Source : http://weblogs.asp.net/abdullaabdelhaq/archive/2009/06/01/VS-Debug-Problem-with-IE8.aspx

How VS debugger could be crashed with IE8?

If you opened multiple instances of IE8 and you attempt to debug your project, you mostly will have the issue where VS debugger just stops and ignores your break points!

Why was that?

Well, IE 8 has a feature called Loosely-Coupled Internet Explorer (LCIE) which results in IE running across multiple processes. 

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/beta/readiness/developers-existing.aspx#lcie

Older versions of the Visual Studio Debugger get confused by this and cannot figure out how to attach to the correct process. 

To overcome this issue, you need to disable the process growth feature of LCIE by follow the below steps:

1)  Open RegEdit

2)  Browse to HKEY_LOCALMACHINE -> SOFTWARE -> Microsoft -> Internet Explorer -> Main

3)  Add a dword under this key called TabProcGrowth

4)  Set TabProcGrowth to 0

 If you run into the same problem on Vista or newer, you will also need to turn off protected mode.

And then go a head and start debugging your code.

Microsoft

1. Windows

2. Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, Power point, Access)

3. Visual Studio

4. Notepad

5. Microsoft Shared View

6. Microsoft Security Essentials

7. Snipping Tool

8. SQLServer

Google

1. Search

2. Gmail

3. Picasa

4. Chrome

5. Reader

6. Bookmarks

Apple

1. iPhone

2. iTunes

Adobe

1. Photoshop

2. Reader

Freebies

1. Advance System Care

2. Core FTP

3. Mp3 Tag

4. DropBox

5. Stickies

Open Source

1. Word Press

2. Audacity

3. SM Player

4. 7-Zip

5. NHM Writer

6. DVD Decrypter

Google Chrome Browser

Here is a list of some extensions for Everyday User http://www.gchandra.com/scripts/?p=354

WOT

Web of Trust is a safe browsing tool, which warns you about risky sites that cheat customers, deliver malware or send spam

https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/bhmmomiinigofkjcapegjjndpbikblnp

IE Tab

For websites which likes only IE. This extension will come in handy.

https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/hehijbfgiekmjfkfjpbkbammjbdenadd

Docs PDF/PowerPoint Viewer (by Google)

https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/nnbmlagghjjcbdhgmkedmbmedengocbn

FlashBlock

Block them all, or be selective with the embedded whitelist manager.

https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/gofhjkjmkpinhpoiabjplobcaignabnl

Awesome Screenshot: Capture & Annotate

Capture the whole page or any portion, annotate it with rectangles, circles, arrows, lines and text, blur sensitive info, one-click upload to share. Support PNG and shortcuts.

https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/alelhddbbhepgpmgidjdcjakblofbmce

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"Feliz Navidad"

Windows

AntiVirus

Microsoft Security Essential (Free for genuine windows licenses)

http://www.microsoft.com/security/products/mse.aspx

Avira AntiVirus (Free & Premium)

http://www.avira.com/en/avira-free-antivirus

Anti Spyware : Advanced System Care (Free & Pro)

http://www.iobit.com/ascdownload-promo.html

TeraCopy (Free & Pro)

It replaces windows copy feature. Its fast, accurate and with bunch of features you will love to have.

http://www.codesector.com/teracopy.php

Unlocker (Free)

Ever had such an annoying message given by Windows: Cannot delete file: Access is denied. There has been a sharing violation.  Unlocker comes for your rescue.

http://download.cnet.com/Unlocker/3000-2248_4-10493998.html

WinMerge (Open Source)

WinMerge can compare both folders and files, presenting differences in a visual text format that is easy to understand and handle.

http://winmerge.org/

SMPlayer (Open Source)

Light Video Player, which can play any video format without any problem. One click downloading of Subtitles from web for international movies you dont understand.

http://smplayer.sourceforge.net/

FolderGuide (Free)

Its handy utility that provides fast access to your frequently used and favorite folders. It can operate as the part of your context menu in your Windows Explorer.

http://www.freeware365.com/desktop/folderguide.htm

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There are lot of great extensions available for Google Chrome. When I tried to install them most of the extensions gave a warning "This extension will have access to your data …".

The extensions were approved by google and many got 4 stars and above, still I was skeptical to install them fearing what if they misuse it.. ?

After doing some research on what data they actually access, I found the following answers in Google Chrome Extension forum. Now I can install the plugins which are rated high and verified by Google team. 

If we dont trust Google, why even bother using their browser or their services.

Now my Chrooooommmmmmmeeeeeeeeee is extended.

ooOoo

Chrome extensions have a manifest file, that specifies which pages that you visit, that the extension can interact with. The extension you're trying to install, might need access to all pages you visit. 

Some extensions might want to access any page you visit, for legit reasons. Most, in fact. If the extension does anything with your page (modify, extend or in any way behave because of the content you see), you'll get that warning when installing the extension.

Extensions cannot access the passwords you store in the password manager that is built into Chrome. It might, however, have access to the information that you submit to websites, including passwords and other personal details. But it would have to be built for that specific purpose.

It all boils down to whether you trust the source or not. The vendor cannot hide how the extension works, so a rouge extension would probably have a short life.

Cheers!

- christianp

Hi everyone, 

Thanks for the feedback on this. christianp has done a great job explaining some of this so far (thanks christianp!) and I'll reiterate/clarify on some points. 

Depending on the extension you install, the extension might need legitimate access to various things to carry out its purpose. For example, if you see the message that the extension can have access to "your private data on all websites," this usually means that the extension is inserting content scripts into a page. Content scripts are used to make changes to what's being shown on a page. An extension for blocking ads is one such example since it needs to modify the execution of the page to not show ads. In this case, this ability to modify page content brings you a desired functionality. However, this same ability means the extension can have the ability to read information submitted on the page, which includes private data. This is not to say it's going to do this or do something malicious with it, but it *can* if the extension author is ill-intentioned and built his extension specifically for this purpose. This is why we always advise users to only download extensions from authors they know and trust (they have great reviews, have a lot of users, good reputation, etc). 

This is no different from the risk you take when installing software in general and the same risks exist in other browsers when installing extensions/add-ons. That said, we have done and are still doing many things to try and mitigate potential damage that can be caused by malicious extensions. For example, we can enforce granular access to permissions (having access to some sites instead of all sites), we isolate extension code from web page code to reduce the ability for malicious web pages to infect good extensions, and more. You can read more about security and Chrome extensions in a very informative blog post listed in my references. 

Keep in mind that Google can also remove any malicious extension from the gallery and disable the extension for existing users when discovered. You can report malicious extensions by using the 'Report abuse' link off the extension's gallery details page.

Hope this helps! 

Toni (Googler)

Google Employee

7/17/10

Related Link

Google Chrome Browser Extensions for everyday user – 1

Some useful Google Chrome Browser Extensions for everyday user.

Allow copy-paste action on websites

https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/mkklbhjangmgebkkjkgcaehkjiemjkpm

Allow Right Click

https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/hompjdfbfmmmgflfjdlnkohcplmboaeo

Webpage Screenshot

https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/ckibcdccnfeookdmbahgiakhnjcddpki

Youtube Videos Download

http://www.chromeextensions.org/music-videos-photos/download-youtube-videos-as-mp4-flv/

RemindMe

https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/dkbeopafgiefnlffkhmkhldcojehlgam

Google Analytics Opt-out Add-on (by Google)

https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/fllaojicojecljbmefodhfapmkghcbnh

If you use Google Chrome on multiple computers, you can Sync them using Chrome Sync.

Customize > Options > Personal Stuff > Sync (with your gmail address)

Its very useful and convenient.

See example..

If first data cell (in Excel) in that particular column is of type String/Text then all Numeric values in that column will be NULL in SQL table or viceversa.

This NULL can be avoided in 3 different ways

1. Manual Change

Manually add single quotes (') before each Numeric cell and convert it to String / Text type. This way all the values will be exported to SQLServer without NULLS.

2. Excel to Access to SQLServer

If number of rows to modify is more then …

First export the excel data to MS-Access database and then export Access DB to SQL Server. This way all the values will be exporeted to SQLServer without NULLS.

3. Change EXCEL Connection String

This is simple method but it has its own disadvantage.

Append IMEX=1 to ExcelFileConnectionString. Adding IMEX=1 changes ISAM driver to Import Mode.

(click on the image for full view)

You must be careful that IMEX=1 not be used indiscriminately. This is IMPORT mode, so the results may be unpredictable if you try to do appends or updates of data in this mode.

The possible settings of IMEX are:

0 is Export mode
1 is Import mode
2 is Linked mode (full update capabilities)

More Info :

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/194124/en-us

http://www.jimmcleod.net/blog/index.php/2008/06/25/importing-excel-spreadsheets-into-sql-server-2005-ssis/

Its because Outlook may be running in Cached mode.

• Tools  > Options > Mail Setup
•  
• Click on Email Accounts
•  
• Double click your Email Account
•  
• UnCheck Use Cached Exchange Mode box
•  
• Click Next
•  
• Click Close
•  
• Open New Email, try the new email address to verify its seen.

Follow the same steps and Check the box to Use the Cached Exchange Mode.

Read more on benefits of using Cached Exchange Mode

I got this error when I started using LoginStatus Control. It seemed very wiered. After lot of struggle I found out this is caused by CSSAdapters.

Open CSSFriendlyAdapters.browser  (or something similar)

Look for this line and remove or comment it.

<adapter controlType="System.Web.UI.WebControls.LoginStatus"

 adapterType="CSSFriendly.LoginStatusAdapter" />

Now you LoginControl will work without any issues.

Based on http://www.sqlbook.com/SQL/Avoiding-using-SQL-Cursors-20.aspx with a minor change.

DECLARE @CustomerID int

DECLARE @FirstName varchar(30), @LastName varchar(30)

– declare cursor called ActiveCustomers

DECLARE ActiveCustomers Cursor FOR

 SELECT CustomerID, FirstName, LastName 

 FROM Customer

 WHERE Active = 1

– Open the cursor

OPEN ActiveCustomers

– Fetch the first row of the cursor and assign its values into variables

FETCH NEXT FROM ActiveCustomers INTO @CustomerID, @FirstName, @LastName 

– perform action whilst a row was found

WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0

BEGIN

 Exec MyStoredProc @CustomerID, @Forename, @Surname

 – get next row of cursor

 FETCH NEXT FROM ActiveCustomers INTO @CustomerID, @FirstName, @LastName 

END

– Close the cursor to release locks

CLOSE ActiveCustomers

– Free memory used by cursor

DEALLOCATE ActiveCustomers

Cursor alternative 1: Using the SQL WHILE loop

SQL provides us with the WHILE looping structure. This can be utilised with a temporary table that enables us to avoid using a cursor:

– Create a temporary table, note the IDENTITY

– column that will be used to loop through

– the rows of this table

DECLARE @TempCustomer TABLE (

 RowID int IDENTITY(1, 1), 

 CustomerID int,

 FirstName varchar(30),

 LastName varchar(30)

)

DECLARE @NumberRecords int, @RowCount int

DECLARE @CustomerID int, @FirstName varchar(30), @LastName varchar(30)

– Insert the resultset we want to loop through

– into the temporary table

INSERT INTO @TempCustomer (CustomerID, FirstName, LastName)

SELECT CustomerID, FirstName, LastName

FROM Customer

WHERE Active = 1 

 

– Get the number of records in the temporary table

SET @NumberRecords = @@ROWCOUNT

SET @RowCount = 1

 

– loop through all records in the temporary table

– using the WHILE loop construct

WHILE @RowCount <= @NumberRecords

BEGIN

 SELECT @CustomerID = CustomerID, @FirstName = FirstName, @LastName = LastName 

 FROM @TempCustomer 

 WHERE RowID = @RowCount

 EXEC MyStoredProc @CustomerID, @FirstName, @LastName

 SET @RowCount = @RowCount + 1

END