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Unable to Connect to Localhost SQL Server Express Instance

Problem Connecting programmatically or by using osql failed with the following, generic error: error: 40 – Could not open a connection to SQL Server My programmatic attempt looked like this: string cs = “Data Source=localhost;” + “Trusted_Connection=true;” + “Initial Catalog=dbname;”; … Continue reading

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Make MSDN Website Load Faster

The MSDN website sucks. It loads extremely slowly, and is visually cluttered. It turns out that MSDN has a low-bandwidth (“loband”) option. This will cause MSDN to render using much simpler HTML, which loads much more quickly and has a … Continue reading

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