I’m in SQL just about every day of the week. Supporting multiple clients with multiple SQL servers in operation, we’re regularly working on databases. Part of that process is to backup and restore databases on our local machines for development.

One of the annoying items about SQL for me is that it wants to bury your database files deep within the Windows program folder for your SQL install. I really don’t want to dig down 7 levels of folder structure to get to my files. I can see how that might be handy and serve as a layer of protection, but …read more

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I’ve been running now on my recently wiped and refreshed laptop. Everything is going well except for one thing. I probably should have connected the laptop to my domain before doing just about anything else.
You see now, I’ve got all these personalized settings. Applications installed. Preferences configured, etc., etc., but they’re all setup on my local computer user login.
When I connected to the domain at work, all my preferences are useless on the new domain user that’s created.
My question is does anyone know of a safe and successful way …read more