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Recently i was configuring asp.net development server and fiddled up proxy server settings in internet explorer.since i am avid user of firefox i rarely bothered about IE.yes,firefox worked but IE did not.

Thats not the only problem .none of the updates would work.it seems all applications upgrade refers to proxy server settings in IE.to my surprise even safari did not work.it was intelligent enough to show the error message directly unlike IE.

the error message was “unknown error” (kCFErrorDomainWinSock:10054.

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I am just beginning to learn asp.net and ended up troubleshooting localhost issues very soon.i just built a basic asp.net webpage and try to run it (ctrl+f5). localhost was not resolved and it resulted in “page not found error” on both internet explorer and firefox.

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this post is about dealing with “ambiguous call to overloaded function” type of errors in microsoft visual studio 2008.you are welcome to add solutions to similar type of errors in comment section.

case 1 : use of math .h header to make use of log function

suppose the code fragment is similar to this one.

t=log((count[leaf]+1))/log((2));

here  after debugging the error you get is given below.

“error C2668: ‘log’: ambiguous call to overloaded function”

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Windows 7 has incorporated significant improvements over microsoft windows Vista.Apart from the eye-catching UI ,multi touch support,SUPERBAR, other application makeovers and other details and improvements,there are other very cool features which draws my attention….

Some of them which interested me are listed below.

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this tutorial shows you how to slipstream sata  drivers into xp cd. you would need it to install xp in your laptop if it comes with a sata hard disk.  slipstreaming drivers,hotfixes and  softwares,slipstreaming vista is also possible by using this simple method.

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i had written an app in which even after pressing the exit button or close button,i could still see the process occupy some memory in task manager.

to deal with this,i googled for a while and came to know that this situation arises when some of my application components or objects are still referencing in the memory.

so i came across various forums suggesting me to close ( ) all the forms in the application.i did the same and now i dont see my app in the task manager after exiting it.

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edit: “\\Hp22\C is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions… Access is denied.”

Solved!!

please upgrade to vista service pack 1 and xp service pack 3 BEFORE TRYING THIS TUTORIAL.:)

This is a tutorial about how to network two computers ,one running vista and other  computer running xp using simple  crossover ethernet cable.this also shows how to share internet connection through crossover ethernet cable.

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how many of us knew about the back door in windows ?? a special access system for US NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY is secretly built into every windows operating system after windows 95.

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this post is not a main post.it is just used for completion of topic from another post.referring it directly does no harm though.

You must be logged on as an administrator to perform these steps.

To create a partition or volume (the two terms are often used interchangeably) on a hard disk, there must be either unallocated (empty) space on the hard disk or free space within an extended partition on the hard disk.

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imo the best way to create a bootable xp cd is by using nlite or windows unattended cd creator(my favourite)

things required :

i assume you have the following.

• blank/empty cd
• latest version of nlite (get it here) or windows unattended cd creator(get it here)
• microsoft windows xp cd (you can’t get it here )
• latest service pack(you can get it here)
• if you have not yet installed .net framework 2.0 get it here.(required for nlite)
• nero or any image burning software (i use nero)
• cd/dvd writer
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this post is not a main post.it is just used for completion of topic from another post.referring it directly does no harm though.

Windows Vista password reset disk can really help you when you have forgotten your account password.with the reset disk you can easily reset the password and start using your vista account.

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