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Wednesday, March 29, 2006 6:40 PM

Internet Explorer now has a public bug reporting tool

I stumbled across a post on the Internet Explorer team's blog from last Friday that I wanted to post a link to here. According to this post, the Internet Explorer team has created a public bug reporting database that all users can access to report problems
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Tuesday, March 28, 2006 9:04 PM

How to create a combined network install point for all Visual Studio 2005 Express Editions

Now that I have posted items about how to create a network install point for a Visual Studio 2005 Express Edition and about how to silently install a Visual Studio 2005 Express Edition , it is time to post part 3 of what I had originally envisioned to
Posted by astebner | 6 Comments
Monday, March 27, 2006 5:48 PM

A look behind the scenes at the Windows Media Center design and architecture

Francis Hogle, the development manager for the Windows Media Center core team, has posted a really nice introductory overview about how Windows Media Center works behind the scenes. It uses diagrams and pictures to explain how we have separated the User
Posted by astebner | 2 Comments
Friday, March 24, 2006 8:15 PM

Example of how to use Visual Studio IDE language switching

Recently, I wrote a couple of blog post ( here and here ) about how to enable multi-lingual development scenarios by taking advantage of the Visual Studio IDE UI language switching feature. I would like to add to those previous posts by showing an example
Posted by astebner | 11 Comments
Friday, March 24, 2006 5:06 PM

More information about the Q podcast and video blog client written with Media Center Markup Language

I previously posted links to a feature specification and user interface video for the Q podcast and video blog client application that has been written using the new Windows Media Center Presentation Layer . This application was demonstrated as part of
Posted by astebner | 1 Comments
Tuesday, March 21, 2006 11:04 PM

Log files created during Xbox 360 PC setup

I have heard from a few folks who have run into issues installing the software to enable using an Xbox 360 as a Media Center Extender with Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005. I wanted to post a list of log files that are created by the Xbox 360 PC setup
Posted by astebner | 6 Comments
Tuesday, March 21, 2006 7:35 PM

New version of the .NET Framework verification tool that works with .NET Framework 2.0

I received a question from a customer last night asking about the availability of a version of the .NET Framework setup verification tool that I have previously posted that would work with the .NET Framework 2.0 . I had been meaning to update the setup
Posted by astebner | 3 Comments
Sunday, March 19, 2006 11:11 PM

How to silently install Visual Studio 2005 Express Editions

A few folks (both inside and outside of Microsoft) have contacted me asking for instructions for how to install the Visual Studio 2005 Express Editions in silent and/or unattended mode. Some of you have found the instructions I previously posted for Visual
Posted by astebner | 37 Comments
Saturday, March 18, 2006 6:20 PM

Introducing Windows Media Center Presentation Layer Web Applications

Earlier today, I posted an item on the Media Center Sandbox site introducing Windows Media Center Presentation Layer Web Applications . I encourage you to take a look at that post and learn a bit about a new feature that will be available for the Media
Posted by astebner | 2 Comments
Saturday, March 18, 2006 12:20 PM

Possible interaction problem between Sony Changer add-in and Media Center hotfixes

A customer contacted our setup team this week with a problem on their Media Center system - they saw some problems with Media Center, and then tried to reinstall Update Rollup 2 to fix it but then were unable to run Media Center at all because it crashed
Posted by astebner | 3 Comments
Saturday, March 18, 2006 12:05 PM

Available command line switches for .NET Framework 1.0 and 1.1 setup

I previously posted a list of command line switches for .NET Framework 2.0 setup . One of the customers who found that post asked if there was a similar list for the .NET Framework 1.1. I thought I had written a post with that list but it appears I never
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Friday, March 17, 2006 7:33 PM

Mailbag: How can I suppress reboots during Visual Studio 2005 unattended installation?

Question: I tried to install Visual Studio 2005 using the unattended installation instructions that you previously posted, and in some cases I see that the computer reboots without any notification to the user, and I have to either log the computer back
Posted by astebner | 6 Comments
Wednesday, March 15, 2006 10:10 PM

Check out Q - an add-in written using Media Center Markup Language for Windows Vista Media Center

I just noticed that Charlie Owen posted an item on his blog about the sample application named Q that will be demonstrated next week at Mix06 in Las Vegas . In Charlie's blog post , he provides a link for the functional specification for Q and also a
Posted by astebner | 1 Comments
Tuesday, March 14, 2006 9:30 PM

Creating a network install point for Visual Studio 2005 Express Editions

Last week, someone asked me about how to perform automated installations of the Visual Studio 2005 Express Editions . They were trying to use steps similar to what I previously documented for automating the installation of the higher-level versions of
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Saturday, March 11, 2006 12:45 PM

How to automatically configure Visual Studio IDE UI language for multi-lingual development

A few days ago, I posted some general information about how multi-lingual development can be enabled in the Visual Studio IDE . In response to that blog post, one customer posted a question asking about whether it is possible to launch the VS IDE with
Posted by astebner | 2 Comments
Friday, March 10, 2006 5:52 PM

Media Center guide download error code 14 caused by BladeRunner Pro

About a month ago, I received a blog comment from a customer who diagnosed and solved an issue where Media Center guide download was failing with error code 14. Since then, a few other customers have replied to that blog comment indicating that they solved
Posted by astebner | 13 Comments
Friday, March 10, 2006 5:20 PM

Document Explorer 2005 setup fails with a 1935 or 2908 error

A while ago, I posted an item regarding a possible cause and resolution for 1935 or 2908 errors during Visual Studio 2005 setup . Since then, I have heard from several customers who have run into similar issues during Document Explorer 2005 setup. After
Posted by astebner | 4 Comments
Tuesday, March 07, 2006 9:31 PM

Multi-lingual development support in the Visual Studio IDE

One of the features of Visual Studio that has been around for a while and that I'm not sure a lot of folks know about is multi-lingual development support. This feature has been present in Visual Studio .NET 2002, Visual Studio .NET 2003 and Visual Studio
Posted by astebner | 17 Comments
Sunday, March 05, 2006 10:40 PM

Command line switches for Windows hotfix setup packages

Every so often I get questions from customers who ask about how to automate the installation of Windows hotfix packages. I found a knowledge base article that contains a full list of supported command line parameters for Windows hotfix packages that I
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Saturday, March 04, 2006 3:27 PM

Mailbag: How can I get to MSN Music in Media Center now that it no longer appears in Online Spotlight?

Question I noticed a couple of weeks ago that MSN Music is no longer available within Online Spotlight on my Media Center PC. Is there any way I can continue to access MSN Music functionality from within Media Center? Answer You can use the following
Posted by astebner | 5 Comments
Thursday, March 02, 2006 9:59 PM

Mailbag: How can I create an administrative install point for Visual Studio 2005?

Question You previously posted instructions for how to create an administrative install point (AIP) and deploy the .NET Framework 2.0 using Group Policy. How can I create an administrative install point for Visual Studio 2005 ? Answer The following steps
Posted by astebner | 10 Comments
Wednesday, March 01, 2006 5:01 PM

Possible cause of VS IDE crash on shutdown after upgrading from VS 2005 beta 2

Some developers I know on the Visual Studio IDE team have been looking at online crash analysis data and have pin-pointed a possible root cause if you are seeing the VS IDE crash when you try to exit. This particular scenario is caused by a file being
Posted by astebner | 1 Comments
 
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