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SSRS Report Builder 2.0 - Error during processing
SQL Server Reporting Services

SSRS Report Builder 2.0 - Error during processing

The Issue After modifying a report and on running it, Report Builder 2.0 returns the following error: An error occurred during local report processing. An error has occurred during report processing. Query execution failed for dataset 'DataSet1'. The variable name '@GroupName' has already been declared. Variable names...

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Windows 7 Aero Features
Windows OS

Windows 7 Aero Features

Thought I'd put something here as a lot of my clients and friends are all surprised by the Aero features and weren't aware that these existed in Windows Vista (and originally from Linux variants). Sometimes you may only have partial Aero effects. This can be because Windows may not think your machine is powerful enough...

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Another ASCII Extended Character Set for PC
Windows OS

Another ASCII Extended Character Set for PC

Typing an ASCII character In DOS: Hold down the <Alt> key while typing the decimal number on the keyboard keypad. (Example: <Alt>178) In Windows for a DOS character: Hold down <Alt> while typing the decimal on the keyboard keypad. (Example: <Alt>230) In Windows for a WIN character: Hold down <Alt> while typing "0" then...

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Remove write-protect from USB pen in Windows
Windows OS

Remove write-protect from USB pen in Windows

I just had to put something here as I have been buying and returning failed/corrupt USB pens. In the past few months I have been trying to upgrade my 16Gb USB Integral Pen from Play.Com to a 32Gb equivalent. I use my USB pen as the "My Documents" folder on every computer I use. It was fine with my 16Gb one but my 32Gb...

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How to make your Joomla site use SEO friendly urls
Joomla

How to make your Joomla site use SEO friendly urls

Basically so that you can set all those SEO settings in the global configuration tab to YES. Note: you need the permissions to rename the file ("htaccess.txt" to ".htaccess" in your website root folder). You'll need ftp access or a file manager with all your website files in). Do not continue if you ONLY have control o...

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Windows 7 and Google Chrome incognito mode by default
Google

Windows 7 and Google Chrome incognito mode by default

Basically if you've just started using "incognito" mode with the Google Chrome web-browser, this article is just how to switch the quick launch shortcut (next to your start button). All the articles I googled were windows vista so I thought I'd share one for windows 7 here. I'm actually only saving you a click as you c...

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Windows Live Messenger: Error 80048820
Windows OS

Windows Live Messenger: Error 80048820

This is an issue relating to the Time Server Synchronization error. Basically you start up windows live messenger and get the following error: /images/screenshots/windows_live_error_80048820.png Basically you need to check that the time on your windows clock is accurate or close to real Internet time:

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Project Plan for Freelance Website
Web-Development

Project Plan for Freelance Website

I could apply the PRINCE2 (Projects in a controlled environment) methodology to website projects but most people find this overwhelming. It's in business techno babble and I get asked what does this mean in stage 1? And this in stage 2? (There are over 100 stages)... Below is my template project initiation plan (projec...

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Write a Calendar in Autohotkey
AutoHotkey

Write a Calendar in Autohotkey

In this case, I want to display the current month with today highlighted. As I was trying to get my head round writing this in a program using the qHTM.dll (to include HTML in an autohotkey GUI), the calendar will be in a HTML-autohotkey mixed code. Obviously just omit the HTML rubbish if you want to create a calendar...

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