SQL Server Management Studio Express
Who doesn’t love free? I certainly do. Microsoft has offered a great free version of its flagship database software, MS SQL, for quite some time now. And up until a few years ago it didn’t have a GUI front-end, but Microsoft fixed that with the release of SQL Server Management Studio Express. Now out of [...]
Script Samples
There are times when I spent an inordinate amount of time looking for just the right syntax for a command or even the correct command to get the job done. Here are four I put to use in the last few months… Change Printer Spooler Service Recovery options to Restart sc failure spooler reset= 60 actions= [...]
TechNet Subscription
Any Windows IT guy/gal worth their salt should have a TechNet subscription. The download-only version (the one to get) at $349 for the first year and $249 for annual renewal, is an incredible bargain. As a subscriber you get a huge array of non-expiring Microsoft software covering all their operating systems (including DOS), applications, server software and [...]
SQL Server 2008 Express Prerequisites
Last week I installed SQL Server 2008 Express on Windows Server 2008 and there’s a short list of prerequisites I had to download over a slooooow link. Hopefully this list will save someone the same pain I endured. Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Windows PowerShell 1.0 Windows Installer 4.5 It was smooth sailing after the prereqs [...]