Off Topic Posts/Questions

I suspect the search function is displaying the Microsoft Online Services forums for a variety of search criteria, and the names of some of these forums are so generic that people post here without realizing these are Microsoft Online Services specific. Perhaps we could change the names of the forums so they all contain some form of Microsoft Online Services?

I suspect it would keep the posts more on-topic and make it easier for people with Microsoft Online Services discussion items to find these forums.

Carl

Reply:

Good thoughts Carl. So far we're not seeing a huge volume of off-topic posts. I'm even seeng some "cross pollenation" where some topics not specifically related to Online Services are getting answered anyway. Still, I'll see if I can get the names changed. Thanks.

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Scripts

What would be more valuable for you in an IT Pro version of Code Gallery?
Code? or Scripts?
Discuss.

tony soper

Changed type tonysoper_MSFT Wednesday, June 18, 2008 8:57 PM per andrew

Reply:

VBScript only? PowerShell Only? No restrictions at all? What do you expect from the IT Pro version of CodeGallery?

tony soper

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Reply:

One of the unsung benefits of PowerShell is the ability to host multiple snap-ins. You can easily pipe data from one product's cmdlets to another product's cmdlets (if supported). Exchange to Ops Manager comes to mind.
What are your needs in this "cross-product cmdlet interaction" area? Let us know on this forum.

tony soper

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Reply:

How do you find scripts? For example, I ran across this script today in the Windows Server 2008 Technical Library that installs IIS 7.0 on Windows Vista, but I didn't find it in the script center. IN fact, the Script repository had no scripts for IIS 7.0...

Type the following command into a script:

start /w pkgmgr /iu:IIS-WebServerRole;IIS-WebServer;IIS-CommonHttpFeatures;IIS-StaticContent;IIS-DefaultDocument;IIS-DirectoryBrowsing;IIS-HttpErrors;IIS-HttpRedirect;IIS-ApplicationDevelopment;IIS-ASPNET;IIS-NetFxExtensibility;IIS-ASP;IIS-CGI;IIS-ISAPIExtensions;IIS-ISAPIFilter;IIS-ServerSideIncludes;IIS-HealthAndDiagnostics;IIS-HttpLogging;IIS-LoggingLibraries;IIS-RequestMonitor;IIS-HttpTracing;IIS-CustomLogging;IIS-ODBCLogging;IIS-Security;IIS-BasicAuthentication;IIS-WindowsAuthentication;IIS-DigestAuthentication;IIS-ClientCertificateMappingAuthentication;IIS-IISCertificateMappingAuthentication;IIS-URLAuthorization;IIS-RequestFiltering;IIS-IPSecurity;IIS-Performance;IIS-HttpCompressionStatic;IIS-HttpCompressionDynamic;IIS-WebServerManagementTools;IIS-ManagementConsole;IIS-ManagementScriptingTools;IIS-ManagementService;IIS-IIS6ManagementCompatibility;IIS-Metabase;IIS-WMICompatibility;IIS-LegacyScripts;IIS-LegacySnapIn;IIS-FTPPublishingService;IIS-FTPServer;IIS-FTPManagement;WAS-WindowsActivationService;WAS-ProcessModel;WAS-NetFxEnvironment;WAS-ConfigurationAPI

	Important:
	If you use this script, you get the full IIS installation, which installs all available feature packages. If there are feature packages you don't need, you should edit the script to install only the packages you require.

Tony Soper

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How I got Vista to show computers in all workgroups and domains...

Hi all...

Just figured out how to get Vista to properly show me all the computers in all the workgroups and the domain on my network. I'm running Vista Business x64 SP1 in my own little workgroup called Fortress. There is a domain here, as well as the inevitable MSHOME and Workgroup workgroups (usually people's laptops). I've gone from not being able to see any other computers, to being able to see the other workgroups but not the domain, to finally seeing all of them.

Here are the steps I took, please note it's possible some are irrelevant but I figured I'd mention them all:

1) Fix Computer Browser service. Computer Browser service may not start in Vista, despite being set to Automatic. I fixed this by setting RPC Locator service to automatic and rebooting. Computer Browser now starts happily. (*edit* ...or not. This doesn't always work, if it doesn't check out workaround here)

2) Add Firewall Exceptions. In Windows Firewall settings, I went to the Exceptions tab. Seemed like a lot of Microsoft stuff was listed but not checked as an exception. I checked everything MS related (I'll go back through and trim it back down after, if I figure out specific exceptions that need to be allowed then I'll post here later).

3) Access a Domain Share. At this point I could see the other workgroups but still nothing from the domain. To test connectivity/authentication with the domain, I popped open a Windows Explorer and typed in a share on the domain (\\someserver\someshare$). I happened to use a share I had the credentials saved for already, but normally (i.e. for you) the authentication window will come up asking for domain credentials. Enter a valid domain user/pass with access to the share.

4) See All Computers! Apparently accessing the share authenticates you on the domain and allows you to see the domain computers/devices. Hop back to Windows Explorer and look in Network (refresh if necessary). Domain computers should now show up.

Anyway this is what worked for me so I figured I'd share it here. Good luck and happy Vistaing.

Planning Server Performance Tuning White Paper

PerformancePoint Planning Server Performance Tuning white paper has been published.

Here is the URL that enables you to download it:

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=100209&clcid=0x409

Here is the URL on technet site:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb660521.aspx

Aseem Nayar - MSFT

Changed type Heidi Tr - MSFTModerator Monday, April 18, 2011 8:37 PM not a question....informational

Visual Basic 6.0 WInsock Error

Hello,
I am using VIsual Basic 6.0 and i can't add winsock control to the form. It pops up with this error message:
"Licence Information for this component not found. You do not need an appropriate Licence to use this functionally in the design environment."
I have searched for a solution but failed. The help Button on the message doesn't work.
Can someone help me Please?

JD CLUB

Reply:

Oi! Isn't ANyone going to reply? I am desperate. I need it for a project!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

JD CLUB

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Reply:

Hi, sorry, I'm not sure what the right forum is for your questions based on the details.

You can browse current forums here: http://forums.microsoft.com or newsgroups here: http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/list/en-us/default.aspx.

This forum in particular may help you find the right forum for your question:
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=881&SiteID=1

Thanks!
-Andrew

Forums Product Planner, Andrew.Brenner at Microsoft.com

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disabling scanning of the floppy drive

Hello,

I'm currently testing the System Center on a few Dell Optiplex GX620 and I noticed that everytime System Center scans the computers, it will make the floppy drive seek.

Is there anyway for System Center not to scan for the floppy drive?

Thanks

Reply:

Hi,

I am not quiet sure that I understand your problem clearly. Please provide more information about the exact action you have performed. What the word "scan" means? Computer discovery or something else? And what productor are you using? System Center Essentials or System Center Operations Manager?

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Reply:

Hi,

As this thread has been quiet for a while we will be changing the issue type to 'Comment'.

If you wish to return to this question you can go ahead and change the type back to 'Question'. Then you can edit your initial post and change the radio button at the top of the post editor window.

If the issue has been resolved, we'd love to hear your solution. By sharing your experience you can help other community members facing similar problems.

Thanks!

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Ok I'm confused about Lori's recent sticky post as copied below

Can't find your answer here? Try the Expression Web newsgroup on MSDNby Lori Dirks 31 minutes ago

Lori, all of the links are rigth back to the forum, not the news groups.
Also are not the news groups on the NNTP servers.
News groups aren't at MSDN as it is read only.

FrontPage MVP

Reply:

I saw the same thing but looks like someone fixed the links since then.

Expression Web l Standards Based Web Authoring

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Solutions to Common T-SQL Problems

The Volunteer Moderators andAnswerers who support the Microsoft MSDN SQL Server Forums have created a Wiki to present Solutions to Common T-SQL Problems.

Check here to see if there is a suggestion that can guide you to a solution for your problem.

http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/SQLExamples

If you find that the Wiki provided you with useful informtion, please let us know by posting a synopsis of your problem and a comment about your successful use of that information.

Thanks.

User Access Control Blog (MS)

In case you missed it, you can track up-to-date developments on this topic by keeping a direct (RSS) tab on the MS User Account Control Team Blog* (http://blogs.msdn.com/uac/).

HTH.

* link from other resources previously listed under User Account Control (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvista/security/uac.mspx)

Reply:

You can disable the User Access Control from the Users Seetings and turn it off by Uncheck the button for User access Control

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Recognizing Forum contributors

I'd like to take a moment to recognize two contributors to our Forum and say Thank You!

The two folks are Joseph Crawford and boteasy. Both contributed by asking good questions and by participating in different discussions.

To show our appreciation in a more practical way, we'd like to send you a little swag. Please send me your physical address and I'll send you a little thank you.

If you don't have my Microsoft address, please reply to this post and we'll figure out how to get your contact information without exposing you (and me) to a bunch of spam :-)

Thanks again!

Reply:

Wow - you earned a free gift and you don't want it?

Anyway, if you change your mind, just let me know...

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Vista Wireless Problem

Hi all,

Lately i deploy a DELL's pc with window Vista Ultimate, this pc need to run LAN and Wireless LAN at the same time.

But once LAN is Enable, the WLAN will going down. If i disable the LAN, the WLAN will back to normal.

The wireless adapter that i use is Level 1 and 3Com. Both having the same problem.

Reply:

Hi ElvinPlus,

Before we go further, I would like to confirm the following information with you:

1. Why do you need to use the wired and wireless connection at the same time?

2. What do you mean by "go down"? Does the wireless connection automatically disconnect after enabling the wired connection? Or you just find that the computer cannot access the network through the wireless connection?

Meanwhile, please reproduce the issue and collect the following information for further research:

1. Windows IP Configuration by using the command ipconfig /all.

2. Router Table by using the command route print.

I look forward to your reply.

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Reply:

Hi ElvinPlus,

As this thread has been quiet for a while we will be changing the issue type to 'Comment'.

If you wish to return to this question you can go ahead and change the type back to 'Question'. Then you can edit your initial post and change the radio button at the top of the post editor window.

If the issue has been resolved, we'd love to hear your solution. By sharing your experience you can help other community members facing similar problems.

Thanks.

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network connections and vista

I bought a laptop which has Vista software.

I have difficulty at times connecting to my network intermittently. At times it will work perfectly and automatically connect to the network and at others won't recognize it. Sometimes the network strength is excellent and yet it still will not connect.

I can shutdown and reboot but this may not work. Any suggestions anyone? It is quite frustrating.

Reply:

Hi shooty,

I would like to confirm if the issue being encountered is that you cannot connect to the wireless Router although the signal strength is excellent. Would you capture the error message for further research?

If it is possible, please reset the wireless Router to check the result.

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Reply:

Hi shooty,

As this thread has been quiet for a while we will be changing the issue type to 'Comment'.

If you wish to return to this question you can go ahead and change the type back to 'Question'. Then you can edit your initial post and change the radio button at the top of the post editor window.

If the issue has been resolved, we'd love to hear your solution. By sharing your experience you can help other community members facing similar problems.

Thanks.

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RESOLVED--Current Learning Platform Problems - April 7th, 2008

We are currently experiencing two issues with the Learning Platform at this time:

Some customers are unable to log into their courses and receive the Learning Platform error page: This is actively being investigated by the product team and an update will be posted when available.

Some customers are unable to log into Learning Assessments: The fix for this is in the works and is tentatively scheduled to be deployed Monday morning.

We apologize in advance for any inconvenience you may experience and are actively working to resolve these issues.

Updates will be posted to the site and to the forums when available.

Thanks!

Program Manager, Sustained Engineering Team

Edited by Alicia CalesMicrosoft employee, Moderator Monday, April 7, 2008 11:06 PM Issue Resolved

Reply:

I just wan't to let you know, that I'm experiencing the problem where I get the error page. But as I see it, the problem occurs before this:

1. I logon to microsoftelearning.com and I get to see MyEleaning and I get to see the list of courses I've bought access to.
2. I click on a course (in this case couse 5246) and I get to see the a page with the description of the course. But... at this point I'm all of a sudden NOT logged in any longer. I can see that, because there's a button with the text Login, and allso there's a text suggesting me to buy this course (that I have bought).

My conclusion on this is: My credentials (wether I'm logged in or not) are not "transferred" through state from MyElearning to the courses main details page.

I'ts a sad situation for me, that I cannot get access to the course I've paid money for to access: Tomorrow I won't be able to participate in a planned study group meeting :-( I hope that I get some sort of refund or compensation for not being able to use the product I've bought???

Regards,

Joergen

MCP

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Reply:

Hi Alicia

Thanks for posting an update about the situation.

Is there any sort of indication as to when all this will be fixed?

Regards,

Melanie Foster

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Reply:

TechieMom1973 said:

Hi Alicia

Thanks for posting an update about the situation.

Is there any sort of indication as to when all this will be fixed?

Regards,

Melanie Foster

Hi Melanie-

The goal is to have this issue resolved as quickly as possible. That may not give you the exact date/time that you may be looking for but rest assured the issue is being investigated as a high priority. As soon as I have another update, I'll post a message.

Thanks-
Alicia

Program Manager, Sustained Engineering Team

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Reply:

Hello,

I am a new customer that bought Collection 2555 on April 3:rd (last Thursday). Issue described above have been existing for me since the time of my purchase; in other words I've not yet been able to access product that I bought for almost five days ago. I'm sorry, but I have to say that I am deeply dissapointed in how slow this issue is being resolved and over the lack of information. If I didn't stumble over this forum by pure coincedence, I would still wonder if the problem was caused on my end or Microsoft's.

I would appreciate if someone from Microsoft could post information about estimated resolution time for this problem. Also, what is Microsoft's policy for time-restricted purchases (my access to the course I've bought is limited to 180 days, if I remember correctly) when product is not available for extended time period due to Microsoft's technical problems?

With regards,
Marcus Bertman

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Reply:

Hello,

I am a new user and I purchased the subscription a few days back. Like the other users, I am also extremely frustrated at not being able to use the course. You had originally posted that the site would be up by Monday but it is not.

It would be helpful if you could provide more concrete date as to when the site would be working.

Thanks,
A Pareek

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Reply:

Alicia Cales said:

We are currently experiencing two issues with the Learning Platform at this time:

Some customers are unable to log into Learning Assessments: The fix for this is in the works and is tentatively scheduled to be deployed Monday morning.

We apologize in advance for any inconvenience you may experience and are actively working to resolve these issues.

Updates will be posted to the site and to the forums when available.

Thanks!

Program Manager, Sustained Engineering Team

Hi Everyone!

The Learning Manager site issues have been resolved and you should be able to access your courses now. Please attempt to access the courses purchased and let me know if you continue to see problems.

Thanks-
Alicia

Program Manager, Sustained Engineering Team

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Reply:

annp said:

Hi Ann-

We are back up and running now. Please attempt to login and let us know if you have problems. The site is up and running as of today, Monday, April 7th, 2008.

Thanks-
Alicia

Program Manager, Sustained Engineering Team

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Reply:

Marcus Bertman said:

Hi Marcus-

We have resolved the production issue with the Learning Platform. Please attempt to access your courses and let me know if you continue to have problems.

These Forums were recently launched as a result of our last release (April 3rd, 2008) and we will be featuring them on the Learning Manager site itself soon. There is a 3rd Forum coming in which we will post annoucements, scheduled downtime, etc regarding future releases of the Learning Platform so be sure to check that out.

Thanks for your feedback and I do apologize for any inconvenience this caused you.

Alicia

Program Manager, Sustained Engineering Team

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Reply:

TechieMom1973 said:

Hi Alicia

Thanks for posting an update about the situation.

Is there any sort of indication as to when all this will be fixed?

Regards,

Melanie Foster

Hi Melanie-

We are back online and the issues have been resolved. Please attempt to access your courses and let me know if you see a problem.

Thanks-
Alicia

Program Manager, Sustained Engineering Team

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Reply:

Hi Alicia,

It appears that everything is working correctly for me.

Melanie Foster

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Reply:

the Learning Center still runs like a 3 legged donkey on valium. Still get Error messages. Hardly a showcase for Microsoft's committment to training and learning is it?

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Reply:

We are working on deploying a hotfix to the live site that should fix the performance you are seeing.

Thank you for your patience while this is being addressed.

Alicia

Program Manager, Sustained Engineering Team

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User Profile Information is Difficult to Read

When viewing user information on the User Profile page, the contrast between the Grey background and the Grey font is so close that it is almost impossitble to read. (Probably related to the control non-editable property...)

Please make the font darker (black).

You may be only one person in the world, but you may also be the world to one person.

Edited by Arnie RowlandMVP Tuesday, February 26, 2008 11:11 PM

Reply:

I second that suggestion!

CHO, HomePage Doctor

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Reply:

Arnie Rowland said:

You may be only one person in the world, but you may also be the world to one person.

I agree!

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Reply:

Arnie Rowland said:

You may be only one person in the world, but you may also be the world to one person.

I guest It's better to have other type of control like a label because the user the the fell he can edit the profile (other person profile).

Don't forget to mark the best replies as answers!

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Reply:

Arnie, I'm about to start on v2 of the profile page, and this issue is at the top of the list. Going forward, we will have two distinct views of the profile page: owner (signed in), and visitor.

Chris Slemp, Program Manager, MSDN and TechNet

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Reply:

Not only is it hard to read -- it's also unusable. What if you want to copy-paste someone's homepage URL? It won't let you.

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Reply:

As of current version, April 8th, Profile background color has been de-intensified, and font color is black, soit is easier to read the profile information, and it can be selected and copied.

Thanks!

You may be only one person in the world, but you may also be the world to one person.

Edited by Arnie RowlandMVP Wednesday, April 9, 2008 4:29 PM 'cause

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Reply:

We did an update to the Profile Page. We made the following changes

Read only mode of other profiles is easier to read.
URL's can be copied to the clip board.
Disabled charactor blocking from inputs fields.

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Feedback about February CTP of Management Studio

Some things that struck me as I used a CTP of this for the first time...

Query window: When I right click on a term underlined with red squiggley line, I expect context sensitive assistance to resolve.

Query window: When I type "FROM " and drag a table onto the line, it appends the table name. Great. When I drag another table onto the line, I want it to append ", Table2", instead, they are concatenated together with no separation! Ugh.

Executing a Query Window Query: I miss the feedback of the increasing row count while executing at the bottom of the pane.

-Valkyrie-MT

Reply:

Welcome to SQL Server 2008!

To ensure your suggestions get logged in the development team's feature request/change tracking database, highly recommend you visit http://connect.microsoft.com/sqlserver/feedback and submit your suggestions.

joe.

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Chart series label font size in 2008 bug

I'm using MRS 2008 CTP. On a pie chart, I have set the data series label font size. In the design pane it displays the font size correctly. However, in the preview pane it always displays the labels using 10pt font.

Right now I'm just messing around in the report designer. I haven't done any research to see if this affects other chart types or even if it behaves the same way when the report server.

Windows XP SP3 RC2

Hi guys

Windows XP SP3 RC2

English, DEU, Japnish version is available in the following link

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=114f3599-12af-42b2-aab1-b969a62c68a7&displaylang=en

Reply:

You may find reading http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=3061999&SiteID=17 useful.

Note: In case you want to get the latest RC2 refresh build 5508 you'll have to download and execute "Windows XP SP3 Release Candidate 2.exe" on a test machine and run Windows Update afterwards. Build 5508 is (officially) available via Windows Update only and not as a standalone file. The other three 300+ MB files listed in DownloadCenter are containing build 3311 which is -ehm- somewhat outdated right now.

Bye,
Freudi

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Single Table Structured Dynamic Relational Database

Sharepoint is a pretty darn dynamic service and that got me thinking of how databases are created.

Just wondering out loud, surely someone has thought of creating databases in such a manner, but I don't know if it's a thought that has been struck down.

It would look something like this:

Single Table

ID uniqueidentifier PK

ParentID uniqueidentifier FK to ID

Name nvarchar(MAX)

Value nvarchar(MAX)

In this manner, you would create your database "columns" as needed in the data-layer.

If that is too strict, (every datatype would be encoded to base64), you could create a value option for basically every data type. EG. nvarchar(max), nvarbinary(max).... and add another field that describes the data-type to be used for that "column"

ID uniqueidentifier PK

ParentID uniqueidentifier FK to ID

Name nvarchar(MAX)

DataType nvarchar(50) //constrained to allowable datatypes

MaxLen nvarchar(31) //ahh, what the hey, let's add this for sniggles.

ValueNvarchar nvarchar(MAX) nullable

ValueNvarbin nvarbinary(MAX) nullable

....

Now, to allow the "values" for those "columns", you may be able to still use the single-table approach, but it may be better to have an extra table for that (probably even a different partition and drive).

Things to consider, indexing.....

In development, the data-layer would handle the creation/reading of table columns.

The business-layer, which could be many for different parts of a company, would make it's requests to the DL. It may need a username, and the DL would either just create it, or suggest an already existing username column. The path to that username may not be where a particular biz element wants it, so they will ask the DL create another under a diff path.

The business-layer is probably the most important reason for wanting a single dynamic table.

In the end, the relation structure could be like:

Human //dir, no value, no parent (root)

FirstName //value - text

LastName //value - text

Parent1 //value - Me Id

Sibling1 //value - Me Id

SiblingN //value - Me Id

School //dir, no val

ParentId //value - Id (perhaps category would be Building)

Name //value - text

The sibling N would be an example of how a table may need to be dynamic. A positive of the single-table approach is no limitation on number of "columns". Another is the ease to move a hierarchical structure if needed. School may want to be University instead of just "school" and be placed as a child of "school".

Looking for any thoughts on the subject,

Nathan

Reply:

I understand that, but I was looking at the logistical standpoint of creating a database in a single table hierarchical manner.

Instead of creating a field EmployeeID in the table as a field, I'm looking to make it a "virtual field".

So if I were to use SQL Server 2008, I'd probably make the table as such:

FieldHierId HierarchyID

FieldId uniqueidentifier

FieldName....

FieldValue....

So the question is not about how to do a single table structure or how to do a hierarchy, but rather "could/should it be done".

Nathan

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windows explore stopped working

I see that you are getting the message i was getting saying windows explore stopped working. The cause of the issue might be due to various reasons

I recommend you to download and install SP1 this should work for everybody but is not 100% that is going to work for every single one of you out there

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=B0C7136D-5EBB-413B-89C9-CB3D06D12674&displaylang=en

Windows Vista SP1

includes improvements many of the most common reasons for which windows stops responding

Windows Vista SP1 includes many changes that can improve your computer's speed and performance. Here are some of the areas that are improved:

•	Faster copying or extracting files from a compressed mode.
•	Better use of network bandwidth when browsing file shares over a network.
•	Improved performance from Windows ReadyBoost in reducing the time it takes for Windows to wake up from Hibernate and Standby power modes.
•	Better power consumption when your computer screen is idle for a long time.
•	Improved logon experience when using a corporate computer, such as a laptop, outside of the corporate network.
•	Faster opening of large image files.

Improvements in performance

Windows Vista SP1 includes many changes that can improve your computer's speed and performance. Here are some of the areas that are improved:

•	Faster copying or extracting files from a compressed mode.
•	Better use of network bandwidth when browsing file shares over a network.
•	Improved performance from Windows ReadyBoost in reducing the time it takes for Windows to wake up from Hibernate and Standby power modes.
•	Better power consumption when your computer screen is idle for a long time.
•	Improved logon experience when using a corporate computer, such as a laptop, outside of the corporate network.
•	Faster opening of large image files.

Improvements in security

You can now use BitLocker to encrypt multiple partitions on your computer's hard disk, rather than just a single partition. Note that BitLocker is only available in Windows Vista Enterprise and Windows Vista Ultimate

SP1 includes an important change to the way desktop search works in Windows Vista. You can now select a default desktop search service, similar to the way you can select a default search service for web browsers and media players. With SP1, you can now get to your preferred search results from within the Start menu and Windows Explorer

Changes in memory (RAM) reporting

SP1 also changes how the random access memory (RAM) that is installed in your computer is reported. Before SP1, the amount of memory reported was equal to the amount of memory that Windows was able to use. In SP1, the amount of memory reported is the amount of memory that is actually installed on your computer. If you have 4 gigabytes (GB) of memory installed, you'll now see 4 GB of memory reported by features such as System or Performance Information and Tools in Control Panel. This change can only happen if your computer's basic input/output system (BIOS) is capable of displaying that much RAM

Download ISA Server 2009 Beta 1

Hi,

Microsoft also today announced the name of its next-generation network edge security product, Forefront Threat Management Gateway. Forefront Threat Management Gateway is the future version of Microsoft ISA Server and will extend the capabilities of ISA Server 2006 with new features and security technologies, designed to help provide multiple-threat protection, simplified management and secure connectivity, and will be built on Windows Server 2008. More details about Forefront Threat Management Gateway will be available later this year.

Source : http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2008/apr08/04-08ForefrontBetaPR.mspx?rss_fdn=Press%20Releases

Download the Beta version if you want : http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=65bd5f8a-d94c-457a-9f88-2046597130e1&displaylang=en

Here are the system requirement :

Forefront Threat Management Gateway

Component	Processor and memory	Operating system	Software	Hard disk
Forefront Threat Management Gateway	1 GHz or faster processor 1 GB of RAM or more	Microsoft Windows Server® 2008 x64 editions	Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition	150 MB or more

Source : http://www.microsoft.com/forefront/stirling/en/us/system-requirements.aspx

HTH,
Tarek
_____________________________

Tarek Majdalani
MVP -- ISA Firewalls
http://www.elmajdal.net/ISAServer

Changed type Keith AlabasterModerator Saturday, June 6, 2009 6:45 AM Not a question - it's an announcement.

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