October 2005 - Posts

Make Google your search engine in IE 7......and nothing else!!!!!

I have IE 7 beta installed on my laptop for a while now, and so far, I'm liking it. Its pretty stable, no bugs till now and it starts faster than IE 6 (at least on my laptop). The new search textbox is kind of cool, it allows you to choose from a set Read More

RTM verions of VS.NET 2005 and SQL Server 2005

Great news for MSDN subscribers. The RTM versions of VS.NET 2005 and SQL Server 2005 are available for download at MSDN subscribers download site. Go get them :).By the way, if you're in Lebanon, do not miss the VS.NET 2005 and SQL Server 2005 launch Read More

Name the folder "con" please. Sorry, it can't be done.

I was at the ministry of finance today working on a project there, when one of the IT department employees came and told us to try and create a new folder and give it the name "con". I tried it, created a new folder on the desktop and named it "con" and Read More

Installing Microsoft CMS 2002 Site Manager

Ok, this is one of those things on which you waste a lot of time on, and at the end you find it's a really stupid thing that you've missed. When installing Microsoft CMS 2002, one of the components that you would want to install is the Site Manager. Read More

Authenticating to send an email

I haven't been blogging for a while now. Its because I've been really busy lately, lots of project deadlines, and lots of new projects. Hopefully I'll start blogging more frequently. Here's a small piece of code I found, and thought of sharing it Read More