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Thursday, June 11, 2009 3:58 PM

Service Pack 2 released for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008

Yes, I know it's a bit late but I didn't realise it had been Released To Web until Windows Update prompted me to install it today. From The Windows Blog : "Consumers with Windows Vista SP1 can visit the Microsoft Download Center or use Windows Update
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Friday, April 03, 2009 2:26 AM

Current list of MSMQ hotfixes

[[Edited November 6th, 2009]] I think it is always a good idea to keep on top of any changes to the products you are using and this includes knowing what hotfixes have been released since the latest service pack. To this end I've produced a table of the
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Friday, November 14, 2008 12:48 PM

Installing the MSMQ Windows feature complains "An error has occurred. Not all of the features were successfully changed."

If you try to install MSMQ through "Windows Features" in Vista or Windows Server 2008 but receive an error message pop-up ("An error has occurred. Not all of the features were successfully changed.") then you may need to check the integrity of your installation.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2008 2:51 AM

0x800288c5 trying to install MSMQ on Windows Vista

Not specifically an MSMQ problem but one encountered mainly by people installing Message Queuing anyway. The symptoms are as follows: While installing MSMQ on Windows Vista, the component setup churns away for 30-40 minutes before coming back with an
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Thursday, May 22, 2008 9:02 PM

MSMQ 4.0 runs with the Network Service account instead of Local System

The changes in security between Windows XP and Windows Vista have thrown up one or two problems for MSMQ. Take this one: You cannot send or receive encrypted Message Queuing messages after you upgrade a computer from Windows XP to Windows Vista The move
Posted by JohnBrea | 2 Comments
Wednesday, May 21, 2008 6:08 PM

Remote transactional reads only work in MSMQ 4.0

Important note about performing remote transactional reads (introduced in MSMQ 4.0) - both the machine reading the queue and the machine hosting the queue have to be running MSMQ 4.0, not just the reader. 929788 Error message when you perform a transactional
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Monday, May 19, 2008 4:46 PM

Windows Vista SP1 resolves MSMQ problem of invalid dNSHostname attribute

Here's a problem that only affects Windows Vista and MSMQ 4.0, resolved in the recent service pack: 929787 M essage Queuing 4.0 may not send a message to a remote public queue if the dNSHostName attribute on the Active Directory object of the destination
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Friday, May 16, 2008 12:10 PM

Uninstalling service pack 1 for Vista breaks MSMQ

Looks like testing of SP1 may not have been as thorough as it could have been. Basically uninstalling the Vista service pack deletes one of the key internal queues that MSMQ uses and you will need to manually recreate it. The Message Queueing service
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Friday, May 16, 2008 10:04 AM

Virtualising - support in Virtual PC and Virtual Server for more operating systems

If you plan to run Vista SP1 or Windows 2008 within Virtual PC or Virtual Server then you should install the new updated versions (released yesterday): Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 with 948515: Virtual Server 2005 R2 Service Pack 1 does not support Windows
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Wednesday, May 07, 2008 2:50 PM

Technet content for troubleshooting MSMQ on Windows 2008 and Vista

I'm slightly embarrassed to be sharing this content with you as its dated June 2007 and I've only just noticed that its there. There are two main blocks of content. The first is the Message Queuing Troubleshooting Guide which contains two sections: Things
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Friday, April 18, 2008 5:40 PM

MSMQ messages using HTTP just won't get delivered #11

Security. You've got to love it. Spent a little while trying to work out why my test messages weren't going over HTTP to a Windows Vista destination before I realised what was wrong. The IIS service may have been running but, of course, the Windows Firewall
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Monday, February 04, 2008 5:32 PM

Windows Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008 RTM

Soon you'll be able to run MSMQ 4.0 on both server AND workstation. So to review, for those who haven't been looking at MSMQ 4.0 since Vista came out over a year ago, here's " what's new ": Transactional Remote Receive This is the biggy - pull messages
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Thursday, November 01, 2007 11:16 AM

There's a Vista stability patch that is not available on Windows Update

Found a Vista patch that “improves the compatibility, reliability, and stability of Windows Vista”. Well, actually, my machine found it through “ problem reports and solutions ” (great Vista feature) after it crashed J An update is available that improves
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Tuesday, May 15, 2007 10:50 AM

MSMQ messages using HTTP just won't get delivered #3

I didn't expect to make this symptom into a series... There is an interesting MSMQ 4.0 problem highlighted in the following KB article: 936502 A message is not received when you use the HTTP protocol to send the message from a Message Queuing client to
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Wednesday, March 14, 2007 12:56 PM

"How do I install MSMQ 4.0 on my Windows 2003 server?"

[[Updated 6th February, 2009]] Simple answer - you don't. MSMQ is part of the operating system so you cannot install a different version to the one that came with it: Version of MSMQ Operating system 1.0 Windows NT4, Windows 95/98/Me 2.0 Windows 2000
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