If you find yoursef needing to verify which version of MDAC you have installed on a machine, you can look in the registry for a quick reminder.

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Just in time for the holidays, we bring back the Wednesday Bosco Siting. This Wednesday, we wanted to prove to the masses that Bosco was alive and kicking, so we present you with:

I have recently run into an issue on my test servers with my SQL 2000 log files being full. This has caused many of my jobs to fail unexpectedly. In my research, I have found the following MS Knowledge Base article addressing how to shrink the transaction log files. It also includes instructions on how to backup the log file before the shrink, in order to mitigate losing any data.

Shrinking the Transaction Log in SQL Server 2000 with DBCC SHRINKFILE

I have recently come across the need to create user groups on my local machine for a current project. I have researched and come up with a straightforward VBScript file that I can use as my basis for creating many user groups on each fresh testing installation.

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Gopherr brings us a nifty application, much in the vein of Magnetic poetry. This Windows application allows you to “throw morphemes around on a canvas in an artistic or dramatic way.”

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