.Net Development

Enabling "Agent XPs" on SQL 2005

Chances are that if you have just done a fresh install of SQL 2005 you will get an error when you try to create your first SQL 2005 maintenance plan.   This error tells you that the “‘Agent XPs component is turned off as part of the security configuration for this server”  and refers you [...]


How fast does your website load?

 Do you have the answer?   Pingdom does with their new “full page test” tool.   With this tool, you enter you website URL it loads up your page including all images, and JavaScript as if a user went to your site.   It then presents you with your individual file load times, in the order that they [...]


Reset a lost ASP.Net membership password

I have been doing a lot of development work lately and found myself in a pickle today.   I was close to finishing a project that relied on ASP.Net membership a few months ago and for reasons that I won’t go into I had to put it on hold until now.   A lot can happen [...]