Windows 8.1 is a free upgrade for Windows 8 owners. Unfortunately if you have Windows 8.1 disc and you want to do a fresh install, it won’t accept the Windows 8 key during the installation. To work around this, you can use the KMS Client Setup Keys during installation and enter your Windows 8 key after the installation to activate it. As an example if you want to install a Windows 8.1 … [Read more...]
Copying Outlook Signatures From Other Computer
If you have created Outlook email signatures and you migrated to a new system, these signatures can be copied from the old computer so you can then use the signatures with Outlook on the new system. The assumption of the example below is that the hard drive of the old system was attached to the new system on drive D. Because the Signatures folder is a hidden folder, the easiest way to open … [Read more...]
Migrating ASP.NET 1.1 to Windows Server 2012
With Microsoft cutting the support for Windows 2003 by July 2015, many legacy web applications built with .NET Framework 1.1 have to be migrated to a newer Windows Server 2012 R2. The dilemma is that .NET Framework 1.1 is no longer supported (it's not even possible to manually install the .NET Framework 1.1 on these platforms) on Windows Server 2012 or Windows Server 2012 R2. The proposed … [Read more...]
How to Change Default Database Driver in Visio
Other than creating a flowchart, Microsoft Visio is also a very good tool for data modeling. The default database driver set on the software though is for Microsoft Access. Here are the steps to change the target database driver to SQL Server or any other available databases: Make sure you have other database driver you want to use installed on your computer first. Go to the Database menu, … [Read more...]
Free Microsoft eBooks
Large collection of free Microsoft eBooks can be downloaded from the links provided by Microsoft Sales Excellence Manager, Eric Ligman. Most eReader formats are available (EPUB, PDF, MOBI). Topics Visual Studio 2010; Office 2010, 2013, and 365; SharePoint 2010 & 2013; Lync Server; CRM 2011; SQL Server 2012; Azure Cloud Apps; ASP.NET Multi-Tier Windows Azure; Node.js on Azure; Drupal on … [Read more...]