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Internet Explorer Slows CRM

March 17th, 2010 by sirslur


Have you ever wondered, “How fast would MS CRM be if I could use FireFox?”.   I have.  Internet Explorer 8 and older are not very competitive when it comes to javascript.  Guess what MS CRM has a lot of.  JAVASCRIPT!
Well, there is some good news.  Microsoft is testing IE9 and it shows some tremendous speed [...]

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Windows Server 2008 – Missing Drive Space

February 6th, 2010 by sirslur


The story begins with me needing more drive space on my backup drive.  I allocated the extra space from our SAN.  Then I went into the server and told it to expand the drive with the extra space.
This is where it gets weird.  I could see the new space everywhere except in explore and [...]

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Windows 7 – 3 Pack for $149

October 27th, 2009 by sirslur


For those of you looking to upgrade to Windows 7, I have found a deal at CompUSA.  Now it is only the Home edition, but you get 3 full licenses for $149.99.  Have fun with your install.

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My Conversations in One Place

October 26th, 2009 by sirslur


I have wanted this for a while.  I am even writing my own application to do this for me.  What I am talking about is Mozilla’s Raindrop.  I am impressed that Mozilla is doing this.  It kind of breaks their mold.  They are creating a web based application and not a you install on [...]

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Hohm and powermeter

October 19th, 2009 by sirslur


Well, Google and Microsoft are at it again.  They want to know more information about you.  This time it is how much power you are using.  Honestly, it does look pretty cool to know how much power you are using and when.  The bad thing is the unknown.  What are these two companies going to [...]

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MS CRM 4 – Custom Entity Product Total

July 28th, 2009 by sirslur


I have been working on a custom entity inside of CRM.  Basically, I was adding product to it and wanted to get the price per unit for the correct price list, multiply it by the quantity and apply any discount.  This functionality works great in the quote section, and I needed to duplicate it.  Well, [...]

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