I’ve added a page to IC for recording details of release schedules for software used by iMIS – for example the next versions of Microsoft SQL Server or Microsoft Office.

http://www.imiscommunity.com/microsoft_and_other_vendor_software_release...

If you come across any information on release schedules for products that we use or integrate with can you update it here.

I ran into this when installing the 3.5 Framework on two Windows 2003 SP2 servers. .NET 3.5 installed with no problems on one, but failed on the other. The full error from the log was:

[03/28/08,17:08:09] Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0a: [2] Error: Installation failed for component Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0a. MSI returned error code 1603
[03/28/08,17:08:46] WapUI: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0a is not installed.

I typically find myself typing actual code into many emails, and get annoyed when Outlook replaces my single and double quotes with the curley "smart-quotes"... as this makes cutting/pasting without syntax errors painful. So after a little digging, I found out how to turn smart-quotes off in Outlook 2007:

1. In the main Outlook window, on the Tools menu, click Options.
2. In the Options dialog box, click the Mail Format tab, and then click Editor Options.

I am writing a custom asp.net application in C# for a client in Brisbane (REIQ). This application is integrated into iMIS and will be accessed from the Certification module.
One of the pages has a datagrid which has a hyperlink column. When you click on the link on this column, it should take you to that event registration.

The URL I am using is:
e.g.
imisnet:event/4010/b51192e0-332d-40c0-8c25-e777ffe750c0-key_event

For the last few weeks, I've been running with Windows registry settings tweaked by the TCP Optimizer program. The TCPOptimizer.exe program sets a collection of apparently widely-known registry settings that 'open up the pipe' on the client side.

I'm currently running with Windows XP Professional. If you are running Vista, I can't help you. ;)

Here are some interesting tips on searching in Vista.

Also did you know in Windows XP (as well as Vista) if you just type %APPDATA% in either Windows Explorer or Internet Explorer it will open your application data folder, and if you type shell:sendto it will take you straight to your sendto folder?

Here is the Vista stuff. You can read the full article at http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/winvista_05.asp

You may find that when you try to register an ActiveX component such as AsiWordInt.ocx, an error is shown,”DllRegisterServer in xxxx.dll failed.Return code was:0×80070005″.

0×80070005 means “Access Denied”, even if you are already an administrator user.

Here is the correcy way to do this:

To register activex control to local machine(not only current user) successfully, developers must right click on “Command Prompt” in Accessories and click “Run as Administrator”, then run “regsvr32 foo.dll” in the command window.

I've been a fan of the free Windows utilities from Sysinternals for a long time. Sysinternals was acquired by Microsoft in July 2006, but the web site was separate until fairly recently. It can now be found here: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/default.mspx

Some of my favorites are Filemon (real-time file system activity), Regmon (real-time registry activity), Process Explorer (see which process is using which files, registry keys, etc.), Autoruns (see everything that loads at startup), and DebugView (capture messages from OutputDebugString). And of course, there's the BlueScreen screen saver, and many, many more.

Microsoft released the latest version of their Remote Desktop client yesterday. Those of you who like to RDP into multi-monitor setups will be happy to note that this release supports monitor spanning. (Note that enabling this feature requires starting the client with the command line "mstsc /span".)

More info, including download links,

If you’ve ever wished you could change the order of your application buttons in the task bar, or have ever wanted to just drag and drop your taskbar buttons around so you could have them in the order you want, this utility is for you.

Also, if you’ve ever wished you could have control over taskbar button grouping and when/if they ever collapse into one button, this utility is for you.