Category Archives: Microsoft

Alt-Gr not working, how I fixed it

It’s really, really annoying writing PHP with a Norwegian keyboard when the Alt-Gr button doesn’t work (darn elusive dollar sign $). It’s a fairly vague issue so even Google can have a hard time giving you the answer, anyway here’s … Read more

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How I fixed a black screen on startup on Windows 7

So the situation was: black screen on normal startup, but safe mode worked fine. I originally thought something was wrong with the startup process itself, perhaps BitLocker had gotten corrupted, but a startup repair eventually ruled that out. Seems like … Read more

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Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Management Studio Express – where the fuck is it?

Believe it or not, it’s not on their “Download Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 Management Studio Express” page. Both of the downloads failed to include the SQL Management Studio program for some reason (see below). SQLManagementStudio_x64_ENU.exe     176.5 MB     Download … Read more

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Microsoft Word 2007 – Annoying hidden sub headings

There’s few things that are more annoying than starting Microsoft Office, start writing and then spend 10 minutes figuring out how to f*#&(“=+ structure your content in subheadings. Here’s how you do it and make Word remember it until next … Read more

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