Rob
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Feb 13 2013
Deploying Files for VS2012 Unit Tests
Are you wondering how to best deploy files for your Visual Studio 2012 Unit Tests because the technique changed from the way you did so in Visual Studio 2010? Check out this MSDN article for all the details: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms182475(v=vs.110).aspx Rob This post was migrated from https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/rob/2013/02/13/deploying-files-for-vs2012-unit-tests/.
Feb 10 2013
Query Your BitLocker ID and Password
I could not boot my laptop today because I was prompted for my BitLocker Recovery Key and did not have the associated .txt or .bek files. So, fortunately, I was able to call our help desk and have them provide me with the password. I could then boot my system, Whew! Once I was back …
Jan 05 2013
Text Encoding Options for NLog
I’ve been using NLog for a while now and recently decided I wanted to have some of my log files written as Unicode text. I learned that you can specify this in your <target> sections of NLog.config as follows:
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<targets><br /> <!-- add your targets here --><br /> <target xsi:type="File" name="mainFile" fileName="${logFile}"<br /> archiveEvery="Day" archiveNumbering="Sequence" concurrentWrites="false" maxArchiveFiles="30"<br /> layout="${layout}" encoding="UTF-8" /><br /></targets> |
Note that I only tested two different encodings, “Unicode” and “UTF-8”. Also, “UTF-8” must have …
Dec 24 2012
The site is back online
After a problem with the web site about six months ago, I have recreated the Tardis Technologies blog. Unfortunately, the WordPress database format changed a little bit, so I need to do some work to get it back in a format for posting. The first post is back online. I hope to get the rest …
Dec 18 2012
Migrating a Storage Pool from Windows Server 8 Beta to Windows Server 2012 RTM
I had a computer running Windows Server 8 Beta with a Storage Pool using the “Parity” resiliency type. I installed Windows Server 2012 RTM “over it” (i.e. not an upgrade) and completely lost access to this Storage Pool when the RTM install completed. So, using a number of MSDN resources and PowerShell commands, I got …