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SQL Server 2008 Books Online Installer Error in Vista

When I ran the installer for SQL Server 2008 Books Online (download here ) I got an error. This installation package cannot be installed by the Windows Installer service. You must install a Windows service pack that contains a newer version of the Windows Installer service. How Vista is not auto-updated...

Posted to Aaron's Tech Blog (Weblog) by Aaron.Axvig on 10-11-2008
Get Rid of "Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* ##" Entries in Vista

Vista seems to have an annoying habit of creating several "Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* ##" entries in my ipconfig results, which means I have to scroll up to see the actual entries I want to. That is a pain to do on a laptop with a touchpad, but also I think it was contributing to...

Posted to Aaron's Tech Blog (Weblog) by Aaron.Axvig on 09-11-2008
Find out which services are running in svchost.exe

Ever wondered what service is running inside of each instance of svchost.exe that you see in Task Manager? You can tell by right-clicking on the instance and selecting "Go to Service(s)". This will take you to the Services tab and select the appropriate service(s). You might want to sort by...

Posted to Aaron's Tech Blog (Weblog) by Aaron.Axvig on 04-20-2008
Hibernation Trickery In Vista

So I was annoyed by the blinking light that my desktop has when it's sleeping, and decided to put it into hibernation. I was then further annoyed by the lack of a hibernation option in the Vista shutdown menu, and even more annoyed when I couldn't find a way to re-enable hibernation. Via Google...

Posted to Aaron's Tech Blog (Weblog) by Aaron.Axvig on 08-29-2007
How to Fix "BOOTMGR is missing"

So you've got a shiny new Vista install on your desktop, and you're happily installing all of your favorite programs. One of them requires a reboot, and begrudgingly you comply. On startup you get an error message reading "BOOTMGR is missing. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart." That could...

Posted to Aaron's Tech Blog (Weblog) by Aaron.Axvig on 04-25-2007
WMP11 Dual CD Ripping and Laserjet 1012 Badness

Well the title pretty much sums it up. I just discovered that WMP11 can rip tracks from 2 CDs at once. This pretty much maxes out an AMD X2 3800+, which just one CD didn't. Curious, because iTunes will max out the processor on just one CD. Oh well, maybe it's because iTunes was going to 128kbps...

Posted to Aaron's Tech Blog (Weblog) by Aaron.Axvig on 04-20-2007
Vista=Traitor

Oh Vista, what were you thinking? When you wanted to restart after applying updates, I carefully asked you to remind me in 4 hours to restart. Why did you restart on your own after 4 hours? Did it ever occur to you that if I leave you doing something overnight I **might** want you to finish doing that...

Posted to Aaron's Tech Blog (Weblog) by Aaron.Axvig on 04-11-2007
Vista Upgrade with Steam (Valve Software)

I recently installed one Vista version (Ultimate) over another (Business). I originally tried to upgrade from Business to Ultimate, but got a blue screen upon boot after the upgrade. So I did a new install of Ultimate. As you might be familiar with, the installer will put your old Windows installation...

Posted to Aaron's Tech Blog (Weblog) by Aaron.Axvig on 03-23-2007
Microsoft Programmers: What are they doing all day?

According to this Wikipedia article, Windows Vista Beta 2 had 50 million lines or code, or about 10 million more than Windows XP. That seems like a lot, right? Well, take a look at these calculations: Say there were 15 million lines of code added for the final version of Vista (I doubt many more than...

Posted to Aaron's Tech Blog (Weblog) by Aaron.Axvig on 03-23-2007
Vista Media Sharing With Xbox 360 Permissions Problems

Last night my cousin and I put some serious effort into getting a Windows Vista (Ultimate) machine with Media Center to share music with an Xbox 360. Several hours later we finally got it to work, but it was quite a journey: First off, our setup is maybe a bit non-typical from the standard home setup...

Posted to Aaron's Tech Blog (Weblog) by Aaron.Axvig on 03-11-2007

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