Monthly Archives: July 2013

Disable the Charms Bar – Making Windows 8 Better

Posted on July 17, 2013 by way0utwest

One of the things that’s bothered me is the way the charms bar frequent popping out as my mouse moves to the upper or lower right. I do this as I’m trying to reach the “x” to close a window … Continue reading →

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Hack Resistant

Posted on July 16, 2013 by way0utwest

Security should be on the forefront of every data professionals’ mind. It doesn’t matter if you are developer, administrator, or other position, you ought to be considering the security implications of changes you make to the database. More and more … Continue reading →

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SQL Server Needs Tempdb

Posted on July 15, 2013 by way0utwest

I saw a post recently where someone noted they had moved tempdb like this: USE master; GO ALTER DATABASE tempdb MODIFY FILE (NAME = tempdev, FILENAME = ‘c:\tempdb.mdf’); GO ALTER DATABASE tempdb MODIFY FILE (NAME = templog, FILENAME = ‘c:\templog.ldf’) … Continue reading →

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The Desktop

Posted on July 15, 2013 by way0utwest

Lots of IT professionals I know have moved to laptops for their daily work. This allows them to keep their work handy, no matter where they are. If they need to work from home, or on a trip, they have … Continue reading →

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