Aaron Stebner's WebLog
Thoughts about setup and deployment issues, WiX, XNA, the .NET Framework and Visual Studio
The setup wrapper for the .NET Framework 2.0 performs several system and prerequisite checks before...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 07/09/2006
I recently noticed a series of in-depth articles that have been posted on the Windows Installer team...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 07/08/2006
Important note: The issue described in this blog post only affects pre-RC1 builds of Windows Vista....
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 07/06/2006
I noticed this weekend that a deployment guide for the .NET Framework 3.0 (previously known as the...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 07/05/2006
I have gotten several questions in the past from customers who need to install the .NET Framework...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 07/03/2006
I just noticed that Charlie posted a really nice set of instructions for how to report bugs in the...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 06/29/2006
I recently found out about a tool that has been released by Microsoft that makes it easier to gather...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 06/29/2006
I posted some troubleshooting links last night for Xbox 360 PC setup issues that I have heard about...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 06/27/2006
I have posted a few items in the past related to the Xbox 360 PC setup package that can be used to...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 06/27/2006
This article is intended to serve as a central location for all links to troubleshooting...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 06/27/2006
I investigated an issue last week where Xbox 360 PC setup was crashing when the user tried to launch...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 06/27/2006
I heard from a customer recently who ran into a package load failure error in Visual Studio 2005...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 06/23/2006
After I posted my blog entry this past weekend about problems installing the My Movies add-in on...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 06/20/2006
I'm sorry to say that I've decided to turn on comment moderation for my blog for the time being. I'm...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 06/17/2006
We got a few bug reports this week from customers who have installed Windows Vista beta 2 and tried...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 06/17/2006
I have heard from many customers over the past months who have had issues installing Update Rollup 2...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 06/15/2006
One of the common questions I get from customers who are trying to redistribute the .NET Framework...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 06/14/2006
As many of you probably know, Windows Vista beta 2 has been available for download by anyone (even...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 06/13/2006
I posted this item earlier tonight on the Media Center Sandbox site, but I wanted to make sure that...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 06/13/2006
Workaround for deployment bug in the Spanish version of Visual Studio Team System for Software Architects
We recently found an issue that was missed in testing prior to shipping the Spanish version of...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 06/12/2006
As I stated in this previous blog post, the file server that I use to host various troubleshooting...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 06/12/2006
Question: I have a new computer and I only have the .NET Framework 2.0 installed so far. However,...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 06/12/2006
I just noticed a blog post made yesterday by S. Somasegar (the vice president in charge of developer...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 06/10/2006
I received a mail from a customer today that described a scenario where the .NET Framework 2.0 setup...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 06/09/2006
I'm sorry to have to announce this again so soon after the last time, but the server I use to host...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 06/08/2006
I found a blog post from Chris Lanier from this past weekend that announces a new Windows Media...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 06/07/2006
Question: I am trying to create an integrated installation DVD that includes Visual Studio 2005 as...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 06/06/2006
While not officially supported, it is possible to configure a remote network share as a watched...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 06/04/2006
Question: I have seen your previous posts about how to perform silent and unattended installs of...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 06/03/2006
A while back, I posted this possible workaround for crashes that can happen when trying to launch...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 06/02/2006
A friend of mine sent me a link to an interesting tool that has a beta version available for...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 06/01/2006
I have posted an updated version of the .NET Framework cleanup tool that now contains support for...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 05/31/2006
I was asked by a customer a while back about available options for performing silent installation of...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 05/29/2006
I posted an annoucement on the Media Center Sandbox site earlier today, and I want to cross-post it...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 05/26/2006
I posted an item this morning indicating that the server that I use to host my troubleshooting tools...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 05/25/2006
I'm posting this here in the hopes that everyone who has read one of my blog posts and tried to...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 05/25/2006
I have previously posted instructions that can be used to download the individual pieces of the...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 05/25/2006
I have previously written about a couple of instances where Update Rollup 2 for Windows XP Media...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 05/22/2006
As some of you may have noticed, the beta versions of Visual Studio 2005 expired on May 1, 2006....
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 05/22/2006
What to do if you receive unsupported OS message when installing Windows Media Player 11 Beta on Windows Media Center 2005
As many of you have noticed, a beta version of Windows Media Player 11 was released this week. The...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 05/19/2006
Earlier this week, I was looking into an issue reported to me via my blog, and I found a case where...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 05/19/2006
There is now a beta version of the Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor available for download. This tool...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 05/18/2006
I got an email from the .NET Framework setup technical support team today with some more information...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 05/18/2006
A little while back, I was looking into an odd scenario reported by a fellow Microsoft employee...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 05/17/2006
I have released an updated version of DUAScriptGen tonight that contains a couple of bug fixes, one...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 05/11/2006
There is a new build of the Windows Media Center SDK available on the Microsoft Connect site for...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 05/11/2006
I ran across a blog post from Suzanne Cook this past weekend that has been around for a while, but...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 05/08/2006
Workaround to allow pre-installing the .NET Framework 2.0 during the T13 phase of OS setup using svcpack.inf
I previously wrote about a scenario where installing the .NET Framework 2.0 fails when launching it...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 05/06/2006
I recently heard from a customer who was trying to deploy Visual Studio 2005 using an unattended INI...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 05/04/2006
I heard from a customer recently who had an issue installing SQL Server 2005 SP1 (here for Express...
Author: Aaron Stebner Date: 05/02/2006