As a result of experiments with WPF controls I got the error in Visual Studio 2013. I started to look for records in block "using", but it was all right there. (more...)

To recover password of SharePoint Farm, you need to log on with a Local Administrator account on a server with Central Administration. To recover passwords for Web Applications or services you need to log on with Administrator account to server where it is running. (more...)

Word allows you to create a Table of Contents automatically. It searches headings in your document and creates contents according to them. Headings must be set via headings styles in tab "Home". (more...)

In PowerShell you can use a lot of modules and classes of your machine. Built-in system class "System.Environment" allows you to get a lot of useful information about your machine. Its syntax is like this [System.Environment]::class_property or [System.Environment]::class_method.

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SharePoint 2010 can be installed as a Farm installation or as Standalone one.  Standalone installations means that all the components are on the same machine (SharePoint, SharePoint services and built-in database) and this type of installation is not extensible.

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There's a possibility to create and use .NetFramework class in PowerShell via cmdlet "Add-Type". You should use New-Object cmdlet to instantiate objects.

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You can merge Excel cells in 3 simple steps:

1. Select a range of cells.
2. Right click on the selected cells and then choose Format Cells (Figure 1)
3. Go to the Alignment tab and check the checkbox "Merge cells" (Figure 2).

The other way to merge cells in Excel is via Excel Ribbon. This way is one step less. (more...)

Excel has a huge number of tools for customizing text and tools to count data. So, one of useful things is to rotate text on any angle. It can be useful for customizing table headers. (more...)

Generic handlers have an extension .ASHX. It's a good solution to render documents or images for user on server-side after user requests, not web page. Generic Handlers solution (.ashx files) are not directly supported by Visual Studio 2010 for SharePoint projects. But there's a little trick for this.

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During long use of Microsoft products, I got a habit that to update Microsoft Office I need to download Service Pack for my MS Office version. But in MS Office 2013 I can easily press some buttons for updates.

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