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  • WebMatrix – Installation

    If this is the first time you hear about Microsoft WebMatrix, I suggest you to read my previous post WebMatrix – Introduction before continue reading this post. WebMatrix can be installed through Web PI 3. When this post is written the version of WebMatrix is still in Beta and Web PI 3 also still in Beta.…

  • WebMatrix – Introduction

    Microsoft has just introduced the new version of WebMatrix. When this post is written it’s still in BETA version. If you were ASP.NET developer when it’s in 1.1 version, you might ever tried WebMatrix, it was free as it’s today. At that time there was no Express edition of Visual Studio and WebMatrix was the…

  • Running additional instances of Skype

    Starting from Skype 4, we can run multiple instances of Skype. To do that, just pass /secondary argument to the skype.exe, just like this: It will then run the 2nd instance of Skype and so on. If you don’t like using command line tool you can make a shortcut for  it as explained in this…

  • VS2010 Tips #13: How to do multi-targeting in Visual Studio 2010 Express edition

    In my previous blog post I wrote that the requirement to enable multi-targeting feature in Visual Studio 2010 is .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 installed in the machine. But why does it not enable the Target Framework dropdown in File -> New -> Project / Web Site dialog of Visual Studio 2010 Express edition? Is multi-targeting…

  • [Solved] PC starts but no signal to monitor

    I hope this post can help someone having the same issue as I faced. Symptoms Motherboard green light on when power cable plugged in On start up: – No signal to monitor – Can’t enter BIOS POST check – Fans are spinning as normal (including CPU cooler fan) Fix Solution Check your power supply. In…

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