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Windows Update fails with error 8007000E in Windows 2008 R2
I have been doing a lot of work with Windows Update and patching recently and have encountered error 8007000E in Windows 2008 R2 numerous times. While I consider this a generic error as numerous factors can cause this error to be thrown, there are a few steps that you can take to get past this error and get your Windows
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Securely Transmit a Secret [password]
“Help, Dick, Help!” exclaimed Sally. “I lost my password” “Look, Jane, Look,” said Dick. “I emailed you your password.” Jane sees her password. Everybody sees her password. Jane is sad. Dick is sad. Transmitting secret information, such as a password, to a user across the Internet is often mishandled. One common way is to send the password through email. While
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Managing ASP.Net Membership Users and Roles
ASP.Net Membership was first introduced in ASP.Net 2.0 and is relatively easy to implement in your web application. As it has evolved there have been changes that add more features and extensibility but have obscured some of the basic tools needed to easily manage it. The ability to easily add users and roles to an initial implementation is one task I recently encountered that is difficult
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