installation

sql server 2005 command line install error ADD_LOCAL property already installed

Hi, I have a silent installation of SQL Server 2005 that works great when installing SQL Server on a machine that does not have it already installed. I use the following parameters when I perform the installation: #define SQL_SILENT "/passive /qb" #define SQL_USERNAME "username=MyUserName" #define S...

Modify XP theme (appearance&color scheme) from a vbscript

Does anybody know how to modify Windows XP appearance and color scheme using VBScript? I have an application written in Visual C++ that needs Windows XP appearance (not classic) to be properly displayed and I want to set this properties from the Installation. I use InstallShield to make the installer and VBScript to perform some custom...

What are the VS SDK 1.1 MSI Installer Properties?

My problem is this: I am getting a TFS build failure that I have tracked back to what appears to be a missing Registry key under SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0Exp. This machine had the VS SDK 1.1 installed via a command line: msiexec vsski.msi So, I am guessing that I need to pass some properties to the msiexec to tell it that it ...

PROBLEM encountered visual studio 2008 installation

I installed visual studio 2008 package FULL option. It worked with out any problem. I installed Vstudio 2008 and MSDN in separate folder in the D drive. 2 days later in order to remove my projects i uninstalled every thing and also i deleted visual studio 2008, visual studio 2005 folders from C:\Documents and Settings\IRCTC\My Documents....

How to write deployable software?

I'm a Unix sysadmin-turned-programmer, and because this is near and dear to my heart at present, wanted to hear about some best- and worst-practices, in terms of writing software so that it is easy to deploy, upgrade, and maintain long-term. I'm not talking about the long-term maintenance of the code itself; rather, what guidelines do y...

Unattended Install SQL Server 2005 gives Workstation components error if components already installed

Hi, I have asked a similar question previously but it was never resolved so here I am again! I have an unattended installation of SQL Server 2005 that works great when installing SQL Server on a machine that does not have it already installed. I use the following parameters when I perform the installation (this is installed automatic...

Are Windows Logo (TM) Certified applications harder to write in Java?

Third party vendors using our software as a component view Windows Logo Certification as an important selection criteria. 90% of the requirements are easy to adhere to given the flexibility in deploying Java programs. Some immediate difficulties present themselves: Tagging jar files with resource strings for versioning information. ...

Can't install Eclipse plugin

I'm trying to install an Eclipse plugin for Mylyn/Fogbugz, and I get the following error when I try either EclipseBugz or Foglyn: Cannot find a solution satisfying the following requirements Match[requiredCapability: org.eclipse.equinox.p2.iu/org.eclipse.swt I'm using Eclipse 3.4.1 ...

Error installing VS2008 on virtualbox

This is the fifth time now, tried different machines, different drive sizes,even tried both Vista and XP, nothing seems to work. I installed a virtualbox VM. Set up an OS, then try to set up VS2008. And then the VS2008 installation crashes with the following error log [04/13/09,14:27:31] setup.exe: [2] ISetupComponent::Pre/Post/Insta...

Can I script a Cygwin install to include certain packages?

I install cygwin frequently enough that it would be handy to have the process automated. Specifically, I want to be able to specify ahead of time the packages that I want to install, so that I don't have to remember them at install-time. Is there any way to do this? ...

Problems With VS2008 Pro Edition 90 day Trial

I have two computers. One computer is an old XP and the other is a new Vista. I have dowloaded and pretty much tested an installation of VS2008ProEdition90dayTrialENUX1435622.iso without any problems on the XP computer. The Vista computer (where I need to do my work and where I have all the hard drive space, etc) has been pretty eventfu...

How to install extended latin A and B on umbraco

I must install extended latin A and B on umbraco but don't know how. Any advice? ...

Unable to install Git-core+svn by MacPorts

I am trying to install Git-core with svn to my Mac unsuccessfully by $ sudo port install git-core +svn ---> Verifying checksum(s) for db46 Error: Checksum (md5) mismatch for patch.4.6.21.3 Error: Target org.macports.checksum returned: Unable to verify file checksums Error: The following dependencies failed to build: p5-svn-simple subve...

How to go about "Calling home" in minimalistic way?

I am looking for the simplest way to get notified when successful installation of a program takes place somewhere. My application is Java based and has Java installer, I could easily put up a client to do any http call with any parameters, this is not an issue. My problem is on the other side - I've got hosted web site and I want direct ...

Installing application on iphone it override on the last application

Hi to all When I am installing new application on iphone, this current application get override on the last application,so we can not maintain the previous application. Please help to solve this installation problem. ...

How to install a Firefox Addon with nsis

How can I install a Firefox addon via nsis installer? When I call Firefox with the .xpi extension it doesn't work and xpi extensions are not associated with Firefox either. If I drop it to "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\extensions" then it tries to install every single time a user opened the Firefox. Never deletes the original xpi ...

SQL Server 2008 sp1

Hi, When I try to install SQL Server 2008 sp1 on my system, the installer runs and does the prerequisites check, every thing is ok except it says my machine has a pending reboot and won't continue until this is done. I Cold Reboot the machine,run the installer and the same message comes up. So I can't install the sp1 update. Any ideas ? ...

Do you have to do duplicate gem installs for JRuby & MRI?

I have JRuby and Ruby (MRI) installed. It seems that I need to install gems twice - once for each of these platforms. Is this necessary or am I doing it wrong? After I installed the rails gem for MRI, should I have pointed JRuby to it, or was it necessary for me to also call: "jruby -S gem install rails" ...

Why does the sqlite 1.2.3 gem install correctly for MRI but not for JRuby?

If I call: gem install sqlite3-ruby --v 1.2.3 it works for MRI but if I call: jruby -S gem install sqlite3-ruby --v 1.2.3 it says it's trying to build a native extension (for Windows) and fails. Why are JRuby and MRI different in the way they treat gems? ...

Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V on x86 processor

I notice there are two version of Windows Server 2008 w/ Hyper-V available for download on the MSDN Subscription License site: Windows Server 2008 Datacenter, Enterprise and Standard (x64) Windows Server 2008 Datacenter, Enterprise and Standard (x86) I want to set up a development server for testing/developing using the Hyper-V softw...