Category Archives: Tooling

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Request feedback from visualstudio online

Posted on February 17, 2014 by erictummers

From visual studio online you can request feedback on your application. I’ve played with it and it looks promising. Not sure if the stakeholder would open the email or install software requested in an email. But if they do this … Continue reading →

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Alternate Authentication Credentials

Posted on January 30, 2014 by erictummers

To allow third party tools to connect to your visual studio online enable Alternate Authentication Credentials After making the change I got an email from Microsoft. This is standard security policy now. Hi Eric Tummers, To maintain the security and … Continue reading →

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Hyper-V legacy hardware

Posted on January 11, 2014 by erictummers

Twice a year my wife boots her legacy laptop and spends days on creating a photo book. I maxed the memory to 2Gb. But nothing more to update since no (cheap) SSD for IDE or processor upgrades available. This is … Continue reading →

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Citrix Receiver on Windows 8.1

Posted on January 8, 2014 by erictummers

Citrix is not my expertise. I learned this the hard way. (= reading support) To gain access to a Citrix environment from Windows 8.1 follow the steps below. Configuration steps Download the latest Citrix Receiver from receiver.citrix.com Add your Web … Continue reading →

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Vacation project Apple TV

Posted on December 30, 2013 by erictummers

My jailbroken Apple TV plays media files from my NAS. Together with the Airplay from other apple devices this is my home entertainment system. But bigger files and higher bit rates caused problems. Multiple buffering and loading breaks during playback … Continue reading →

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