In my previous post on how to fix System.Data.OracleClient BadImageFormatException error on 64-bit machine, I mentioned a quick way to fix the error by changing the application’s Target CPU to x86 in Visual Studio. It seems that it works on Windows XP x64 OS, but if you use Windows Vista or Windows 7 x64, the fix will not work and you will keep getting the same error. It seems that IIS 7 still runs in […]
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In Windows 7, if you pin a program to the taskbar, then when you launch the program, Windows 7 will group your program’s window icon into the taskbar icon and change the taskbar icon’s style so you can tell that an instance of the program is running. However, I recently noticed that Windows Live Mail does not follow this rule. When you launch Windows Live Mail, a new window icon is created in the taskbar, […]
Do you have this experience that your application has been running fine on one computer, but suddenly gives you an error as follows when you publish it to another computer? Calling LoadLibraryEx on ISAPI filter “C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.21006\aspnet_filter.dll” failed This error is very common on x64 OS computer with IIS 7 installed. The reason is that the default application pool (or the application pool your application uses) on IIS 7 does not support 32-bit application. The fix […]
I came across to this simple free on-line tool from Dynamic Drive to make small icons. It can be used to create favicon for your web site, or normal small icons. Here is the link:
If you are a Windows Live Essentials user as I am, then you should give the new Windows Live Essentials beta a try. The beta product was released to public last week and finally I decided to install it. Among all Windows Live Essentials products, I use Windows Live Mail, Windows Live Messenger, Windows Live Writer, and Windows Live Sync, especially Windows Live Mail and Writer, I use them almost every day. The beta version […]
Chase bank decided to drop Google Chrome and Opera from their supported browser list and only supports IE 6 and higher, FireFox 2.0 and higher, and Safari 3.0 and higher. As a matter of fact, after July 18, 2010, if you browse Chase web site with an unsupported browser, you will get a “Page Not Found” error, so you will have to use those supported browsers to be able to access your account on-line. Chase […]
When I was asked to create a custom header with collaged photos by one of my customers for his business web site, the first thing I did was to Google for a free good collage tool. Not surprisingly, I found a list of free collage software that seem to be very promising, such as Shape Collage, Scrapbook Flair, and E.M. Free Photo Collage, however, none of them works for me because they either don’t have […]
Google released Google Voice to public(well so far for people in US only) free of charge today. If you have not heard about Google Voice and want to know what it is, then watch this video below: Once you sign up and choose a Google Voice phone number, you can add your home, work, or mobile phone to your Google Voice account, then once someone call your Google Voice phone number, all phones that you […]
You may already know that once you sign up a Hotmail account, the Hotmail account automatically becomes your Windows Live ID which enables you to have access to all Windows Live services, such as Live Messenger, Mail, etc. But do you know how much free cloud storage space you can get after sign up? Windows Live Hotmail: 5 GB (not available to some regions) Windows Live Workspace: 5 GB. A service competing with Google Docs […]
An article of mine is published on Experts-Exchange web site. How to Create a 20 Page Microsoft Word Test Document in 5 Seconds Hope you find it helpful.