dave sez - Miscellaneous

Web Service for Validating City/State/Zip using UPS Web Services and HTTPAPI

Dave — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:18:00 GMT

Sample service program for accessing UPS Online City/State/Zip validation using RPGLE and the HTTPAPI from Scott Klement.

Making Automatic Updates respect your workday

Dave — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 21:58:00 GMT

I am fairly sure I am not the only one who has been happily typing along, only to suddenly notice my PC is rebooting because I inadvertantly triggered the 'Restart Now' option of the Automatic Updates restart reminder popup. In two minutes you can make sure this never happens to you again.

The case of the disappearing LogonAsService right

Dave — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 22:39:00 GMT

A domain group policy kept resetting the LogonAsService rights on one of my reporting services, and the domain admin was not able to figure out how to stop it from happening. The solution was simpler than expected...

Visual Studio 2010, IIS7, Azure on XP

Dave — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 23:00:00 GMT

Visual Studio 2010 brings us to the cloud, but only if you are running Vista or newer on your development PC. It would have been nice if they told me that before I had invested so much time in a new XP SP3 virtual machine buildup. This post will walk you though getting IIS7 and the Azure SDK & Tools all running in an XP environment.

Amazing, but true. HTC Evo breaks dimensional barrier and provides psychic insight to ME!

Dave — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 06:28:00 GMT

Voices from the other side, courtesy of the Sprint Network!

Playing & converting VVF files with Vx4SLPlayer

Dave — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 22:58:00 GMT

`Looking for an app to play VVF files and convert to AVI? Vx4SLPlayer will do it...`

Changing domain password with email-only domain account

Dave — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:22:00 GMT

When you type in your new password you will see a message that reads:

Your Windows password could not be changed. To change your password, you must log on to your organization's network or contact your system administrator.

Resolved: 'Our applications don't support 64-bit operating systems'

Dave — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 04:01:00 GMT

Why is it that some programmers are so quick to abandon their users with a remark like 'we don't support x64'? This is a quick story about making a developer's app work in x64, even though the developer did not seem to have any interest in making it happen...

Watchguard Firebox Client

Dave — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 04:19:00 GMT

A quick introduction to the firewall client I created for users of the Watchguard Firebox. Simplifies connecting to and staying connected to the firewall...