How to set up WordPress in five minutes

It really takes five minutes to set up WordPress. If your site is hosted by an other Internet  Service Provider the process can be slightly different than the steps below, but it should be similar enough to be relevant to your situation. If your site is hosted by Winhost.com Log into your Winhost control panel …

How to clear the saved authentication data in TortoiseSVN

If  your TortoiseSVN client stores an incorrect username or password it will try to access the Subversion server with that stored data. To force TortoiseSVN to ask for a new username and password clear the stored data. TortoiseSVN is a shell extension, so you have to start Windows Explorer to access the TortoiseSVN menu. Start …

How to set up VisualSVN Windows authentication

If you get the access to ‘…’ forbidden error message in an svn client most likely the Subversion server authentication is not set up correctly. Users can access the VisualSVN repository using the Windows user accounts of the server. To set up the Windows user account authentication: Install VisualSVN on the Windows server, In the start …

Windows desktop doesn’t show any icons

If your Windows XP or Windows 7 desktop is empty and does not show any icons the following steps can enable the display of your desktop icons: Right click the desktop, In Windows XP, Select “Arrange Icons By”,   In Windows 7, Select “View”,   If “Show desktop icons” is not checked, click on it to …

Windows Media Player 12 cannot find the album information

When you insert a CD to rip it Windows Media Player 12 should find the artist name, title and cover art on the Internet. If it cannot find it you can force the application the following way. Warning: These steps will delete all files from your hard drive that are in the Medial Library! Make …

How to insert a link into a WordPress page or post

To add a link to the WordPress post or page: Type the text of your page or post in the text editor, Highlight the part of the text with your mouse that you want to convert to a link, Click the “Insert/edit link” button in the toolbar.  In the popup window enter the URL of …

How to handle “The target version of the .NET Framework in the project does not match…” warning message in Microsoft Visual Studio

When you build the setup project in Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 you receive the following warning message: The target version of the .NET Framework in the project does not match the .NET Framework launch condition version ‘.NET Framework 4 Client Profile’. Update the version of the .NET Framework launch condition to match the target version …

How to solve “The version of the .NET Framework launch condition ‘.NET Framework 4’ does not match…” warning in Microsoft Visual Studio

When you build the setup project in Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 you receive the following warning message: The version of the .NET Framework launch condition ‘.NET Framework 4’ does not match the selected .NET Framework bootstrapper package. Update the .NET Framework launch condition to match the version of the .NET Framework selected in the Prerequisites …

How to bypass the “Saving changes is not permitted…” message in Microsoft SQL Management Studio

You made a change to a Microsoft SQL Server database table that requires the re-creation of the table you get the following error message when you try to save your changes: Saving changes is not permitted. The changes you have made require the following tables to be dropped and re-created. You have either made changes …

How to fix “The OutputPath property is not set for project…” error in Microsoft Visual Studio

When you build your Visual Studio solution you get the following error message: The OutputPath property is not set for project ‘XYZ.csproj’. Please check to make sure that you have specified a valid combination of Configuration and Platform for this project. Configuration=’Debug’ Platform=’AnyCPU’. This error may also appear if some other project is trying to …