Finally I had the time to move my blog to our brand new server.
With the help of this really fine wp-plugin by Zach Skyles Owens, it was the easiest migration ever. Thanks!
WordPress reinstall – now running on Windows 2008R2 with MSSQL!
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Reinstall ChromeMailer after upgrading Windows
If you have upgraded your Windows installation or deleted the MSI Installer cache under %windir%Installer, you will not be able to remove or upgrade ChromeMailer.
To do so, you need to download the Windows Installer Cleanup Utility from Microsoft, and deselect the previously installed ChromeMailer instance from the list.
The Daily SQL Server 2005 Entertainment Column: Reporting Services FAIL
Today is not my day – working with standard database management functions gives me more application errors as if I were typing blindfolded in Visual Studio and pressing F5 
Today’s second googlely-clickitry-click-hotfix-install stopper was a lovely error, when I tried to get a Table usage Report from a database:
System.Xml: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
Nice! Impressive! Informative!
Of course it was reported before, and a hotfix is avaliable, so I’m just writing for the magnificent MS mailservers to handle me the download link… well it lasts for 15 minutes now (I’ve checked the spam folder…:) )
Gmail & Windows Mail: “This could, for example indicate a lack of memory on your system”
For some unknown reasons, using Google Mail or Google Mail for your domain with Windows (Live) Mail is a configuration hell. However, as I’m the proud author of ChromeMailer, on some occasions I need to use a real mailer program, for example sending multiple files (which was a true pain in the ass with the web based Gmail since last week), or sending Html mails with inline images.
If you set up your Gmail account according to Gmail Help, it will simply not work, Windows Mail will keep you entertained with silly error messages like “This could, for example indicate a lack of memory on your system” and other nonsense error messages.
The only working setting is the following:
1) Your IMAP server is imap.googlemail.com not imap.gmail.com (and pop.googlemail.com instead of pop.googlemail.com)
2) Your SMTP server’s port is 587, not 564.
3) Under the IMAP tab, you should uncheck “Store special folders on IMAP server”
Now you can re-sych your accont, and finally you are able to check your emails 
Gmail & Windows Mail: “This could, for example indicate a lack of memory on your system”
For some unknown reasons, using Google Mail or Google Mail for your domain with Windows (Live) Mail is a configuration hell. However, as I’m the proud author of ChromeMailer, on some occasions I need to use a real mailer program, for example sending multiple files (which was a true pain in the ass with the web based Gmail since last week), or sending Html mails with inline images.
If you set up your Gmail account according to Gmail Help, it will simply not work, Windows Mail will keep you entertained with silly error messages like “This could, for example indicate a lack of memory on your system” and other nonsense error messages.
The only working setting is the following:
1) Your IMAP server is imap.googlemail.com not imap.gmail.com (and pop.googlemail.com instead of pop.googlemail.com)
2) Your SMTP server’s port is 587, not 564.
3) Under the IMAP tab, you should uncheck “Store special folders on IMAP server”
Now you can re-sych your accont, and finally you are able to check your emails
Wordle – what am I really into
well, it’s a fine conclusion of the last 4 years here on blog.skaelede.hu
Wordle – what am I really into
well, it’s a fine conclusion of the last 4 years here on blog.skaelede.hu
Change Windows Photo Gallery’s Full Screen Sideshow resolution for Intel GMA
I always missed the “view image in full screen” mode in my Vista installation, because out of the box it does not work with my Intel 950 video chip – when I clicked the Slide Show button it switched video mode back to something below 1024×768 (I’m using a 19″ LCD with 1440×900 resolution), and created a horrible performance and huge artifacts while switching pictures.
After some goggling, I’ve found the Microsoft KB article id #930102, dealing with “choppy image transition” quality. At the end of the article, you can find the solution: hack the registry, and set the WinSATScore to 500, to use the native video resolution. The transitions will be painstakingly slow, but you can press the Pause button to stop it, BUT going back and forth manually does not include transitions!
Change Windows Photo Gallery’s Full Screen Sideshow resolution for Intel GMA
I always missed the “view image in full screen” mode in my Vista installation, because out of the box it does not work with my Intel 950 video chip – when I clicked the Slide Show button it switched video mode back to something below 1024×768 (I’m using a 19″ LCD with 1440×900 resolution), and created a horrible performance and huge artifacts while switching pictures.
After some goggling, I’ve found the Microsoft KB article id #930102, dealing with “choppy image transition” quality. At the end of the article, you can find the solution: hack the registry, and set the WinSATScore to 500, to use the native video resolution. The transitions will be painstakingly slow, but you can press the Pause button to stop it, BUT going back and forth manually does not include transitions!
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