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Wednesday, October 07, 2009 10:24 AM

Diagnosing and resolving 1935 errors for Win32 assemblies that occur on Windows Vista and later

Introduction 1935 errors can occur during an MSI-based installation while installing .NET assemblies or Win32 assemblies.  Most of the workarounds that can be found on blogs and forums (including all of the information in my 1935 error troubleshooting
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Thursday, March 12, 2009 9:47 PM

Steps I use to narrow down an OS update installation failure on Windows Vista and higher

A while back, I wrote a blog post describing a specific error that can occur when trying to install the .NET Framework 3.5 or 3.5 SP1 on Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008.  In that post, I talked at a high level about some of the steps I take
Posted by astebner | 4 Comments
Friday, January 09, 2009 5:23 PM

Steps that might help fix Windows Update errors and a blank Windows Features dialog in Windows Vista

Over the holidays, I was asked by a friend to look at a problem they were running into on their Windows Vista system. They were unable to connect to Windows Update and check for updates and received a cryptic error message. After a few minutes of poking
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Tuesday, October 14, 2008 4:59 PM

October 2008 Cumulative Update packages for Media Center available for download

A couple of new cumulative update package for Windows Media Center have been released this week. The first is an update for Windows Vista Media Center that is called the October 2008 Cumulative Update for Media Center for Windows Vista and is also known
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Wednesday, September 10, 2008 6:08 PM

Possible cause of Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 OS update failures with error code 0x8000ffff

Recently, I was helping a colleague troubleshoot an installation error in the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 on Windows Server 2008. I wanted to describe the specific issue, and also explain how we narrowed down the issue because I think these troubleshooting
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Friday, August 08, 2008 1:56 PM

Possible cause of and workaround for XNA Game Studio Device Center crashes

We have heard from some customers about problems while using the XNA Game Studio Device Center to add Xbox 360 devices in XNA Game Studio 2.0 and to add Xbox 360 devices and Zune devices in the XNA Game Studio 3.0 CTP (for example, the Connect bugs that
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Friday, August 01, 2008 6:16 PM

How to uninstall the components of the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1

Question: As described in this blog post , I have been evaluating the beta of the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 and Visual Studio 2008 SP1. I ran into some issues running my application on a system with this software installed, so I need to uninstall it. I have
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Monday, July 28, 2008 5:56 PM

Link to System Update Readiness Tool for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 that can help fix OS update install errors

I have heard from several customers in the past who have had issues installing hotfixes or updates for Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008. This type of problem can happen during .NET Framework 3.5 setup and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 setup because these
Posted by astebner | 1 Comments
Thursday, July 24, 2008 7:56 PM

Some notes about OS installation conditions in Media Center application setup files

Recently, I noticed this post on the Big Screen Blog where Niall Ginsbourg talks about some changes he made to the installers for his Big Screen applications for Windows Vista Media Center. He didn't go into much detail about what he changed, so I want
Posted by astebner | 1 Comments
Thursday, July 03, 2008 3:16 PM

.NET Framework 2.0 SP1 and 3.0 SP1 repair options on Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008

In my previous blog post , I described silent repair and uninstall command line switches that can be used for the .NET Framework 3.5. In that post, I also noted that because the .NET Framework 3.5 includes the .NET Framework 2.0 SP1 and 3.0 SP1 as prerequisites,
Posted by astebner | 1 Comments
Tuesday, June 10, 2008 4:46 PM

June 2008 Cumulative Update for Media Center for Windows Vista available for download

A new cumulative update package for Windows Vista Media Center has been released this week. This update is called the June 2008 Cumulative Update for Media Center for Windows Vista and is also known as KB950126. It is available for download in x86 and
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Tuesday, May 27, 2008 6:11 PM

Mailbag: How to install the .NET Framework 2.0 SP1 and 3.0 SP1 on Windows Vista

Question: I am attempting to figure out how to redistribute the .NET Framework 2.0 SP1 and .NET Framework 3.0 SP1 standalone packages with my application. As a test, I tried to run both of these redistributable packages on Windows Vista, but the installation
Posted by astebner | 8 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 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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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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