Gaffer-Tape Engineering
A journal of my exploits, professional and personal, with regards to fitting square pegs in round holes.
Report Viewer Throwing a 404 Error on Printing or Export
I had a case recently that was peculiar to say the least and took some interesting troubleshooting,...
Date: 02/23/2012
Personal Projects and My Blogs
This blog has long been a combination of professional and personal posts, insofar as I post about my...
Date: 08/12/2011
SSRS 2005 Issue: 'Method not Found: CleanCurrentUserName()' and 'Report Server is not responding'
I've been researching an issue today relating to a problem with SSRS 2005, the symptoms are as...
Date: 06/17/2011
TCP Provider Error/Semaphore Timeout from an SSIS Package
I had a particularly tricky case recently that took a while to track down the cause, sharing in case...
Date: 04/15/2011
SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) Logging
This is another post that is for my own reference though likely useful to a number of people is on...
Date: 08/24/2010
Installing Reporting Services 2005 on Windows Server 2008 R2
I've recently moved to the SQL Developer Team and I'm currently building a one stop SQL machine with...
Date: 06/09/2010
Installing TFS 2010 RC on Windows Home Server
A quick update to my previous post regarding installing TFS 2020 Beta2 on Windows Home Server, the...
Date: 02/12/2010
Visual Studio 2010 and TFS 2010 VM Factory
It is with great pleasure that I can announce that the Visual Studio 2010 and Team Foundation Server...
Date: 01/15/2010
Home Server and Media Centre Posts: New Home
Howdy, For those who may have noticed a decrease in the number of non-TFS related posts on here you...
Date: 12/08/2009
Installing TFS 2010 Beta2 on Windows Home Server
Updated: This precedure also works for TFS 2010 RC using the latest bits. After many attempts to...
Date: 10/30/2009
Unable to Create Team Projects On a Fresh Install of TFS 2008 SP1 on IIS7; TF201072
I’ve just installed TFS 2008 SP1 (slipstreamed) and could connect to my new server however could not...
Date: 09/15/2009
VSTS 2010 Beta 1 Installation
Is easy. Very easy in fact, upgrade isn’t much more difficult either! There is a...
Date: 05/20/2009
Windows Home Server Power Pack 2 and Recorded TV
Power Pack 2 has been released, huzzah! There are a lot of new features in the box for remote...
Date: 04/01/2009
Custom Build Tasks
Just came across a great project to create a number of customer build tasks for TFS Build. It...
Date: 03/19/2009
Troubleshooting the TFS Data Warehouse
A nice guide someone just pointed out to me on MSDN:...
Date: 03/19/2009
TFS Backup to Live Mesh
I’ve been thinking about the “little guys” of late and solutions not always available to the small...
Date: 01/26/2009
TFS Permissions: Allow vs. Deny (and a fix)
Allow and Deny permissions can cause confusion in TFS, for the most part deny overrides allow which...
Date: 01/21/2009
Resetting Reporting Services 2005 for Team Foundation Server
Nine times out of ten most TFS related Reporting Services 2005 issues can be resolved by resetting...
Date: 12/02/2008
Recreating SQL Server Reporting Services 2005 Data Sources for Team Foundation Server
Under some situations you may come across an issue that requires you to delete and recreate the data...
Date: 12/02/2008
Team Foundation Server 2008 Disaster Recovery
As I mentioned some time ago I have been writing a few documents to compliment the official...
Date: 11/27/2008
Useful Links
This post is more for myself than anyone, it is a collection of links difficult to find that are...
Date: 10/22/2008
TFS Activity Logging in TFS 2005/2008
There is a feature of TFS that allows all commands run through it logged to an internal database....
Date: 09/19/2008
Windows Home Server and Live Mesh
Regular readers of my blog will know I've been a fan of Foldershare on Home Server for a while now....
Date: 07/25/2008
Win32 Error Codes and HRESULT Definitions
Not the snappiest of titles though if you are debugging Win32 applications, COM servers or just see...
Date: 07/25/2008
Virtual Server and Differencing Disks
Another trick I use in Virtual Server is the use of differencing disks. A differencing disk is one...
Date: 07/15/2008
How To: Failover a Mirrored Data Tier when the Principle Data-Tier is Not Available
Recently I've been working on SQL mirroring with TFS and concentrating on worst case scenarios, when...
Date: 06/04/2008
Testing TFS in a Virtual Environment
I've been a long standing proponent of virtual environments, for creating isolated test environments...
Date: 05/15/2008
Upcoming TFS Tutorials
I am currently writing a few tutorials for common issues I see with my customers TFS instances, so...
Date: 03/27/2008
TFS Version Checking and Trial Extention Tool
Brian Harry has released a new version of the TFS Version Checking tool, more information below....
Date: 01/17/2008
Team Development with TFS Guide
Came across this very lengthy, detailed guide on Team Development With TFS and thought I would share...
Date: 01/11/2008
Webguide Goes Live
Today (or recently) WebGuide for WHS goes live as a free download. For those who haven't come across...
Date: 01/10/2008
Team Foundation Server - Overview
I just received a question from a friend of mine, James Alderman (there's your mention James ;) )...
Date: 12/21/2007
Team Foundation Server Administration Tool
Found a nice little tool on CodePlex that I will be looking at further as this project continues;...
Date: 12/20/2007
My Home Server Upgrade
I recently decided to take the plunge and decided my home server really deserved a case rather than...
Date: 12/20/2007
Team Foundation Server Admin Project
A lot of the problems I come across, and this wont be a surprise to anyone who has had to do it, are...
Date: 12/19/2007
TFS Client API and 64bit Systems
I had a case recently where a someone was trying to develop an application which used the TFS Client...
Date: 12/18/2007
FolderShare + Home Server + OSX = WIN
Not exactly a Home Server addin so I didn't add it to The List but I'm finding that FolderShare is...
Date: 12/17/2007
Team Foundation Server Web Access - Post Installation Issues
FYI, if you install a fresh build of Team Foundation Server and immediately install the Web Access...
Date: 11/22/2007
Home Server Toolkit
The Home Server Toolkit v1.0 is now available for download, aids in troubleshooting Home Server...
Date: 10/09/2007
HomeServer Tomfoolery - Tips and Tricks
So, finally got homeserver running on my ghetto setup. At the minute it consists of a VIA EPIA...
Date: 09/28/2007
Renaming a TFS 2005 ATDT (Single Server Deployment)
The TFS training continues, today we were asked to rename a machine hosting a TFS ATDT. Easier said...
Date: 09/25/2007
VS.Net 2005 SP1, Windows Server 2003 and Large Patches
Today I have been having fun installing Visual Studio 2005 SP1 on my Windows Server 2003 SP2...
Date: 09/18/2007
It Begins...
I've found myself more and more at a loss to find useful info online and have often ended up "giving...
Date: 08/20/2007