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How to return a custom object in an AJAX call when the server is MVC ASP.NET

This is not straightforward if you are new to MVC. For this, you need to reference Json.NET from the package manager. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10869724/return-multiple-objects-using-json-net

Visual studio hangs with refactor enabled on super specd PC

My PC is an extremely new dell workstation with 16GB RAM and Intel Xeon Core i7 CPU. It was dog slow. No idea why - turns out to be the video card. Replaced it with a $60 year old video card with 1GB RAM - super speedy now. Visual Studio does not hang with refactor enabled.

Troubleshooting Windows Update Issues

This can be done by: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-update-error-800b0100#1TC=windows-7

Windows Experience Scores in Windows 8.1

This is quite important to know, as it can tell you what is slowing down your system. http://www.cnet.com/how-to/find-your-windows-experience-index-scores-in-windows-8-1/