Special characters cannot be seen across network shares within VMWare. This was shown when trying to execute the MyProduct® v1.2.3.msi The solution was to rename the file, transfer it to the local VMWare VHD, rename back again with the special character (ALT0174) and then execute.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601

Had a massive issue negative testing the Trusted Setup for OI SQL2005. The application was behaving as expected during the "first load" for any user on any machine. Default access was denied. Step 2: Added the EG user to the Server\MyUsers group the user was gaining access (see caveat below) and the login name was... Continue Reading →

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=894391

Click-Once error occurred during application start-up. "Cannot start the application. Contact system vendor" Not sure what was causing this, but is was resolved by running mage -cc from the VS command prompt.

To ease deployment the following DLL's have been moved as a BIN reference rather than GAC: CRVsPackageLib CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine CrystalDecisions.Enterprise.Framework CrystalDecisions.Enterprise.InfoStore CrystalDecisions.Enterprise.PluginManager CrystalDecisions.ReportAppServer.ClientDoc CrystalDecisions.ReportSource CrystalDecisions.Shared CrystalDecisions.Web All are version 10.2.3600. These all stand to be removed completely if Reporting Services kicks off. To remove the original references from the GAC involved deleting the folders from C:\Windows\Assembly\... Continue Reading →

http://dotnet.org.za/colin/archive/2005/05/10/19709.aspx