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As I said, this experience was with Visual Studio, not Commerce Server. But yes, the upgrade back to the current version of IE went smoothly. It was just a royal PITA that would have been totally unnecessary if MS had expended the tiniest bit of effort. I'm surprised to learn that they still don't; as bad as they are at making installations work smoothly, they do have an excellent history of fixing mistakes. This one should not have fallen through the cracks.
"Your village called -
They're missing their idiot."
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Its not only MS that does this, game makers are really bad at this. For example, I have many DX8 games that get really pissed when the installed DX version is greater than 8 
Matt Newman
I am the anti-linux
"If you're Master Chief and you're facing the Flood, grab a shotgun and save the last checkpoint" - Me, cause I was bored
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It occurs to me that it only took a few years to perfect plug-and-play hardware that uses a standardized method of identifying itself to the OS. Why is it still so hard to make software play nice? Is it that difficult to create a built in identification code with a formatting standard that makes it easy to detect that a more advanced (and presumably compatible) version has already been intalled? This doesn't sound like a rocket science problem, especially as it doesn't require consulting with every manufacturer in the world to create the standard. If your software identified itself with a value from day one, at a consistent location in the binary code, or a consistent entry in the registry, with something like [productcode].[majorrelease].[minorrelease].[revisioncode] wouldn't it be easy to detect a more advanced version and let the install continue? Why is this so hard to do?
"Your village called -
They're missing their idiot."
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Roger Wright wrote:
Why is this so hard to do?
I don't know, especially for COM objects like DX that are by fully backwards compatible, it would seem that it would just as easy to check >= than just ==
Matt Newman
I am the anti-linux
"If you're Master Chief and you're facing the Flood, grab a shotgun and save the last checkpoint" - Me, cause I was bored
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Roger Wright wrote:
But yes, the upgrade back to the current version of IE went smoothly
It didnt for me.... it still asks for a IE 5.5 or greater version of IE - while the PC has IE 6.0 in it....
I was born intelligent
Education ruined me!.
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SPS wrote:
it still asks for a IE 5.5 or greater
Is this after you installed Commerce Server and after you then upgraded again to IE6?
"Your village called -
They're missing their idiot."
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Yes it does ask so...
Actually the steps performed were,
uninstall my IE 6 and installed IE 5.5
install Commerce Server 2000 (I dont have a answer for 'why not 2002 version??')
Then ugraded to IE 6 (the PC needs IE 6 for the VS.NET requirement)
And created a site using commerce server 2000
Tried to run the bizdesk
It asks for IE 5.5 or later version - when the BIZ desk starts uncompressing the .CAB file (thru the activeX component)
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Still confused about it...
I was born intelligent
Education ruined me!.
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SPS wrote:
Still confused about it...
Me, too! This is a major MS fubar. Having no experience with Commerce Server I'm afraid that I can't help you. But it is nice to know that, if anyone ever asks me to install Commerce Server, I'll be smart enough to tell them to find someone else to do it. I wish I could be more helpful, but this is sounding like another total screwup from Microsoft like Small Business Server 4.5 - I could never make that load of garbage work right despite 4 years' trying, and their tech support is a complete fiction; there is no such thing. I'd advise you to walk away from it, but I know that that's no longer an option for you. I hope someone smarter than I am will pick up this thread and show you a solution - I can't.
"Your village called -
They're missing their idiot."
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Thanks for the reply....
I was born intelligent
Education ruined me!.
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Can u guide me on this...
I heard that there is some 'utility' that can make me book 2 OS at the same time. Any idea?
I was born intelligent
Education ruined me!.
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Can anyone confirm that XP and the SIS 305 video chip has conflicts. I can not load XP on my test system with out the installer crashing. I will get a backup video card next week. Everything else (98, Me, W2k) works, fine.
"For as long as I can remember, I have had memories. Colin Mochrie."
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Is it possible to access linux partitions with windows. So i can make my own linux ext2 explorer for windows (xp). I always use c# for programming.
Thanks
Jonathan Slenders (jonathanslenders@hotmail.com)
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I believe there was an open source project for some ext2, but I haven't payed any attention to it and when I did see it, it wasn't nearly stable. Samba would be a much better choice.
Matt Newman
I am the anti-linux
"If you're Master Chief and you're facing the Flood, grab a shotgun and save the last checkpoint" - Me, cause I was bored
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yes, there is an open-source file system project, i haven't testet it yet, but it looks fine...
Don't try it, just do it! 
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Hi I have 2 OS on my mashine ( 2 windows 2k)
Is it possible to access the first windows registry when I'm in the second windows. I mean I booted with the second windows and I need to change the registry of the first windows.
Thanks for any help
Fadi
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Hi ,
I believe you can mount "non active" registry hives in your "active" registry then modify it then export it back to the original location . I have done this while troubleshooting a defunct os .
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Hi
Thanks for the answer, but could you please tell me how to mount "non active" registry in a "active" registry ?
Thanks very much
Fadi
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I know you can do it with XP, I don't have 2k. But leaving this open is a HUGE security hole and I would definitely recommend NOT doing so.
If you still want to do it check if regedit has a Connect Network Registry option under the File menu. If that appears, but does not work your going to have to go through your Local Security Policy, or Domain Security Policy if your on a Domain and allow it
Matt Newman
I am the anti-linux
"If you're Master Chief and you're facing the Flood, grab a shotgun and save the last checkpoint" - Me, cause I was bored
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and again a fadi question....
of course it's possible, but u will need a registry file interpreter...
if you have that much time, you can have a look at ReactOS source code!
Don't try it, just do it! 
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I have Windows 98 OS but it is restarting itself when I say 'SHUTDOWN'
What Could be the Problem.
What Service Regulates the Shutdown operation of WIN98
Tanmoy Moitra
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I have never used 98 extensively, but my guess is its another driver issue in power management so it is crashing as it tries to shut off the computer.
Matt Newman
I am the anti-linux
"If you're Master Chief and you're facing the Flood, grab a shotgun and save the last checkpoint" - Me, cause I was bored
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Greets all,
I was just wondering if anyone knows if Win2K supports anti-alias fonts or smooth fonts?
In WinXP it's supported via teh Clear-Type option but I can't seem to find anything similar in Win2K. I'm using an app called IntelliJ which does support smooth fonths in the application but I want to have it enabled in the general Windows GUI like WinXP.
Any help or suggestions are appreciated.
.:. Keno .:.
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Cleartype is only part of Windows XP editions. And even when it's activated, it's useless without a flat monitor.
RSS feed
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Thanks for the info!
Just out of curiousity, why wouldn't it be effective without a flat screen monitor?
.:. Keno .:.
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