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Monday, July 31, 2006 6:05 PM

Registry tweak for mini-guide behavior in Windows Media Center for Windows Vista

I ran across a thread on one of the team discussion aliases today that described a registry tweak for Windows Media Center for Windows Vista that I wanted to pass on. There is a new feature in Windows Media Center for Windows Vista called the mini-guide.
Posted by astebner | 2 Comments
Sunday, July 30, 2006 9:10 PM

2 interesting new Media Center add-ins - Flickr photo browser and YouTube browser

I had a chance to try out a couple of relatively new Windows Media Center applications this past week and I thought I'd pass on some information about them in case you want to check them out as well. Flickr photo browser A while back, I posted a link
Posted by astebner | 0 Comments
Saturday, July 29, 2006 7:04 PM

Update Rollup 2 setup failure when installing KB903157 (also known as KB895572)

Over the past couple of weeks, I have heard from a few customers who have run into an issue installing Update Rollup 2 for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 that is related to Windows Media Player 11 . Since I have seen the same issue multiple times
Posted by astebner | 3 Comments
Friday, July 28, 2006 7:47 PM

Post-beta 2 Windows Media Center development tips

We recently released a couple of post-beta 2 builds of the Windows Media Center SDK for Windows Vista. Since then, I've posted some items on the Media Center Sandbox site with some tips and tricks for debugging Windows Media Center applications using
Posted by astebner | 0 Comments
Wednesday, July 26, 2006 10:17 PM

New downloads for Windows XP Embedded - .NET Framework 2.0 component and resource documentation

There have been a couple of new items released in the past couple of weeks for Windows XP Embedded that I wanted to draw your attention to in case you missed them. .NET Framework 2.0 component for Windows XP Embedded SP2 This is a new component that you
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Tuesday, July 25, 2006 3:51 PM

New hotfix available for Update Rollup 2 for Media Center 2005 - July 2006 rollup

Today is the monthly release of new hotfix packages and updates to Windows Update, and there is a new Media Center hotfix that has been released today that I want to draw your attention to: July 2006 Update Rollup for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005
Posted by astebner | 0 Comments
Monday, July 24, 2006 8:40 PM

Mailbag: How to perform an unattended installation of Visual SourceSafe 2005

Question: I have seen your documentation related to deployment and unattended installation of Visual Studio 2005 and the .NET Framework 2.0. I would like to also perform an unattended installation of Visual SourceSafe 2005 . How can I do that? Answer:
Posted by astebner | 0 Comments
Sunday, July 23, 2006 9:37 PM

Mailbag: How to run .NET Framework setup in reduced UI mode

Question: Windows Installer has a reduced UI mode that can be invoked by running msiexec.exe /qr. When I start the .NET Framework 1.0 or 1.1 in reduced UI mode by running dotnetfx.exe /q:a /c:"msiexec.exe /i netfx.msi /qr", I see UI that looks like the
Posted by astebner | 0 Comments
Friday, July 21, 2006 7:11 AM

Troubleshooting problems while installing .NET Framework 2.0 hotfix MS06-033 (KB 917283)

Microsoft recently released a hotfix to address a vulnerability in ASP.NET for the .NET Framework 2.0. Security bulletin MS06-033 contains more details about this hotfix. This is one of the first hotfixes that has been released for the .NET Framework
Posted by astebner | 6 Comments
Thursday, July 20, 2006 8:02 PM

Repairing the Windows Installer service on a 64-bit OS

A customer recently contacted me due to a problem they were experiencing while trying to install the .NET Framework 2.0 on the x64 version of Windows Server 2003 . I took a look at the verbose log file for this scenario and saw the following error: Action
Posted by astebner | 1 Comments
Thursday, July 20, 2006 7:07 AM

Creating an installable layout for Visual Studio 2005 Express Editions with SQL Express SP1

I previously posted an article describing how to download and create an installable network layout of the Visual Studio 2005 Express Editions . The instructions in my blog article describe how to download the version of SQL Express that originally shipped
Posted by astebner | 0 Comments
Wednesday, July 19, 2006 4:02 PM

5472.5 and 5456.5 builds of the Windows Media Center SDK are now available

I posted an item on the Media Center Sandbox site earlier today that I wanted to make sure everyone sees, so I wanted to link to it here as well. We've released 2 new builds of the Windows Media Center SDK (builds 5456.5 and 5472.5) on the Microsoft Connect
Posted by astebner | 12 Comments
Wednesday, July 19, 2006 1:59 PM

Mailbag: What is the complete list of valid language codes for Visual Studio IDE language switching?

Question: I saw your blog post demonstrating how to enable Visual Studio IDE language switching . That post uses examples of French and English language versions of Visual Studio. I would like to know what the language codes are for other Visual Studio
Posted by astebner | 0 Comments
Monday, July 17, 2006 8:43 PM

Using custom actions versus using launch conditions in an MSI

I ran into an interesting issue when I was working on some of the very early builds of the Windows Media Center SDK for Windows Vista. A customer reported that they tried to install the SDK on Windows Vista and it blocked them and reported an error stating
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Sunday, July 16, 2006 8:35 PM

Mailbag: What version of the .NET Framework can be used with what version of Visual Studio?

Question: I have the .NET Framework 2.0 installed. Can I make Visual Studio .NET 2002 work with it instead of with the .NET Framework 1.1? What about Visual Studio .NET 2003? Answer: Versions 1.0, 1.1 and 2.0 of the .NET Framework each shipped with a
Posted by astebner | 0 Comments
Thursday, July 13, 2006 9:07 PM

List of Microsoft Knowledge Base articles related to installing and using an Xbox 360 Media Center extender

I have posted a few items related to issues I've seen with Xbox 360 PC setup . Ever since I did, I've gotten several customers asking other questions about configuring an Xbox 360 as a Windows Media Center extender that I have not known the answer to.
Posted by astebner | 6 Comments
Wednesday, July 12, 2006 10:06 PM

A note about the logging switch in .NET Framework 2.0 setup

I previously posted a couple of blog items ( here and here ) where I mentioned the verbose logging command line switch for .NET Framework 2.0 setup. I heard from a friend of mine last week who was trying to run .NET Framework 2.0 setup using the same
Posted by astebner | 1 Comments
Wednesday, July 12, 2006 8:28 PM

Eliminating redundant pre-installation checks when deploying the .NET Framework 2.0

A few days ago, I wrote a blog entry describing the prerequisites for the .NET Framework 2.0 and how to detect them if you are deploying or redistributing .NET 2.0 with your setup package. There are a couple of shortcuts you can take when checking for
Posted by astebner | 0 Comments
Tuesday, July 11, 2006 10:53 PM

How an add-in setup package should detect the version of Media Center

I was recently looking at an application compatibility bug reported by a Windows Vista beta program customer. The bug stated that one particular Windows Media Center application refused to install on Windows Vista because it reported that Windows Media
Posted by astebner | 2 Comments
Monday, July 10, 2006 5:30 PM

Beta version of Feature Pack 2007 for Windows XP Embedded is now available

I wanted to pass on some exciting news that was posted this morning on the Windows Embedded team blog - there is a beta version of Feature Pack 2007 for Windows XP Embedded available for download. Andy Allred posted this blog item with more details. There
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Sunday, July 09, 2006 3:33 PM

Pre-installation checks performed by .NET Framework 2.0 setup

The setup wrapper for the .NET Framework 2.0 performs several system and prerequisite checks before it allows the user to start installing. This blog post will explain the implementation details of each of the checks that .NET Framework 2.0 setup performs
Posted by astebner | 12 Comments
Saturday, July 08, 2006 5:29 PM

Windows Installer best practices

I recently noticed a series of in-depth articles that have been posted on the Windows Installer team blog , and I wanted to link to them here as well to try to increase visiblity for them. These articles are nicknamed the Tao of Windows Installer, and
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Thursday, July 06, 2006 6:40 PM

How to fix .NET Framework 1.1 setup failure on Windows Vista build 5456

Important note: The issue described in this blog post only affects pre-RC1 builds of Windows Vista. If you are running Windows Vista RTM and have problems installing the .NET Framework, do not try this workaround because it does not apply to the RTM build
Posted by astebner | 19 Comments
Tuesday, July 04, 2006 9:10 PM

.NET Framework 3.0 (WinFX runtime) deployment guide

I noticed this weekend that a deployment guide for the .NET Framework 3.0 (previously known as the WinFX runtime components) has been published. This deployment guide contains the following information that can be useful if you are going to create a setup
Posted by astebner | 2 Comments
Sunday, July 02, 2006 10:43 PM

Available installation modes for the .NET Framework 2.0

I have gotten several questions in the past from customers who need to install the .NET Framework 2.0 as part of their setup package or deploy it to systems in a network. There are multiple options avaiable in this scenario, and each has their own strengths
Posted by astebner | 11 Comments
 
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