Author: Aaron Paul Rykhus

Live in Fargo. Worked for Microsoft for 6 years on Microsoft Office and Volt for 1 year before that on Microsoft NAV. Working in IT industry since 1999 (right before Y2K, yikes!). But also have a passion for media of all types. I also enjoy comedy and music. I've worked for very large enterprises to tiny startups. Currently self-employed (freelancing) and taking this time to journal(ism) and ramp up for my next life challenge. Currently on sabbatical studying entrepreneurship and continuing education with emphasis on professional development.

Enable Directory Browsing in IIS from Command Prompt

  1. Run Command Prompt as Administrator
  2. cd C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv
  3. appcmd set config /section:directoryBrowse /enabled:true

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/942062/http-error-403-14-forbidden-error-when-you-open-an-iis-7-0-webpage

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Unable to Install Node.JS on Windows 10

Trying to install Node.js

nodejs1

The app you’re trying to install isn’t a Microsoft-verified app

nodejs2

Click Change my app recommendation settings >

nodejs3

Change to Anywhere, but warn me before installing an app that’s not from the Microsoft Store

nodejs4

Run setup again and click Install anyway

Environment

nodejs5

Windows 10 Version 1903 (OS Build 18362.239)

Microsoft Edge 44.18362.1.0

Microsoft EdgeHTML 18.18362

 

C++ win32 winapi LVM_FINDITEM or ListView_FindItem returns -1 unexpectedly

If you can’t get LVM_FINDITEM to work and your project is unicode make sure that you are passing the tagLVFINDINFOW struct (unicode) and not the tagLVFINDINFOA struct (ANSI).
Working code snippet…
int findhit = 0;
tagLVFINDINFOW lvMeta;
lvMeta.flags = LVFI_STRING;
lvMeta.psz = L"10"; // search the first column for the number 10
findhit = SendMessage(lstGrid, LVM_FINDITEM, -1, (LPARAM)&lvMeta);

7 Ways Telemarketers Get Your Cell Phone Number

Tech

If you’re in the shrinking pool of people who still have a land line, you’re most likely inundated with calls from telemarketers.

But your cell phone is different, right? You may have registered on the FTC’s National Do Not Call Registry and maybe you know regulations exist that limit the ways debt collectors and companies selling things can pester you on your cell phone.

That kind of thinking isn’t grounded in reality and, unfortunately, a growing number of telemarketing companies don’t care about lists and legislation and will harass you with unwanted calls and texts on your mobile phone anyway. In fact, one tech analyst recently estimated as many as 100 billion robocalls—those lacking a human being on the other end—and other solicitations are made to cell phones in the U.S. every year.

But how do telemarketers get your phone number anyway? You might be surprised.

1. You overshare…

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Heavily redesigned Opera exits beta for Windows and OS X

Gigaom

If you’re an Opera desktop user who’s been waiting for the heavily revamped version but doesn’t like to play the beta game, then today’s your lucky day: the Norwegian firm has released the full, finalized version of its browser for Windows and OS X.

The big change here is Opera’s adoption of the WebKit rendering engine and Chromium framework, in lieu of its previous homegrown efforts. This is a compatibility play – WebKit is what powers Safari(s aapl) and Chrome(s goog), so web developers naturally write for it. We’ve already had the Android version of the new Opera, and now it’s on desktop too.

As we explained when the desktop beta (sorry, “Next version”) came out in May, users will find a heavily revamped Speed Dial feature that allows the organization of bookmarks into folders, a Google Currents-like Discover feature, and a read-later facility called Stash.

You can download the…

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