Daniel Harris

Coding, The Cloud, and Tech

13. January 2013 17:41
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Pinning Remote Desktop Connections to the Windows 8 Start Screen

13. January 2013 17:41 by | 0 Comments

Today I was trying to pin some commonly used servers to my Windows 8 start screen, and I noticed the option wasn't available when I right clicked on the various saved .RDP files. I did try right clicking the connections and choosing "Create Shortcut", but I still did not get the option when right c... [More]

27. October 2012 16:12
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Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac 8.0.18305 Impressions

27. October 2012 16:12 by | 0 Comments

Today I got an alert from Parallels that the latest update was available. I always like to be notified rather than downloading it automatically so I can see what new features have been introduced. The latest update has a focus on Windows 8 as you would expect. The ones i’m most interested in ... [More]

12. September 2012 20:54
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Switching from a Windows Laptop to a Macbook Pro - Initial Impressions of a .NET Developer

12. September 2012 20:54 by | 0 Comments

Early August I took delivery of a Macbook Pro with Retina display, with a slightly bumped up spec over the base. This is the first Mac i’ve owned, and the first chance i’ve had to really try the OS. I’ve always had Windows Laptops before, and the reason I bought the Macbook wasn&... [More]

11. May 2012 22:26
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Co-authoring a Word Document from SharePoint 2010 using Office 2010

11. May 2012 22:26 by | 0 Comments

A very nice feature of Office 2010 is the ability to co-author documents that are stored on a SharePoint site. I particularly like that it locks the section you are working on, and only shows your changes when you are ready. You can get Office 2010 as part of an Office 365 subscription at a very a... [More]

8. May 2012 21:24
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Prevent nested Applications from inheriting their parents web.config values in IIS

8. May 2012 21:24 by | 0 Comments

Sometimes you need to host an application within an existing website/app in IIS. The way many of us are all familiar with is right clicking on a folder in the IIS site structure, and choosing 'Convert to Application'. Some expect that this treats the application as a separate entity to i... [More]

4. May 2012 21:53
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Creating an RSA Private Key for Windows Server 2008 from text using OpenSSL

4. May 2012 21:53 by | 0 Comments

Recently I had to move a clients website from their old developers server in the USA to one based here in the UK. Part of that migration involved getting an SSL certificate setup and working on the new server. I was provided with the certificate code in the following text format: —–BE... [More]

14. April 2012 22:17
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Preventing Safari on iOS from adjusting font sizes

14. April 2012 22:17 by | 0 Comments

I had a frustrating evening this evening. A site I had designed and built looks good on the desktop, but when viewed on mobile devices, some images were overlapping the text. In my mind all I wanted to do was force the iPhone browser to show the site at it’s full width, without attempting sca... [More]