Archive for April, 2011
SQL Server 2008 “Timeout expired” error and SP1
Posted by andrewcushen in SQL Server on April 6, 2011
I recently came across another error when using SQL Server 2008. I recently applied Service Pack 1 to my server’s installation of SQL Server 2008. I had not done any development since then using the full version of SQL Server on the server; instead, as you will note from my recent blog entries on the […]
Norton Internet Security: you have exceeded the number of activations allowed—and you are cut off!
Posted by andrewcushen in Uncategorized on April 6, 2011
WOW. I am shocked at the user-unfriendliness of Norton’s approach here. I had my Norton Internet Security automatically renewed last month. Although I was surprised at the price increase, I decided to live with it. Until today. Just now, I was working on an issue with Windows Installer on my desktop machine, when Norton suddenly […]
Fixing SQL error 5170: Cannot create file ‘C:\[…]\APP_DATA\ASPNETDB_TMP.MDF’ because it already exists.in ASP.NET
Posted by andrewcushen in ASP.NET, SQL Server, Visual Studio on April 6, 2011
The problem I recently had, for the first time, to create a brand-new ASP.NET web application that made use of the built-in Membership/Roles functionality, using the default of SQL Server Express, NOT a full installation of SQL Server. I had previously wrestled with issues when upgrading an older application using Membership/Roles to ASP.NET 4.0, and […]
