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I’ve had a lot of people asking me lately what has become of the DeployNow .com site and more importantly, about Smoke – my Windows Installer validation tool. As enthusiastic as I was about building a community site for installation developers...
Last Wedenesday, Amanda and I got the phone call that everyone dreads. The details were vague and sketchy, but in a shaky and uncertain voice, my Mother-In-Law informed us that my Brother-In-Law Zach had been in an accident and she needed to go with the...
If you’ve been following along , I am trying to recover some money that I paid for web design work that I ultimately learned had been stolen from http://www.creative.com by Shayna McCullough under the name of a non-existent company called Iconic...
A few months agao, I contracted a “company” that goes by the name “Iconic Media” through http://www.guru.com to design a new site for an eCommerce project of mine which was to be launched at http://www.xambi.com . A woman named...
So, after all that ruckus with Rob Mensching about COM Advertising from before Christmas, and my sincere gesture to clear the air , it seems that nothing is really resolved after all. Just before I posted my very nice attempt at clearing the air, I put...
Ha! Ha! Thanks for the laugh Justin ! Seriously now. How anyone can come to the conclusion I have a secret agenda to promote some other product when I am in the process of contributing smoke, and fighting hard to keep features working with WiX Toolkit...
Wow! Robert McLaws and Jeff Julian just wrapped up their WebCast: “Provider Model: The Flexible Design Pattern of ASP.NET 2.0”. Not only was it a great presentation, but two really cool new things also were announced: Robert announced that...
So – I was searching out some new music on MSN Music today with WMP10. I did a quick search for Smile Empty Soul, and of course found the album right away. The problem is that what I got was sort of like some search results. It had two albums displayed...
A recent topic in the msi newsgroups has focused around implementing a Windows Installer debugger or validation engine in VB6. Conceptually, this isn't all that tough. The concept focus around a successful implementation of the MsiSetExternalUI method...
I’m really happy to formally announce the launch of my new deployment related community site! http://www.deploynow.com Basically, the site is a place for me to post articles on deployment technologies, write about tools and technologies, and to...
Rob Mensching put up another post on Open Source stuff today. While I’m sure it is all very interesting, I find myself becoming really disappointed in Rob and his blog. Don’t get me wrong, Rob’s commentary on Open Source is certainly...
Can anyone point me to a reference guide explaining what the options under the “Advanced” section of the New Post page do? Entry Name? - ??? Excerpt? - I'm guessing that you can put an excerpt from your post here and have it sent in your feed...
So, I just noticed that Rob Howard posted a couple of cool sounding positions at Telligent that they are looking to fill. http://blogs.msdn.com/rhoward/archive/2004/09/21/232682.aspx Too bad that the timeframe is 6-8 weeks…
As a first post, I think it would be appropriate to provide some background on who I am. About Me My name is Michael Sanford. If your familiar with Microsoft lingo, I am a MCP, MCSE, and MCSD. I am also a second year MVP with a specialty in Windows Installer...