Steps to connect to SQL Express Remotely

Problem: How to connect to SQL Express Remotely in same network (say. corporate network) I have used SQLCMD to check whether I am able to access the SQL Express server on remote machine. Steps to execute: SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) Open SSMS ,  Right click on SQLExpress to open properties of the SQL Server. Click on Connections. Make sure in Remote server connections, Allow remote connections to this server is checked. SQL...

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Some Useful Command Prompt Tricks

Hi, I have compiled a list of commands and tricks which I learnt on the go while working. I thought it may be useful to others also :)  1. While working on a command prompt from long time , use key F7 to see visually a list of command history. It's very useful to me to easily navigate to command required by pressing up and down key. Yes , you can directly use up and down key also to do this, but I feel just going to last few commands...

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Setting an ALIAS in Windows Command Line

I work mostly on Windows nowadays and spend a good amount of time with Windows Command Prompt. Now there are some commands , some common locations which I usually use or switch to.  I tried looking on internet and browsing through couple of stackoverflow articles and finally this is how I solved my problem. We can use doskey (try doskey /? to read more) for solving this problem. Common syntax to use is :          ...

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Welcome Amazon to India.E-commerce competition gets more competitive now

World's largest online retailer Amazon entered the Indian e-commerce industry with online market place amazon.in. Just now it has started with Books and Movies & TV with additional categories like mobiles,cameras will be coming soon. Some of the perks given by amazon to Indian users are : Image Source : amazon.in The site is just now designed as a market place that provides facility for transactions between buyers and sellers.Restrictions...

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Chrome : We need a master password

"I feel so NAKED and EXPOSED when it comes to Chrome's password savings ability" - comment on google product forum. I am one of the million users whose first task is to install Google Chrome after installing Windows. It's fast and reliable but one thing which prevents me from making it my default browser is Lack of master password facility.Its highly needed feature which people have been demanding from long time. I was getting bored at home and so I decided to look up at people comments  over this issue and It was fun. I found many better...

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Chrome Extension : Page Monitor

Today I was searching for a extension so that I could be notified of new notices on my college's training and placement site . I started my usual business of Googling . Very quickly I found a chrome extension Page Monitor which I found to serve my purpose very efficiently .  You can set many features like rate at which pages which pages should be checked for update  whether you want desktop notification , sound alert and...

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Google Tricks !

Hi Guys ! Another post from me about Google Tips and Tricks I am aware of . Hope you find them useful . 1 . World Time  2.  Currency Conversion 3.  Unit Conversion 4 . Calculator 5.  Searching for Similar Words  6. Excluding Keywords 7. Search in Title 8. Search in URL 9. Excluding URL 10. Search for specific file-types 11. Search within a specific website  12....

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