- Whilst doing a new TFS 2008 dual tier install I was getting a failure with a TF220050 error when I entered the data tier DB instance name. The setup wizard just said ‘failed to connect to data tier’, but you can find the actual error number in the install logs to be found under C:Documents and Settings[setup user]Local …
Read More - So that took about 6 hours by my estimation. Popular or what!
Read More - well it is a testament to the strength of the developer community that only hours after being open for registration DDD7 is now full. there is a waiting list and if you are at all keen on development I would urge you to add yourself to the wait list as this will greatly increase your chance of seeing me present on Oslo …
Read More - Ian Cooper has just announced that you can now register for DDD7, but be quick it is expected to be full in 24 hours.
Read More Flush with my success earlier in getting apps installed on the SD card now mounted as 'c:SD Program Files' I installed a few things. I then hit a snag.
When you install apps using an MSI, the installation files get cached by Windows Installer. Steadily, c:windowsinstaller gets bigger and bigger, so whilst my apps were …
Read MoreI’m still trying new things with the Mini 9. I now have an image file that I can restore to the Mini which has my base install after running sysprep. The problem I have is storage space – the SSD isn’t _quite_ big enough.
So, Richard wandered in this morning and handed me a 4Gb SD card to experiment with. The question: …
Read More- I have been working on site that has had to do a disaster recovery of their TFS application tier (AT) due to hardware failure. For a short period they have had to use a spare PC as their AT. Due to the hast required to get the developers working this AT was only configured to for source control and work item editing. …
Read More I installed the TFS 2008 SP1 on a site that was using custom accounts for the identities that run the application pools for the WSS instance and Report Services.
These user accounts got reset back to Network Service when the service pack was installed; I had not see this occur on any site I had upgraded previously. …
Read MoreThe recent release of the MSBuild Extensions includes a task for StyleCop 4.3. I have been trying to get this integrated into our TFS TeamBuild, I think it is a far more preferable way to do it than editing the various project files in our solution to link in StyleCop as you had to do in 4.2.
There are a good few steps …
Read MoreI've been chipping away at this for a while now today, and I've learned a few things on the way:
- When Vista says it suggests installing the battery drivers for the system, don't. The zip file it suggested I install broke power management.
- Patch the system fully as an admin user before logging in as a restricted user. …
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