Get Access to SQL Server With Microsoft Access
Microsoft Access is a wonderful thing. It looks, smells, and tastes like a comfortable Excel spreadsheet. But once you get past the wonderful interface, you find out that as databases go, Access really isn’t up to the power demanded by most applications. So when we go to create a supporting database for a design automation or we build a tracking database for our data management system, we want the ease-of-use of Access, but the power of something like Microsoft SQL Server. Continue Reading
Starting in Service Pack 2 (SP2) of ENOVIA SmarTeam V5R19, a log file is now generated that tracks any error that occurs in SmarTeam Editor or SmarTeam Foundation applications. This functionality replaces the vault server log file that was used on SmarTeam Foundation/Vault Servers prior to V5R19 SP2. This log file can contain valuable information for debugging issues on client machines as well as troubleshooting problems with SmarTeam services. 
If you’ve ever had to work with Windows servers, or troubleshoot a problem with a Windows service, you’re probably familiar with the Windows Event Viewer. You may even have a few tricks of your own, like looking up Event Viewer error codes using Google. But you may not realize how powerful the tool can be, and what Microsoft has done to enhance it recently. Here is our Top 5 list of great things you can do with the Windows Event Viewer now. 
It’s easy to see, standing in the electronics section of BestBuy or Sam’s Club, that 64-bit computing has finally arrived. When lowly consumers can readily and inexpensively purchase the “next generation” technology, companies can rest assured that the time has come to upgrade, swap out, retire, or do whatever is done with last decade’s computers. At last, CAD applications starving for memory will finally be fed and applications needing more speed will surely zip right along. 
