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Passed the 70-483 exam
I have just passed the 70-483 exam. The next one will be the 70-486. I thought that that would make me an app builder.Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer: App Builder 2017 But that is (probably)...
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OneDrive and Groove Sync error
I have stored an mp3 in my OneDrive music folder on my Win 10 (build 14393.693) and it syncs to OneDrive online. So far so good. When I go to https://music.microsoft.comit is not there. When I click on...
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Azure SQL database tuning advisor was wrong
The documentation for Azure SQL db performance tuning is great and accurate with great detail on docs.microsoft.com (instead of the old msdn...
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Microsoft.NETCore.UniversalWindowsPlatform fail to install at file new project
I started my IoT (Internet of Things) journey a bit later then some. I waited for a suitable small project to come along and some free time. The creators update (Windows 15063) has just been released...
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Enable Bash in Windows 10 Creators update
Here are the 9 steps to enable the linux subsystem in the latest Windows 10 version:Windows key + I (to go to settings)Update WindowsSelect developer menu on left hand sideMake sure that the developer...
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Format large XML file fast (pretty print) Xmllint on Windows 10
Make sure you have Windows 10 with the anniversary update or newer.You can verify this by pressing the winkey + R and type ‘winver’ and hit enter. The anniversary update has buildnr 14393. And make...
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PiPlant: check moisture with sensor on Windows 10 IoT with C# UWP
It all starts with installing Windows 10 IoT on a suitable device. I used a Raspberry Pi 2 (Model B) and installed the creators update of Windows 10 IoT. You should really get the dashboard from...
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Put a git repo on OneDrive
For one of my hobby projects, I wanted to have my source code under source control. Professionally I use VSTS (Visual Studio Team Services) https://www.visualstudio.com/team-services/pricing/ which is...
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61.000 Downloads of an old Nuget package!
Back in 2012, I found some code online which should have been a Nuget package. I tried to reach out to the original author (even searched for him/her today) but could not find any contact info.That...
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Recovered my bitcoins from MultibitHD
My Surface Pro 3 died last October which had my bitcoin wallet on it. I forgot that I had any. I had bought them a (long) time ago for about 10 euro if I remember it correctly. But since the hardware...
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Let’s encrypt win simple and Asp.Net Forms Authentication
I am using https://github.com/Lone-Coder/letsencrypt-win-simple for a while now and moved to 1.9.5.1 today. It has a great new feature. Updating my webapplications was done by changing the path in...
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Move win32 and wpf apps to the Microsoft Store
The 15.4 update of Visual Studio has a lot of new things. Also the Fall creator update enables you to use .net Standard 2.0 in UWP apps. Adding UWP apps in the store is easy and native. But you can...
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Internal compiler error: Unable to cast object of type...
I was trying to create new packages for a Store application and got this error. I was updating my Nest Thermostat application and adding the new Navigation View component. Which is a great new XAML...
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Fix videocard iMac 2011
If your iMac starts with a screen similar to this:don’t worry! There is a solution. Apple admit that they had bad hardware in a certain line of 2011 models. Apple offered to replace the videocard for...
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Entity Framework cannot execute ‘Update-Database’
I am currently working on a side-project with the code-first approach. I really like how the framework does migrations and you can use the .sql files in the migration folder etc.But I am still wrapping...
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Let’s encrypt kept giving a 403 in IIS
Perhaps it’s because I was still in holiday-mode, but I kept getting a 403 error. Even when I added a `helloworld.html` in the `.well-known` dir. Which was driving me crazy. I even thought it was .net...
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Building a Neo smartcontract in C#
I followed the guide but did not got it to work.It just failed at step 3 and there was no error at all. I thought it had to do with me changing the project from .net Core 1.x to 2.0But it was partially...
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Convert VM with managed disks to unmanaged
There are a lot of benefits with managed disks and it is the preferred way to create a new VM. However because of my tight budget, I wanted to move to unmanaged. I did not expect the costs to continue...
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Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) today
So I have installed WSL as soon as it was available in the production ring of Windows 10. It is nice/epic etc. you should try it yourself. I used it Format a large XML file fast so that I could...
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Getting Google Analytics ready for GDPR
It’s almost the 25th of May, so it’s a bit of a rush. But I am looking into the required changes for the javascript code of Google Analytics to get it GDPR compliant.As you probably know by now, GDPR...
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