sp_whoisactive

https://www.brentozar.com/archive/2010/09/sql-server-dba-scripts-how-to-find-slow-sql-server-queries/

Roslyn Pad

I found Roslyn Pad  C# editor useful to try new things on the fly.

Cannot access site hosted on IIS from LAN with server firewall on - Windows 10

In order to allow access to websites hosted on IIS  on windows 10 from the same network do next:
1. Go to Windows Firewall
2. Select Advanced Settings
3. Select Inbound Rules
4.  Search for rule : BranchCache Content Retrieval (HTTP-In) 
5. Right click on it and enable

Visual Studio 2015 Enterprise : Download license is insuficient

We've encountered in the recent past days a problem with  activating and renewing Visual Studio 2015 Enterprise licenses .

Here is a nice post describing what is the problem :
https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/299d609b-419e-4f88-9a03-24cf79436a76/download-license-is-insufficient?forum=TFService

File Seek

What is file seek :

"FileSeek is a simple, easy-to-use file search utility that includes advanced functionality for power users too. Search through your files using simple text queries, or use regular expressions for complete control. You can even sync your search settings between computers".  

I like it because it gives you a lot of power to search through hierarchies of directories .
It is also useful if you have a huge code base which is not always possible to open in a single solution.

Here is the download link.

Programming is terrible : Lessons learned from a life wasted

Bellow a bad programmer talks about bad programming. Nice video ! So true!

Here is the blog of the speaker : http://programmingisterrible.com/

Visual Studio 2015 Command Prompt integration in Total Commander

If you use Total Commander , as I do , for daily work and  you are also a .Net developer using Visual Studio 2015 , maybe you want to do the same what I did :

How to integrate Visual Studio 2015 Command prompt into Total Commander :

1. Click on Total Commander "Configuration" menu and select  "Button Bar"
2. Click on "Add" button.
3. Configure the Command  to have the value :

%comspec% /k ""C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Common7\Tools\VsMSBuildCmd.bat""

For the Icon file you can use one of the icons created byScott Hanselman .
Add a tool tip text.

4. Press ok . Now you should be able to see in the Total Commander button bar the newly added VS2015 Command Prompt button.

That's all .