Running Internet Explorer 6, 7, 8 as standaloneshttps://joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/windows-os/running-internet-explorer-6-7-8-as-standalones.html

18 May 2010 return v7 on the "about" dialog but I felt this was because I already had IE7 installed. Note that a lot of websites have reported that installing IE7 standalone breaks the IE6 standalone and none reported the fix... If you only want Internet Explorer...

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• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Windows OS
• Language: *

Windows 7: System Clock is constantly going out of synchttps://joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/windows-os/windows-7-system-clock-is-constantly-going-out-of-sync.html

28 January 2010 The Issue People have reported that although they have manually set the date/time on their computer, this gets changed by the windows time server (time.windows.com) when connected to the Internet and for some reason it doesn't display the right...

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• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Windows OS
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Connection Strings for SQL Serverhttps://joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/sql-server/connection-strings-for-sql-server.html

05 January 2011 from Connector/NET version 5.0.3. In earlier versions, this option has no effect. Using encryption, alternative Some reported problems with the above one. Try replacing the key "Encryption" with "Encrypt" instead....

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: SQL Server
• Language: *

T-SQL example of Case-Sensitive Soundexhttps://joellipman.com/articles/database/t-sql/t-sql-example-of-case-sensitive-soundex.html

10 October 2012 particular column we have setup default values, let's use the example "Data Not Yet Available". Unfortunately the end-user reported these default values sometimes list twice, especially when the case is different, eg. "Data not yet available". The final...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Transact-SQL
• Language: en-GB

Battery Constantly Drained on iPhonehttps://joellipman.com/articles/apple/battery-constantly-drained-on-iphone.html

27 November 2012 1 A friend reported her phone was constantly being drained, wasn't lasting the day on a full charge and knew how to close apps running in the background (double-click "home" button and hold down app until red minus buttons appear, tap red button)... I...

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• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Apple
• Language: *

SSRS Report Builder 2.0 - Error during processinghttps://joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/ssrs/ssrs-report-builder-20-error-during-processing.html

06 May 2010 The Quick Fix Return to the Design interface of Report Builder 2.0 for the problematic report: Right-click on the reported DataSet (in my case: DataSet1) and select 'Dataset Properties' Select 'Parameters' and click on the duplicated field Click on the...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
• Language: en-GB