Archives for: June 2009

Force Windows XP to Update Microsoft Products

June 23rd, 2009
I have been needing this for along time. I can not count how many times I have sat around waiting for a Windows XP machine to start Microsoft automatic updates. In Windows Vista the Widows update window has a button to force the OS to go out to the inte… more »

Apostrophe in a SQL Query String

June 16th, 2009
I was running into a problem with a SQL query string being terminated to soon. One of the variables I was using in the concatenation of the string contained an apostrophe. In order to handle this situation you have to put two apostrophes to escape the… more »

IMAP Account in Outlook Not Deleting Mail Items

June 9th, 2009
I have recently setup an IMAP email account in Outlook. After using it for a few days I notice that none of the mail items I delete disappear. Each time I delete a mail item it just becomes grey with a line crossing it off. I thought at first it just… more »