Definitely a mat - finish, like the picture in your link. Similar in appearance but with an oily yellowish gloss to it...

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My co - workers keyboard has a nice "mat - finish" to it from all his chowing over it. I cringe every time I see it. X|

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Hi megaadam I am glad that you have pleasant co-workers and decent employers. Those are definite advantages to have in a company. I would also consider staying based on those facts. Maybe try putting up a cubicle wall at your desk facing towards the main direction from where the noise coming. Then try the white noise .mp3 files as suggested. Hope it gets better

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Hi megaadam In my experience I have found that the companies who don`t provides developers with quiet working conditions, to be the firms that you generally don`t want to work for. It commonly means that the people who manage you don't view you as important enough. They want you to produce code, but they are not willing to provide you with the means to do it. Unfortunately we do seem to be in a profession that most businesses want, but don’t want to pay for. If you are faced with deadlines and managers who complain about your development speed (or that of your team), then I would seriously consider leaving as soon as possible. There are companies out there that will understand that you need quiet working conditions in order to concentrate. If they know that the noise slows you down but they do appreciate your work and are very chilled when it comes to deadlines, then seeking other employment might be less of a concern. If it’s the latter then you can hopefully steadily swing things your way by suggesting working from home or maybe setting up a small office somewhere else. Just be sure to explain to your employers that your level of output is seriously hindered by the chattering crowd. If however I where you, I would start patiently looking for better places to work. Try a brown-, pink or white - noise media file played through your headphones for the moment. It worked for me way back when I was faced with a similar problem. Keep it tight

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Hi I am trying to deploy a digital certificate (a test. pfx and a .cer) to users in a GPO. I have read that you can deploy the certificates by following the ensuing link in the GPO management view: Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Public Key Policies\Trusted Publishers. Yet I cant seem to find the above - mentioned folder structure. Only the Trusted Root Certification Authorities folder is visible. Any suggestions on how to deploy certificates to a group of users in a domain without using the certmgr console? Thanks :)

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Hi Can I use Citrix Presentation Server on WINSERVER2003 (configured as only an Application Server)? I have previously set up my WINSERVER2003 as an Terminal Server and an Application Server. Citrix worked fine, so it propably is the <> Terminal Server configuration that is causing the problem. Thanking you in advance :omg:

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Hi nelsonpaixao This returns the location of the executing program. Since this is a plug - in that runs on ms outlook; the path of outlook.exe is not what I am searching for. Close, but not quite what I am looking for. :(

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Hi Luc I have a path from which I deploy my plug in: 1) c:\Doc and Settings\blah\My Projects\blah\ 2) Then I have the path inProgram Files to where the plug in "resides" 3) Then finally I have the UNC - Location(Located c:\Doc and Settings\ How do I find out where the second location (2) is programmatically?

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I have already tried that. It is the same as I mentioned since you are returning an assembly. Maybe I am not implementing it right? Thanks for the help so far.

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Hello I have a plug in that I wrote. It is located under : C:\Program Files\Plugs\t01\OutlookAddIn1.dll The following code (1) returns the following result (2) (1) using System.Reflection Assembly assr = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly(); (2) ...\Assembly\blah blah How do I retrieve the path as specified in [A] using C#? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Hi I have created and installed a couple of Add - Ins for MS outlook and Excel. Is there an effective way in which an Administrator can deploy/install a MS Outlook add - in centrally to all the computers on the network? Any help would be appreciated. :doh:

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Hello I have writen a basic session - notification timeout script that `n register to a page using a single static class located in the App_Code folder. My page layout is as follows: 1) I have a Default.aspx page which contains Telerik rad - splitters etc. The notification

is placed on this page and the script - timer is registered to the page. I want the

to display thereby notifying the user that there session is about to expire. If `n apply the afore - mentioned method to any other page which does not contain a page - layout such as this, then everything works fine. I have thought about applying a CSS file to the "Master - page" and dynamically creating the

message using Jscript. The problem however is that this wont work since I need the alert to be dynamic. How can I get the alert -

to display to the user? Thank you

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Hi I am trying to send an e - mail message. I have supplied the wrong network - credentials so that an exception would hopefully be thrown. However, no exception is thrown. I find this very strange. Heres my code: mailMsg.Subject = m_Subject; // Subject of the E - mail. mailMsg.Body = m_Content; // Content of the E - mail. mailMsg.IsBodyHtml = true; mailMsg.BodyEncoding = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8; mailMsg.To.Add(m_Address); // The address to which the e - mail message must be sent. mailMsg.DeliveryNotificationOptions = DeliveryNotificationOptions.Never; System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient smtp = new System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient(serp_URL); System.Net.NetworkCredential netCred = new System.Net.NetworkCredential(); netCred.UserName = serp_LoginName; netCred.Password = serp_Password; smtp.Credentials = netCred; smtp.DeliveryMethod = System.Net.Mail.SmtpDeliveryMethod.Network; try { smtp.Send(mailMsg); } catch (System.Net.Mail.SmtpFailedRecipientException) { // Or any other exception for that matter. return false; } Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Hi Mika Thanks for the feedback. It really helped. Cheers :-D

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Hello How does one go about debugging Transact SQL code in MS SQL 2005. The instance on which I wish to debug the tSQL, is running under the LocalSystem account. Thanking the replier in advance

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Hi I am wondering what the best way is to access jscript from within an ascx control? If you have a button or another object; then you can simply use one of the pre - existing attributes such as for instance "onclientclick" to access your script. Another way would be to fire another controls event that we use as a caller - object. Maybe change the style of the control to "style = "display:none" or something like that, then just call its event to trigger execution. I am uncertain as to how this method works. The ascx is part of html page so maybe because the ascx is parsed in the html - parent; one could reference that page and point to the script that contains the code that we wish to execute. If someone could please give me an example of how this would work; it would be greatly appreciated. :-D Thanking you in advance

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Hello I am wondering what the "best" method is to debug a Win - Service. I know about the following two: 1) Writing a Log - file to output the state of variables/ bugs encountered etc. (Very basic I know) 2) Start the service and then attach a debugger to it. (Better !!) 3) Try to debug the code in "Console - mode" If anybody out there has any advice on another way to debug a windows service, then please let me know. Thanking you in advance ChristiaanS :|

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Hi Dave First of all; sorry for the ambiguous question i was very tired at the time. 1) By signature, I meant the signature that you find at the bottom of an e - mail message for instance. 2) I know also of the existence of the System.Net.Mail Namespace. I forgot to mention that. I can try running through the object - browser. I am sure that by the process of elimination I would find an object capable of doing what I need, but as stated previously; it`s a little quicker to ask someone in the know. Thanking you in advance ChristiaanS

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Hello I am wondering if anybody can please help me with the following; 1) How do I attach a signature to a outbound e - mail message using for instance the System.Web.Mail namespace? Should I use another namespace? There does not appear to be a member with which one can accomplish this in the above - mentioned namespace. Thanking you in advance ChristiaanS :(

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Hello I am wondering if anybody could please assist me in solving this problem. The problem is as follows: 1) I want a "session - about to expire in x: minutes " message to popup x - minutes before the session comes to an end. 2) I need to be able to register a 'session - refresh' event in a central position, thus not in the Page_Load event of every page. Is there a way to do this. I am a complete newby to ASP>Net and I would greatly appreciate any help. Thanking you in advance ChristiaanS :doh:

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