Signing in to Windows Live Messenger failed because the service is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later. Error 80040154

After I installed windows live essentials 2011 on Windows Vista I got this error. I tried the instructions in the link provided by the error message (http://windowslivehelp.com/solution.aspx?solutionid=f427b98c-8fc9-4e0c-9931-859ddf8caa69) but didn’t help. So I just run the installation again & run repair as follows:

1. Start –> Control Panel –> Programs.
2. Then locate "Windows Live Essentials 2011" in the list and click on “uninstall/change”.
3. Windows Live Essentials 2011 setup will run and ask you to reinstall or repair. Click on repair.
4. When it finish. Start Windows Live Messenger & sign in.

Error: Cannot have multiple items selected in a DropDownList

Receiving this error when trying to select an item in an ASP.NET dropdownlist as below:

Dropdownlist1.items.FindByValue(“1”).Selected = True

To Solve this, just call the ClearSelected method before selecting the item:

Dropdownlist1.ClearSelection()
Dropdownlist1.items.FindByValue(“1”).Selected = True

How To: Auto-Logon to user account at startup with Windows Vista

1.Click on the Start button and type in ‘netplwiz‘. This will open the Advanced User Accounts menu.
2.In the Users tab, highlight the account you want to login to Vista automatically with, and then untick ‘must enter a username and password to use this computer’
3.Click on ‘Apply’. A new window will now popup asking you to enter the password of the account you’ve just highlighted. Do this, and then click ‘Ok’
4.Click ‘Ok’ on the Advanced User Accounts menu to finish

SQL Server 2008 setup support rules restart computer

1. Run “regedit” under program->run.
2. Navigate to:

"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager"

3. Double-click on the key “PendingFileRenameOperations” and clear its content or if there are command that should be run copy it to a file then replace it after you finish sql setup. Press “Ok”.
4. Now click on “Re-run” in “Setup Support Files” window & it should pass.