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When you develop a SOAP web service in Visual Studio 2013 the IDE uses IIS Express for testing. To set up Windows authentication in IIS Express follow the steps below: Create a Local Security Group on your computer Right click Computer and select Manage On the left side expand Local Users and Groups Right click …
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When you set up Windows 8 the Sign in to your PC page asks you for your email address. It is you computer you should be able to use it without telling Microsoft your email address and other personal information. To use you computer without giving away your email address At the bottom of the …
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If you want to remove the preinstalled Windows 8 from a new Toshiba Satellite P50-AST3GX2 laptop you need a Windows 7 DVD. You can buy the Windows 7 DVD at Amazon. The first step is to turn off UEFI in the BIOS and enable the legacy boot. This will allow the computer to boot from the …
As I found out the hard way when you select “Shut down” on the Power icon in the lower right corner of the Windows 8 screen the computer does not really shut down, it only goes to hibernation mode. This cheat is the trick behind the “fast boot” of Windows 8. This is great if …
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If you want to remove the preinstalled Windows 8 from a new Dell inspiron 7000 series (7537) laptop you need an external USB DVD drive and a Windows 7 DVD. You can buy the LG external USB DVD drive for $40 at Best Buy, and the Windows 7 at Amazon. The first step is to …
When you press the Shift key five times Windows turns on a feature called Sticky Keys to help people to type with one hand. Sometimes this can cause inconvenience when you want to use two hands and just pressed the Shift key too many times. To turn off this automatic feature in Windows 7 In …
If you want to remove the preinstalled Windows 8 from a new Sony VAIO laptop you need an external USB DVD drive and a Windows 7 DVD. You can buy the LG external USB DVD drive for $40 at Best Buy, and the Windows 7 at Amazon. The first step is to turn off UEFI …
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When you click the Skype tile on the Windows 8.1 start screen the “modern” Skype application opens. It forces you to abandon your Skype user name and password and use a Microsoft account to log in. There is a way to use the regular Skype desktop application on Windows 8.1 Open the web browser and …
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In Windows Form applications the tooltip functionality is not built into the controls as in HTML objects. To add tooltip to your controls on Windows Forms Open the Windows Form in the designer Drag the ToolTip control from the Common Controls section of the Toolbox to the form. The ToolTip control will be placed at …
To display data in a DataGridView on a Windows Form Add a new form to the Win Form Application project Drag a BindingSource from the Toolbox to the form The bindingSource object appears below the form Rename the Binding Source Select the bindingSource1 object below the form Press F4 to display the Properties …
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