'Settings' is not a member of 'My'

Okay, so my project has been beating me over the head with this:
'Settings' is not a member of 'My'
webconfig was properly built.
tested other projects worked fine as the code was copied from them

So I was have a big wtf at this problem, as a generic error I was not finding any solution.
I found one post where the user created a new page in the same project, copied everything over and it worked, so I tried that, and it worked... here's the rundown of what I did....
 I am using Visual Studio 2012.

• default.aspx - bad
• default.aspx.vb - bad
• default1.aspx - new
• default1.aspx.vb - new

1. blanked out the contents of both bad files
2. copy pasted contents(code view of aspx file) of both to new files
3. deleted  bad files via solution explorer
4. renamed new files to bad file names (ie removed the 1 from the file name)
5. my.settings references are working along with several other reference errors I was going to look at once i fixed the my.settings error.

or so I thought it was fixed...on compile it just blew up again on me

so I created a whole new  project. replicated steps above to transfer code, worked out several items that broke but were obvious fixes, and viola, 'my' errors went away.
Truth be told i had tried this before, but I think i had done File>New>Website... this last time round, I did File>New>Project

Found a nice url that formats code snippets into formatted text for blogger: http://codeformatter.blogspot.com/

Network Scanner

Okay, i have achieved a part of my dreams in coding today. I've always wanted to write nifty little network tools that serve a purpose, today, I have actually written one, well at least the draft of a proof of concept for a larger project. Two key reference that I used to generate the code was: http://www.xtremevbtalk.com/showthread.php?t=321718

1:  Imports System  
2:  Imports SnmpSharpNet  
3:  Public Class Form1  
4:    Private Sub Button1_Click(sender As System.Object, e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click  
5:      'check if keyed fields contain numeric only data,stop if they don't  
6:      If Not IsNumeric(Me.tb_f_o1.Text) Then Exit Sub  
7:      If Not IsNumeric(Me.tb_f_o2.Text) Then Exit Sub  
8:      If Not IsNumeric(Me.tb_f_o3.Text) Then Exit Sub  
9:      If Not IsNumeric(Me.tb_f_o4.Text) Then Exit Sub  
10:      If Not IsNumeric(Me.tb_t_o1.Text) Then Exit Sub  
11:      If Not IsNumeric(Me.tb_t_o2.Text) Then Exit Sub  
12:      If Not IsNumeric(Me.tb_t_o3.Text) Then Exit Sub  
13:      If Not IsNumeric(Me.tb_t_o4.Text) Then Exit Sub  
14:      tb_results.Text += "start" & vbCrLf  
15:      'convert text box values to integers  
16:      Dim a_to As Integer = CInt(Me.tb_t_o1.Text)  
17:      Dim a_from As Integer = CInt(Me.tb_f_o1.Text)  
18:      Dim b_to As Integer = CInt(Me.tb_t_o2.Text)  
19:      Dim b_from As Integer = CInt(Me.tb_f_o2.Text)  
20:      Dim c_to As Integer = CInt(Me.tb_t_o3.Text)  
21:      Dim c_from As Integer = CInt(Me.tb_f_o3.Text)  
22:      Dim d_to As Integer = CInt(Me.tb_t_o4.Text)  
23:      Dim d_from As Integer = CInt(Me.tb_f_o4.Text)  
24:      ' Use Parse() to convert from the integers to an IPAddress.  
25:      Dim fromAddress As System.Net.IPAddress = System.Net.IPAddress.Parse(a_from & "." & b_from & "." & c_from & "." & d_from)  
26:      Dim toAddress As System.Net.IPAddress = System.Net.IPAddress.Parse(a_to & "." & b_to & "." & c_to & "." & d_to)  
27:      ' We need the integral value of the IP. The Address property is deprecated. Use GetAddressBytes() and  
28:      ' convert the bytes to a value. If you are using IPv4, this should be 4 bytes, 32 bits, only Integer is needed.  
29:      Dim currentAddress As System.Net.IPAddress  
30:      Dim addressBytes() As Byte = fromAddress.GetAddressBytes()  
31:      Dim addressValue As Integer = BitConverter.ToInt32(addressBytes, 0)  
32:      Dim toaddressBytes() As Byte = toAddress.GetAddressBytes()  
33:      Dim toaddressValue As Integer = BitConverter.ToInt32(toaddressBytes, 0)  
34:      ' The bytes come out in network order; we don't want to figure out if that's backwards or not. Use this method  
35:      ' to convert to whatever the host machine uses.  
36:      addressValue = System.Net.IPAddress.NetworkToHostOrder(addressValue)  
37:      toaddressValue = System.Net.IPAddress.NetworkToHostOrder(toaddressValue)  
38:      For i = addressValue To toaddressValue  
39:        Dim thei As Integer = i  
40:        Dim theb() As Byte  
41:        ' We're ready to go back to bytes; convert the number back to network order  
42:        thei = System.Net.IPAddress.HostToNetworkOrder(thei)  
43:        ' Turn it back into bytes, create the new IP  
44:        theb = BitConverter.GetBytes(thei)  
45:        currentAddress = New System.Net.IPAddress(theb)  
46:        Dim thehostname As String  
47:        Try  
48:          thehostname = System.Net.Dns.GetHostEntry(currentAddress.ToString).HostName.ToString  
49:        Catch ex As Exception  
50:          thehostname = "Could not detect hostname"  
51:        End Try  
52:        tb_results.Text += " IP: " & currentAddress.ToString & " | Active: " & pinger(currentAddress.ToString) & " | Hostname: " & thehostname & vbCrLf  
53:        My.Application.DoEvents()  
54:      Next  
55:      tb_results.Text += "done" & vbCrLf  
56:    End Sub  
57:    Function pinger(ip As String)  
58:      If My.Computer.Network.Ping(ip) Then  
59:        Return (1)  
60:      Else  
61:        Return (0)  
62:      End If  
63:    End Function  

I have a dream... about my future tablet.

These two urls showed the power that can be found in current windows 8 tablets. I would ditch my ipad for this in a heartbeat. As a software developer, being able to have the ability to work with my native developer app (Visual Studio) and be able to play Diablo 3 ( a game that just came out last month, and that I plan to play for several years) as well as having full blown versions of all the applications I normally use rather than ‘apps’ appeals greatly to me. http://www.drdobbs.com/mobile/232900072?vXFf&cid=sem_edit_DDJ&wc=4&vQZf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukn3wp3Dr-Q Ideally, I would want to be able to take my tablet, dock it at home, and be able to plug at least 3 monitors into the dock. Secondly, I would hope the dock would have a more powerful gpu, cpu, and possibly ram that pairs with the tablets hardware to provide more of a work horse when docked. So that's my tablet dream for the day...

890FXA-GD70 gives me FF code and doesn't post

So bought the parts for a new build.
Was done over the course of 3 months, so by time was ready for assembly return windows had closed.
System would power, fans would spin for a second, motherboard diag leds would show FF

PartsL
890FXA-GD70
FX-8120
Ram - 4gb sticks 1600 cl7 or 4gb sticks 1600 cl9 sticks

Contacted support, issue was bios version, mobo had old version.
Asked around no one had a am3 cpu lying around, so bought one online for $30 (grr)
System came right up with that cpu, flashed bios from usb stick, put in FX 8120 and came right up.

Reading online I see alot of returns and such over this issue, i would think they could find some way to post the system for bios patch without the cpu somehow.

Found this article while troubleshooting, thought it was worth mentioning as a guide for troubleshooting your hardware's install.
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/261145-31-perform-steps-posting-post-boot-video-problems