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Thunderbird - Improve your Unread Messages Management with Read Delay feature and Taskbar Unread Badge add-on How to properly handle unread messages in Mozilla Thunderbird using the built-in read delay time (or disable the auto-read feature entirely) and the Taskbar Unread Badge add-on

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If you're reading this post, it most likely means that you're using Mozilla Thunderbird as your e-mail client... Which is a great choice, since it rocks! (I'm also using that …

Thunderbird - Improve your Unread Messages Management with Read Delay feature and Taskbar Unread Badge add-on How to properly handle unread messages in Mozilla Thunderbird using the built-in read delay time (or disable the auto-read feature entirely) and the Taskbar Unread Badge add-on Read More
Applications / ASP.NET / C# / Coding

Visual Studio 2017 - Lost Razor Intellisense and Syntax Highlight - How to Fix it How to repair your Visual Studio 2017 installation and get back Intellisense and Syntax Highlight on your Razor pages & .cshtml files without reinstalling

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Today I had to deal with a nasty issue that happened on my Visual Studio 2017 Enterprise Edition, right after installing the VS2017 15.8.1 update. In a nutshell, I had lost …

Visual Studio 2017 - Lost Razor Intellisense and Syntax Highlight - How to Fix it How to repair your Visual Studio 2017 installation and get back Intellisense and Syntax Highlight on your Razor pages & .cshtml files without reinstalling Read More
Applications / Servers & Services / SQL / Windows

How to Install, Setup and Configure MS SQL Server 2017 Express Edition A quick tutorial explaining all the required steps to deploy an instance of MS SQL Server 2017 Express Edition on a Development, Testing or Production machine

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If you're a .NET developer working with Visual Studio, you'll most likely know SQL Server LocalDB: a specialized edition of the well-known Microsoft SQL Server engine - firstly introduced in …

How to Install, Setup and Configure MS SQL Server 2017 Express Edition A quick tutorial explaining all the required steps to deploy an instance of MS SQL Server 2017 Express Edition on a Development, Testing or Production machine Read More
Applications / ASP.NET / C# / Servers & Services / Windows

Microsoft MVP Award 2018-2019 in Developer Technologies The Microsoft MVP Award Box has arrived today in all its shining beauty: here are some high-resolution pictures of the box contents

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A couple weeks ago I got the wonderful news that I had been granted the Microsoft MVP Award 2018-2019 in Developer Technologies category: that's an awesome professional achievement that I'm …

Microsoft MVP Award 2018-2019 in Developer Technologies The Microsoft MVP Award Box has arrived today in all its shining beauty: here are some high-resolution pictures of the box contents Read More
ASP.NET / C# / Coding / Operating Systems / Servers & Services / Tools & Utilities / Windows

Windows Server - How to Send SMTP Auth E-Mail with PowerShell Using the System.Net.Mail.MailMessage and Net.Mail.SmtpClient .NET Framework objects with PowerShell to send authenticated e-mail messages through a secure SMTP server

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A couple of years ago I published an article explaining how to send notification E-Mail messages with PowerShell. I wrote that post to demonstrate how a simple notification script could …

Windows Server - How to Send SMTP Auth E-Mail with PowerShell Using the System.Net.Mail.MailMessage and Net.Mail.SmtpClient .NET Framework objects with PowerShell to send authenticated e-mail messages through a secure SMTP server Read More
Android / Cyber Security / Tools & Utilities / Web

Android Hacking Warning: 10 Dangerous Apps You Should Be Aware Of A journey into the most dangerous Android apps that could threat your smartphone, cripple your mobile experience and/or steal your data

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Well, it is 2018 and the Android community is developing at a faster pace. Each day there is the upbringing of newer apps with some exciting features and latest updates. …

Android Hacking Warning: 10 Dangerous Apps You Should Be Aware Of A journey into the most dangerous Android apps that could threat your smartphone, cripple your mobile experience and/or steal your data Read More
Applications / Servers & Services / Web

How to clear Google Chrome Redirect Cache for a single URL A short tutorial explaining how to clear Chrome's sticky memory for redirects without clearing all your browsing data

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As you most likely known since you found this post, Google Chrome - just like most other browsers - implements the 301 redirect caching, meaning that it will often locally cache …

How to clear Google Chrome Redirect Cache for a single URL A short tutorial explaining how to clear Chrome's sticky memory for redirects without clearing all your browsing data Read More
ASP.NET / C# / Coding / Servers & Services / Tools & Utilities

ASP.NET C# - How to convert Office files to PDF using SyncFusion File Formats & Essential Studio A great third-party alternative to Office.Interop to programmatically create PDF out of MS Office Word, Excel and/or Powerpoint files

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A few months ago I've written a post here explaining how to programmatically convert MS Word DOC and DOCX files to PDF in ASP.NET C# using the Microsoft Office primary interop …

ASP.NET C# - How to convert Office files to PDF using SyncFusion File Formats & Essential Studio A great third-party alternative to Office.Interop to programmatically create PDF out of MS Office Word, Excel and/or Powerpoint files Read More
Cyber Security / Tools & Utilities / Web

How to prevent a Data Breach: Malwares, Viruses, Hackers, Phishing, Identity Theft & more A list of things to know (and do) to help reduce the chance of a Data Breach from the most common exploits: Viruses, Malware, Hackers, Phishing, Identity Thefts and spying techniques

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Sadly, common sense is not very common these days. The other day my friend called me asking how to transfer money in South Africa? I said why? He said, ‘I …

How to prevent a Data Breach: Malwares, Viruses, Hackers, Phishing, Identity Theft & more A list of things to know (and do) to help reduce the chance of a Data Breach from the most common exploits: Viruses, Malware, Hackers, Phishing, Identity Thefts and spying techniques Read More
Coding / HTML & CSS / JavaScript / PHP / Servers & Services / Tools & Utilities / Web

Best WordPress Plugins to Compress Images, JS and CSS An updated list of compression-bases plugins that will make your WordPress website load quicker

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Maintaining a WordPress website is a tough task in itself let apart the confusion of choosing which plug-ins to use for a hassle free and optimum experience. Since it was …

Best WordPress Plugins to Compress Images, JS and CSS An updated list of compression-bases plugins that will make your WordPress website load quicker Read More