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Getting DotNetNuke 5 to install

Another hosting company I use has both the old ASP.NET AJAX extensions installed and the .NET Framework 3.5 installed.  In order to resolve an ambiguity between the two sets of DLLs in the GAC, I had to modify web.config according to the instructions here: http://weblogs.asp.net/javiervillarreal/archive/2008/01/30/the-type-system-web-ui-scriptmanager-is-ambiguous-it-could-come-from-assembly.aspx

XP SP3 cannot connect to Vista Ult SP1

I could not get our Windows XP SP3 machine to connect to our Vista SP1 “server” machine.  I found the solution at: http://www.techsupportforum.com/microsoft-support/windows-vista-support/227510-solved-vista-sp1-changed-sharing-behavior.html Solution: The XP machine’s Local Security Policy had to be changed to enforce NTLMv2. The user’s problem was described as follows: I upgraded Vista Ultimate to SP1 today and after the update, …

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Firefox redirects VS2008 web pages to www.localhost.com

Fix this problem by setting your hosts file entry “::1 localhost” to “:::1 localhost” (i.e. add an extra colon at the beginning of the line). I found this solution at http://bvencel.blogspot.com/2008/05/aspnet-development-server-problems.html

Optimal Audio Encoding Settings

Updated 2011-06-08: Note that EAC 1.0’s parameters have changed (click here and scroll down to “Which flags can I use in the external compression scheme “User Defined MP3 Encoder”?”). Using Exact Audio Copy, here are the best settings (that I’ve found) for encoding audio: Check ‘Use external program for compression’ Change ‘Parameter passing scheme’ to …

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Pond Footage (Part 2)

This was taken after the pond was completely finished.  Check out the fish!  Swanky patio furniture, too!   Footage recorded on October 25th, 2006

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