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Wednesday, April 30, 2008 5:23 PM

Where to find .NET Framework 2.0 SP1, 2.0 SP2, 3.0 SP1, 3.0 SP2, 3.5 and 3.5 SP1 setup log files

A while back, I posted a list of possible log files for .NET Framework 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008 setup . Since then, I've realized that there are some sets of log files missing from that list, so I decided to create a separate blog post with information
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Monday, April 28, 2008 5:09 PM

Japanese documentation for XNA Game Studio 2.0 now available for download

Today, the XNA community gaming platform (CGP) team released a Japanese version of the XNA Game Studio 2.0 documentation. You can download the installer for this documentation from this location . It can be installed on any system that has Visual C# 2005
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Friday, April 25, 2008 6:11 PM

A simpler way to silently install Visual Studio 2008 Express Editions (with a caveat)

Recently, I posted some instructions for creating an installable layout for Visual Studio 2008 Express Editions and silently installing the components that are a part of the Visual Studio 2008 Express Edition setups. In addition, there are some new silent
Posted by astebner | 1 Comments
Thursday, April 24, 2008 8:10 PM

Link to information about new WixGamingExtension in WiX v3.0 for Game Explorer integration

Bob Arnson posted some information about a new feature in WiX v3.0 that I wanted to link to here as well to hopefully help raise visibility. In his post, located at http://www.joyofsetup.com/2008/04/22/new-wix-feature-gaming-extension/ , he describes
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Monday, April 21, 2008 5:57 PM

Possible issue where .NET Framework 2.0 SP1 setup can fail and corrupt the .NET Framework 2.0

Last week, I started getting a larger than normal volume of emails from customers who ran into problems using applications that require the .NET Framework 2.0 and needed advice about how to get their systems back up and running. After investigating some
Posted by astebner | 8 Comments
Monday, April 21, 2008 9:21 AM

Mailbag: The February 2008 Media Center Cumulative Update fails to install on Windows Vista SP1

Question: I saw your blog post about the February 2008 Cumulative Update for Media Center for Windows Vista. I have Windows Vista Ultimate Edition with SP1 installed, and when I try to install this Cumulative Update, it fails. How can I get this update
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Monday, April 14, 2008 6:56 PM

How to recover if you try to upgrade an XNA Game Studio 2.0 project in Visual Studio 2008

XNA Game Studio 2.0 integrates with the Visual C# 2005 Express Edition and Visual Studio 2005 Standard Edition and higher. It does not support integrating with any of the Visual Studio 2008 family of products. However, since XNA Game Studio code projects
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Monday, April 14, 2008 4:57 PM

Links to videos and slides of XNA Game Studio presentations from GDC 2008

Several of the talks delivered by Microsoft employees at the February 2008 Game Developers Conference in San Francisco have been posted for download on MSDN. The .zip files available for download include recordings of the talks and the slides that were
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Thursday, April 10, 2008 8:00 PM

Links to download language packs for the .NET Framework 2.0 SP1, 3.0 SP1 and 3.5

Yesterday, I wrote a blog post that included a series of links for .NET Framework 3.5 language packs. There are also standalone language packs for the .NET Framework 2.0 SP1 and the .NET Framework 3.0 SP1, so I wanted to supplement that post with a full
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Wednesday, April 09, 2008 5:12 PM

Mailbag: Where are the download locations for .NET Framework 3.5 language packs?

Question: I am working on creating an installable layout for the .NET Framework 3.5 that includes language packs, and I am using the instructions in this previous blog post that you wrote. However, I have had trouble finding the download locations for
Posted by astebner | 1 Comments
Tuesday, April 08, 2008 6:01 PM

Link to add-in to simplify cross-platform project synchronization in XNA Game Studio 2.0

My colleague Stephen Styrchak has written a blog post and published a helpful Visual Studio add-in that I want to link here in the hopes that it will be helpful to XNA Game Studio 2.0 developers. In the blog post, located at http://badcorporatelogo.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!43EB71B104A2D711!235.entry
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Friday, April 04, 2008 6:19 PM

How to automate the install of the .NET Framework 3.0 OS component on Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008

Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 include the .NET Framework 2.0 and 3.0 as OS components. However, it is possible to turn off the .NET Framework 3.0 component on both of these operating systems so it is not available for applications to use. In addition,
Posted by astebner | 3 Comments
Tuesday, April 01, 2008 5:58 PM

How I resolved Windows Installer error code 2738 on Vista while running light.exe from WiX v3.0

Recently, while attempting to build a Japanese MSI using WiX v3.0 , I received an error message that looked like the following: light.exe : error LGHT0217 : An unexpected external UI message was received: ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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