Repair case
Exception command from
Tools->Customize->Commands->Debug to the Debug window.
Remote debugging allows you to investigate problems on another machine.
Network access:
Sharing and security model ...from Guest only to
Classic ....
No Authentication and select Allow any user to debug
Upgrade to SQL Server 2005. It has many improvements including better support for XML (e.g., clicking an XML field shows the XML).
Control Panels->Administrative Tools->Data Sources->File
DSN. The default location is C:/Program Files/Common/ODBC/Data
Sources. The connection string is
FILEDSN=file-name;uid=user-name;pwd=password. Use a fully qualified path
name if the file DSN is not in Data
Sources.
odbc "FILEDSN=product-map.dsn" 'select top 2 * from [Product-Module$]'
odbc 'Driver=Microsoft Excel Driver (*.xls);Dbq=d:/cbb/mydocs/Cards/product-mapping.xls' 'select top 2 * from [Product-Module$]'
Accessing External
data, tutorial
from the Database Journal,
Update, Insert, Delete OPENQUERY
Microsoft KB. Create using sp_addlinkedserver and test with
sp_testlinkedserver. Retry with sp_dropserver. View with Server Management
Studio->Object Explorer->Server Objects->Linked Servers. Execute selects
with OpenQuery or four part naming.
With four part naming, use three dots to indicated an empty database name and owner.
For example,
exec sp_dropserver @server='product-map'
exec sp_addlinkedserver @server='product-map',
@srvproduct='Excel', @provider='Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0',
@datasrc='Q:\QA\Personal folders\Brad\cards\Product-mapping.xls',
@provstr='Excel 8.0;Hdr=Yes'
exec sp_testlinkedserver "product-map"
select top 3 * from "product-map"...product_module$
For text fields, NULL is the string 'NULL' instead of a database NULL.
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Tools\Binn\VSShell\Common7\IDE\SqlWb.exe" D:\road\web\RoadDB\sql\RoadDB-scripts.ssmssln -S localhost -d road -E -nosplash
Regular backups must be scheduled.
For non-transactional databases, a full-backup is sufficient. Set up a bi-weekly and daily schedule.
Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio->Object Explorer->Management->Maintenance
Plans.
Notify Operator Task
If an integrity check fails, restore the database from a backup. Alternatively, use
DBCC CHECKDB
Restore->Database. Give a new name for the
To database. Identify the backup set for the from database. Select
Tasks->Restore->Database
To database.
From device -- navigate to the full-backup file
restore box.
right-click
DB->Properties->Options->State->Restrict Access->SINGLE_USER
Help->Index -- Use Microsoft's documentation supplied with SQL Server. Configure Filtered by to "SQL Server 2005". Add help to
the Quick Launch toolbar by dragging from Start->Programs->SQL Server
2005->Documentation.
Help Favorites -- Right-click any page to add to Help Favorites. For
example: Accessing and Changing Database
Data, CAST and CONVERT, Changing Data in a Database,
constants (Transact-SQL),
CREATE FUNCTION,
Creating Stored
Procedures (Database Engine), Designing and Creating
Databases, Data Type Conversion (Database Engine), Data Types (Transact-SQL), Elements of Transact-SQL,
EXECUTE (Transact-SQL), Expressions (Transact-SQL), Functions (Transact-SQL), Importing and Exporting Bulk Data, SELECT
(Transact-SQL) SET @local_variable SET
(Transact-SQL), SQL Injection, String Functions (Transact-SQL),
sys.objects (Transact-SQL). Table-valued User-defined
Functions and in-line table functions, Using RAISERROR (Transact-SQL),
Viewing Database Metadata ,
XML Best Practices
SELECT
case when GROUPING(status_old) = 1 then 'Total' else status_old end as rowname,
sum(case when result=1 and status='CriticalAccepted' then 1 else 0 end) as Accepted,
sum(case when result=0 and status='CriticalAccepted' then 1 else 0 end) as Accepted_fail,
sum(result) as Total,
count(*)-sum(result) as Total_fail
from #tests_rn
where result_old=1
GROUP BY status_old WITH CUBE
order by GROUPING(status_old), status_old
... JOIN ProjectPaths pp On ... = pp.NodeID WHERE Path LIKE (SELECT Path from
ProjectPaths WHERE NodeID=1)+'%'
.
convert(varchar(20), convert(datetime, @datetime, 101), 101)
GROUP BY x.Hours HAVING SUM(CASE WHEN y.hours =< x.hours THEN 1 ELSE 0
END)>=(COUNT(*)+1)/2 AND
SUM(CASE WHEN y.hours >= x.hours THEN 1 ELSE 0
END)>=(COUNT(*)/2)+1
To insert identity values into a table, SET IDENTITY_INSERT tablename ON,
Only one table may be configured at a time.
Use ALTER table to remove or restore the IDENTITY property. On
restore you need to reset the seed to the next available value.
Alternatively, use DBCC CHECKIDENT to automatically reset the
seed.
Use bcp ... -E to preserve identity columns during bulk load.
See
option (MAXRECURSION
nnn) to catch infinite loops. For example,
;with
state_history_cnt# as
(
select ID,
count(*) as cnt
from lotus_state_history
group by ID
)
insert into #state_history (ID, rn, cnt, State, StateSet, SetBy)
select cast(e.ID as varchar(20)) as ID,
row_number() over (partition by e.ID order by StateSet desc) as rn,
c.cnt,
cast(e.State as varchar(30)) as State,
e.StateSet,
cast(e.SetBy as varchar(30)) as SetBy
from lotus_state_history as e
join state_history_cnt# as c on e.ID=c.ID
;with
x# (ID, len, cnt, list) as
(
-- Anchor member definition
select ID,
rn as len,
cnt,
cast(cast(StateSet as varchar(20)) + ' ' + State + ' ' + SetBy as varchar(1000)) as list
from #state_history
where rn = 1
UNION ALL
-- Recursive member definition defining x_len+1 from x_len
-- must use an indexed table for #state_history
select e.ID,
e.rn as len,
e.cnt,
cast(x.list + '\n' + cast(StateSet as varchar(20)) + ' ' + State + ' ' + SetBy as varchar(1000)) as list
from x# as x
join #state_history as e on e.ID = x.ID
where e.rn = x.len+1
)
select ID, list from x# where len=cnt option (maxrecursion 100)
where myval = testval COLLATE
SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CS_AS).
SQL Server stores a database as a database file (e.g., data/road.mdf) and a transaction log file (e.g., data/road_log.ldf). The transaction log records every operation that modifies the database. The transaction log will grow indefinitely until it consumes all of the disk space.
To shrink the transaction log
Tasks->Shrink->Database. Unless your database is
immense, select 'Reorganize files
before releasing unused space' and set the 'Maximum free space' to 0%.
Query optimizer -- Stored procedures, inline table functions, sql statements, and union queries may have radically different performance characteristics. For example, individual SQL statements may be fast, but their combination as a UNION or procedure is much slower than the sum of the parts.
Suggestions
ANSI_NULLS and
QUOTED_IDENTIFIER conforms with SQL-92. Double quotes can not be used for
string literals. NOCOUNT turns off row count reporting. Use @@ROWCOUNT
instead. See SQL Server Help for documentation.
SET ANSI_NULLS ON
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
IF OBJECT_ID ( 'rd_TestcaseReport', 'P' ) IS NOT NULL
DROP PROCEDURE rd_TestcaseReport;
GO
CREATE PROCEDURE rd_TestcaseReport
@testcase_id varchar(255)
AS
BEGIN
SET NOCOUNT ON;
select * from table
END
GO
-- GRANT EXECUTE ON OBJECT::dbo.rd_TestcaseReport
-- TO qa;
GO
rd_TestcaseReport. This convention uses alphabetical order for each
entity.
DEFAULT instead.
Try...Catch...
Use a view to simplify standard queries.
Use an indexed view for automatic maintenance of derived data tables. The view must contain at least one unique clustered index. The query optimize may use a view index in queries that do not reference the view
SQL Server 2005 includes full-text indexing. For an introduction see the help topic Full-Text Search.
Set up full text search [Help: Creating Full-Text Indexes]
CREATE FULLTEXT CATALOG RoadIndex.
If it reports an errors, execute sp_fulltext_database 'enable' as
instructed.
TYPE COLUMN annotation.
For a simple example,
delete from index_item
sp_fulltext_database 'enable'
CREATE FULLTEXT CATALOG RoadIndex
CREATE FULLTEXT INDEX ON index_item (item_url, topic, filename)
KEY INDEX primary_index ON RoadIndex WITH CHANGE_TRACKING AUTO
select * from index_text as t join containstable(index_text, text, '"Adam*"') as c on t.text_id = c.[key] order by rank desc
To set up a data source name (DSN) for SQL Server
odbc "DSN=road;uid=qa;pwd=qauser" "select * from cards_map_build"
To migrate data from SQL Server to Oracle, you first need to install client software for Oracle.
Properties->Security. If necessary, add
the group Authenticated Users. Give this group read and
execute permission to the directory. In the Advanced tab, propagate these
permissions to all sub-folders. Then reboot.
exec sp_addlinkedserver @server='myserver.host.com', @srvproduct='Oracle', @provider='MSDAORA',@datasrc='my_DNS_NAME'
exec sp_addlinkedsrvlogin @rmtsrvname = 'myserver.host.com', @useself = 'false', @locallogin = 'my_login_name', @rmtuser='remote_login_name', @rmtpassword='remote_password'
Test the server (using double quotes!) -- exec sp_testlinkedserver "myserver.host.com"
If you make a mistake, delete the link with
exec sp_droplinkedsrvlogin @rmtsrvname = 'testdb.xyz.com', @locallogin = 'TEST\testdb_user'
exec sp_dropserver @server='testdb.xyz.com'
select * from OPENQUERY("myserver.host.com", 'select created_by from cards_call_interface')
insert OPENQUERY("myserver.host.com", 'select created_by from cards_call_interface where 0=1') values ('Fred')
char(1 byte).
sqldeveloper\jdk\jre\lib\ext
network\ADMIN. These files may need
additional work. See the notes on tnsnames.ora above. As mentioned, it may help to
create a TNS_ADMIN environment variable.
odbc "DSN=testdb;uid=test;pwd=db" "select * from test_table"
Use bcp, BULK Insert, or OpenRowSet Bulk to load large data files into SQL Server
bcp mugs_log in 'mugs-pass.txt' -F2 -c -Sdoyle -T
-h"TABLOCK" -f format.mugs_log.txt -e error-rows.txt where -F2 = skip header line, -c =
character data, -S = server, -T = trusted connection, -h = hints, TABLOCK = table
locking, -f = format file, -e = error-log. Always define an error-log, otherwise
erroneous data is not identified.
bcp road.dbo.lotus_attachments out Backup/Lotus/lotus_attachments-070620.tsv -T -c
bcp pubs.dbo.authors out "C:\authors_bcp_out.data" -w -S"MS-SHA-WEINIE\SQL2005NO2" -U"sa" -P"YourPassword"
bcp pubs_new.dbo.authors in "C:\authors_bcp_out.data" -w -S"MS-SHA-WEINIE\SQL2005NO2" -U"sa" -P"YourPassword"
-h"TABLOCK"), either no index or
empty table and no batches.
bcp mugs_log format nul -f format.mugs_log.fmt -T -c # (-T = trusted connection, -c = character input)
Bulk load the data with
bcp mugs_log format nul -f format.mugs_log.fmt -T -c # (-T = trusted connection, -c = character input)
It is easy to rearrange
and skip columns. See the SQL help topic, Using a Format File to Map Fields to
Columns During Bulk Import . Here is a sample
9.0
7
1 SQLCHAR 0 100 "@new_lotus_customers@ @1@ @" 0 row_prefix SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
2 SQLCHAR 0 100 "@ @" 1 ID SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
3 SQLCHAR 0 100 "@ @" 2 ID_date SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
4 SQLCHAR 0 0 "@ @" 3 Customer SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
5 SQLCHAR 0 0 "@ @" 4 CustomerName SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
6 SQLCHAR 0 0 "@ @" 5 CustomerEmail SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
7 SQLCHAR 0 100 "@ @pv@\r\n" 6 CustomerNotified SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<BCPFORMAT xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2004/bulkload/format" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<RECORD>
<FIELD ID="1" xsi:type="CharTerm" TERMINATOR="\t" MAX_LENGTH="255" COLLATION="SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS"/>
<FIELD ID="2" xsi:type="CharTerm" TERMINATOR="\t" MAX_LENGTH="255" COLLATION="SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS"/>
<FIELD ID="3" xsi:type="CharTerm" TERMINATOR="\t" MAX_LENGTH="255" COLLATION="SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS"/>
<FIELD ID="4" xsi:type="CharTerm" TERMINATOR="\t" MAX_LENGTH="255" COLLATION="SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS"/>
<FIELD ID="5" xsi:type="CharTerm" TERMINATOR="\t" MAX_LENGTH="12"/>
<FIELD ID="6" xsi:type="CharTerm" TERMINATOR="\t" MAX_LENGTH="255" COLLATION="SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS"/>
<FIELD ID="7" xsi:type="CharTerm" TERMINATOR="\r\n" MAX_LENGTH="255" COLLATION="SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS"/>
</RECORD>
<ROW>
<COLUMN SOURCE="1" NAME="codeline" xsi:type="SQLVARYCHAR"/>
<COLUMN SOURCE="2" NAME="machine" xsi:type="SQLVARYCHAR"/>
<COLUMN SOURCE="3" NAME="testsuite" xsi:type="SQLVARYCHAR"/>
<COLUMN SOURCE="4" NAME="build" xsi:type="SQLVARYCHAR"/>
<COLUMN SOURCE="5" NAME="run" xsi:type="SQLINT"/>
<COLUMN SOURCE="6" NAME="testfile" xsi:type="SQLVARYCHAR"/>
<COLUMN SOURCE="7" NAME="testcase" xsi:type="SQLVARYCHAR"/>
</ROW>
</BCPFORMAT>
SQLXML Bulk Load is nearly as fast as bcp.
An annotated XSD file maps the XML Schema to relational data tables.
See TRUNCATE TABLE. For three million rows it is
instanteous versus a minute for delete from.
To add a new user
Object Explorer window of Microsoft SQL Server Management
Studio Select 'Add a new user' from hostname->Security->Logins.
Server->Properties->Security,
selecting
SQL Server and Windows authentication mode, and restarting the server.
User Mappings
Management Studio, sqlcmd, and bcp.
See Object Explorer->SQL Server->Security->Logins->Properties->Default
database.
Execute and Select permission. The With Grant
option allows the user to grant that permission to others. For additional help, see
granting permissions [SQL Server].
Effective
Permissions.
Effective Permissions. If verified, visit
Server->Properties->Permissions. Was the grantor of Connect
SQL permission enable to grant other permissions? If not, try changing the
grantor. [bbarber 9/06] Got this to work after repeated visits between this page and
the user's Grant Permissions page.
Object Explorer->Programmability->Stored Procedures-> Procedure
XYQ->Properties->Permissions->Add . Then select the Execute
permission.
Control Panel->Adminstrative Tools->Data
Sources (ODBC)
odbc "Driver={SQL Server};Server=road;Database=road;uid=qa;pwd=qauser" "select * from testcase_bug"
SQL Server Management
Studio->Your server->Management->SQL Server Logs
Use SQL Server 2005 or later. XML processing barely works in Server 2000
esql?). See SQL Server 2005 Help for
documentation.
sqlcmd ... <<EOF since it invokes interactive mode). Most clients do not support FOR XML
... since it returns a stream object.
cat <<EOF | sqlcmd -v BUILD_ID="2005_11_01-095320"
:XML ON
select * from testcase_builds where build_id='$(BUILD_ID)'
and broke_prev is not null and fixed_prev is null
order by testcase_id, machine for xml auto
GO
:QUIT
exec ... for xml on the
client side, but it is not supported on the server side nor sqlcmd. There doesn't
appear to be a conditional for xml in a stored procedure. For now, using
an 'xml' argument to select one of two identical select statements.
Management Studio->Object
Explorer->YourServer->Management->SQL Server Logs
ALTER/CREATE Procedure. This is +4 if you Modify the
stored procedure in the GUI. It names the constraint and the name+column of the
referenced table.
Regsvr32 "C:\WINDOWS\system32\msxml4.dll"
Control Panels->Administrative Tools->Services->SQL
Server->right-click->Start
SQL Server Configuration Manager->SQL Server
2005 Network Configuration->Protocols for MSSQLSERVER.
substring function or the
LEFT function, for example
select @dir= left(@symlink, len(@last_slash) - @last_slash)
There are several choices for an Oracle Client under Windows. Schlichting has a good tutorial
/Program
Files/Oracle.
odbc_install.exe -- It installs the ODBC driver (as show by
Control Panes->Administrative Tools->Data Sources->Drivers)
Control
Panels->System->Advanced->Environment Variables->System
Variables->NEW. If TNS_ADMIN is not set, the ODBC interface does not
work.
Control
Panels->System->Advanced->Environment Variables->System
Variables->PATH->Edit. .
Control Panel->System->Computer Name .
tnsnames.ora in the client directory. The
string depends on the Oracle server. Ask the Oracle admin for the exact string.
For example,
TESTDB = (DESCRIPTION = (ADDRESS_LIST = (ADDRESS = (COMMUNITY = TCP.world) (PROTOCOL = TCP) (Host = testdb.xyz.com) (Port = 1526))) (CONNECT_DATA =
(SID = testdb) (GLOBAL_NAME = testdb.world)))
For this example, there is no space before TESTDB and one space before
(SID = testdb)
Test Connection not asking for password
immediately. Another symptom is a delay between clicking OK on Test Connection
and getting the pass/fail response.
Control Panels->Administrative
Tools->Data Sources (ODBC)->Drivers. Check that the Oracle driver is
listed. Goto to System DSN, and set up a
Data Source. A DSN (Data Source Name) is Microsoft's equivalent to Oracle's
tnsnames.ora). If the TNS names in tnsnames.ora is not listed, TNS_ADMIN was
set up incorrectly. Click on 'Test'. Use User DSN to define a DSN for the current user only.
DCARDS7.XYZ.COM = (DESCRIPTION... Look on the Web for examples. Look at
Oracle's Local
Naming Parameters (tnsnames.ora)
odbc "Driver={Oracle in instantclient10_2};Dbq=testdb;Uid=test;Pwd=..." "select * from test_table"
tnsnames.ora. The basic
syntax is a_tns_name = (DESCRIPTION = ... ). Ask your DBA for the
connect descriptor. Be careful of newlines -- they can occur in some locations,
but not everywhere.
begin ...; ...; end; exit
SQLNET.AUTHENTICATION_SERVICES= (NONE) in
ORA_ROOT/network/server/sqlnet.ora. You do not need to restart
the Oracle service.
INSERT /*+ Append */ INTO calls
(
call_id, call_date, emp_id, call_type, details
)
SELECT call_id, call_date, emp_id, call_type, details
FROM calls_external;
Symptoms: when you double-click a file, the wrong application launches, yet the file association looked OK.
HKCU/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Explorer/FileExts/tcl/Application
(substitute your extension for tcl). This key takes precedence over the normal file
association key in OpenWithList. It is set by the "Unknown extension" dialog box.
Find this kind of bug with regmon from Setup SysInternals.
Symptoms: net use works when run as a user but produces "Logon Failure"
when run as a scheduled task. Username and password are identical. The same script
runs net use correctly for other resources. Executing the
same commands and scripts in a test bat file works OK, even if scheduled as a run-once.
In a nutshell - the machine had some incorrect and, apparently conflicting settings for its IP protocol. In the DNS settings, the "Append these DNS suffixes" radio was selected and two domains were listed, one being our companies domain name and the other that domain name with the internal domain name listed. (Example: mycomany.com and office.mycompany.com.)
Additionally, the "Use this connection's DNS suffix in DNS registration" box was checked.
Changing the radio button to "Append Primary and connection specific DNS suffixes" and unchecking the "Use this connection's..." box solved the problem.
An ACCESS_VIOLATION is reported when the hardware traps a write-access or execute-access error
If the installer reports a registration error, with
When I log on to an account in Windows XP, all I see is a blank desktop with no start menu, taskbar or icons. How can I fix this?
It sounds like the shell isn't loading. You could try CTRL-SHIFT-ESC and File>run>explorer.exe [enter] [AnswerBag]
Data Execution Protect -- Only occurs on modern processors when booted in /noexecute=optin mode.
A networked server may refuse connections with this error. For example "\\library is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource. ..."
Explorer->Tools->Map Network Drive
A computer system was slow due to Relevant Knowledge (rlls.dll) and WinAntiVirusPro. Both programs automatically reinstalled. The following procedure worked in this case.
Control
Panels->System->System Restore or Start->run->msconfig->System Restore.
A restore later will also restore the
viruses, but it may keep the system from being totally hosed.
Control
Panels->System->System Restore or Start->run->msconfig->System Restore.
Reboot the machine. Turn on System
Restore, and take a snapshot.
By default, the security log for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 automatically deletes log entries more than 7 days old. If many security events occur, they may fill up the log in fewer than 7 days
My Computer->Manage->Event Viewers
system->properties->filter
and entering the event ID (e.g., "861" for lasass.exe).
To debug security problems
set in either cmd or cygwin. In cmd, look at USERNAME and USERDOMAIN. In Cygwin, look
at EUID, UID, and HOME.
mkdir. Cygwin
does not use the same security model as Explorer, particularly for inherited
permissions. The same problem happens with files.
System.IO.FileSystemWatcher reports events when a file or directory gets changed. For an example, see XMLHotDocument
Richter, Microsoft Press, 2002
Best book on the loading process of managed executables.
Esposito, Microsoft Press, 2002
Sestoft and Hansen, MIT Press, 2004
Thorough, concise coverage of C# 2.0, including generics, excluding .NET Framework classes. Every other page contains examples.
Hassel, Apress, 2004
Lots of concrete suggestions on improving windows security. For example, using pwdump to identify weak passwords.hfnetchk for scanning a network for patch updates, managing security policies, Microsoft's Baseline Security Analyzer, managing group policies, managing patch updates, NAQC (Network Access Quarantine Control), IIS security, Exchange security, security auditing.
Russinovich, Solomon, Microsoft Press, 2005, ISBN 0-7356-1917-4
Thorough coverage of Windows internals with data structures and utilities. See their
website www.sysinternals.com and
Stanek, Microsoft, 2004
Stanek's administrator's pocket consultant for Windows Server 2003. Thorough coverage of adminstrator control panels, security, remote access, active directory, user and group administration, file systems, shared folders, network drives, backup and recovery, networking, print services, DHCP, and DNS.
Gennick, O'Reilly, 2004, ISBN 0-596-00512-1
Everything you should know about SQL, but easily forget. Concise, detailed advice for Oracle, DB2, SQL Server, and MySQL.
Henderson, Addison Wesley, 2000
Recommended by Esposito
Kaner, Bach, Pettichord, John Wiley, 2002, ISBN 0-417-08112-4
Good advice about all aspects of testing.
Molinaro, O'Reilly 2005, ISBN 0-596-00976-3
SQL advice by example.
Spetic, Gennick, O'Reilly 2002, ISBN 1-56592-756-7
SQL advice from a set-oriented viewpoint. They emphasize the use of pviot tables, inner selects, and sets. It includes detailed examples for computing cumulative aggregations, comparing regions, detecting runs, and identifying sequences