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Results of SPLIT is a 'lost' thread

Results of SPLIT is a 'lost' thread

To ALL Moderators:

When you split a post, the OP is NOT being informed about the location of the move. (The message received only directs back to the original thread -and the post that was 'split' cannot be found.

If you need to split a post, post a notice about why and where so the OP can follow his/her question/comment. (That is, if he/she has alerts enabled.)

Otherwise, the users will become quite unhappy with such actions.

Arnie Rowland, MVP, Moderator
You may be only one person in the world, but you may also be the world to one person.

Forum list 'Expand/Collapse' isn't persistent

This seemed to work better in the past but since the migration after revisting the Forum Home page (for the main forums, or Technet, or MSDN, etc) whatever forum categories I specifically expand and collape aren't remembered.  The list keep re-expanding all forums.  Using Vista SP1 w/ IE7, haven't tried any other browser.

Jeff Schertz, PointBridge | MVP | MCITP: Enterprise Messaging | MCTS: OCS

Reply:
This happens every time they add a new forum to the front page.  New cookie, probably.  This ought to stabilize some time soon.
Hans Passant.

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Undo is not cleared

The undo buffer is not cleared when it should be.

Before I explain, I want to say that the undo/redo will be very appreciated. There is a minor bug that probably should be fixed. Please excuse me if I don't use the correct terminology.

I noticed that the undo buffer is not cleared when I cancel a message. It might not be cleared when a message is posted, but I encountered the problem when I began creating a reply then I cancled the reply. When I did multiple undos, I got content successive to the beginning of when I began using the forum, not from the beginning of when I began a specific message. In other words, the undo buffer included content from messages I had been editing prior to the message I was currently editing.

I hope you understand. I assume it will be easy enough to re-create.

I am sorry, perhaps I need to explain that I encountered the problem when I was using the sandbox forum for the new forum software. Note that I got to this forum from the message about the new forum software; it did not say anything about the forum for reporting bugs.


Sam Hobbs; see my SimpleSamples.Info

Reply:
Thanks for the feedback, moving this over to the bugs forum.
Forums Product Planner, Andrew.Brenner at Microsoft.com

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make it easier to post new threads in forums....

i know WHICH forum i want to post in,
i can find it through  microsoft>forums home>visual basic>visual basic home>i want me here

but when i click add new thread
it offers me a list of options that do not seem at all relevant to the above... so i dont know where to post! - none of the "create thread in" options seem at all appropriate!





Reply:
Is this discussion kind of yours insight?
Regards, Matej
Posting you abusive right now, and all of your posts!

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Reply:
If you post from a forum, it should default to the current forum.
Matt Fraser, STO Forums Software Developer

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Reply:
And if none of mine or Matt's responses is related, you may elaborate then a little more on what difficulties you feel in creating posts.
Posting you abusive right now, and all of your posts!

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Reply:
Making it easier to ask good questions, avoid duplicates, ask in the correct forum, include appropriate tags and do all of that when you're not already in the context of a forum – is something we're actively looking at improving.

-Andrew
Forums Product Planner, Andrew.Brenner at Microsoft.com

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Feedback on forum version 3

Hi,

Seems like the forum features are progressing being it somewhat slowly.
I like the fact that
you don't have to scroll down to post,
that you can disable alerts by default
that you can tag messages

I miss:
performance
mark messages unread
Hierarchical messages

I dislike:
the fact that I have to review the messages I post. If I have answered a question and submitted I want to be in the forum overview with all threads not in the thread I just responded to.

Kim Oppalfens
Configmgr mvp
"Everyone is an expert at something" Kim Oppalfens Configmgr expert for lack of any other expertise. http://www.scug.be/blogs/sccm

Reply:
We are still in review mode
"Everyone is an expert at something" Kim Oppalfens Configmgr expert for lack of any other expertise. http://www.scug.be/blogs/sccm

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Reply:
threaded test
"Everyone is an expert at something" Kim Oppalfens Configmgr expert for lack of any other expertise. http://www.scug.be/blogs/sccm

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Reply:
Have you tried the threaded view available from the forum view? You can toggle between List View and Threaded View
Also, if you're just reading and replying, you can do that from the forum view and never go to the thread view at all.

-Andrew
Forums Product Planner, Andrew.Brenner at Microsoft.com

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Minor issue with code formatter

If you try to format this block as SQL:

CREATE FUNCTION dbo.StringToDecimal(@InputString varchar(20))

RETURNS decimal(15,5)

AS

BEGIN

      DECLARE @WholeNumber decimal(15,5), @Numerator int, @Denominator int

 

      --SET Numerator to 0, and Denominator to 1, so that Numerator/Denominator will return 0

      --if we don't re-set their value

      SET @Numerator = 0

      SET   @Denominator = 1

 

 

 

      IF CHARINDEX(' ', @InputString) > 0  --There is a space.  As such, there must be a fractional portion

      BEGIN

            DECLARE @Fractional varchar(20)

            SET         @Fractional = RIGHT(@InputString, LEN(@InputString) - CHARINDEX(' ', @InputString))

 

            SET @Numerator = LEFT(@Fractional, CHARINDEX('/', @Fractional) - 1)

            SET @Denominator = RIGHT(@Fractional, LEN(@Fractional) - CHARINDEX('/', @Fractional))

            SET @WholeNumber = LEFT(@InputString, CHARINDEX(' ', @InputString) - 1)

      END

     

      ELSE  --There is no fractional portion

      BEGIN

            SET @WholeNumber = @InputString

      END

 

      DECLARE @ReturnValue decimal(15,5)

 

      SET @ReturnValue = @WholeNumber + (@Numerator * 1.00000 / @Denominator)

      RETURN @ReturnValue

END

 

 

SELECT dbo.StringToDecimal('5')

SELECT dbo.StringToDecimal('5 3/4')

SELECT dbo.StringToDecimal('5 23/714')



You get this:

CREATE FUNCTION dbo.StringToDecimal(@InputString varchar(20))  
RETURNS decimal(15,5)  
AS 
BEGIN 
    DECLARE @WholeNumber decimal(15,5), @Numerator int, @Denominator int 
 
    --SET Numerator to 0, and Denominator to 1, so that Numerator/Denominator will return 0  
    --if we don't re-set their value  
    SET @Numerator = 0  
    SET @Denominator = 1  
 
 
 
    IF CHARINDEX(' ', @InputString) > 0  --There is a space.  As such, there must be a fractional portion
    BEGIN
        DECLARE @Fractional varchar(20)
        SET     @Fractional = RIGHT(@InputString, LEN(@InputString) - CHARINDEX(' ', @InputString))
        SET @Numerator = LEFT(@Fractional, CHARINDEX('/', @Fractional) - 1)
        SET @Denominator = RIGHT(@Fractional, LEN(@Fractional) - CHARINDEX('/', @Fractional))
        SET @WholeNumber = LEFT(@InputString, CHARINDEX(' ', @InputString) - 1)
    END
    
    ELSE  --There is no fractional portion
    BEGIN
        SET @WholeNumber = @InputString
    END
    DECLARE @ReturnValue decimal(15,5)
    SET @ReturnValue = @WholeNumber + (@Numerator * 1.00000 / @Denominator)
    RETURN @ReturnValue
END
SELECT dbo.StringToDecimal('5')
SELECT dbo.StringToDecimal('5 3/4')
SELECT dbo.StringToDecimal('5 23/714')  
 
 
It's obviously not picking up the closing quote on the CHARINDEX line.  I'm pretty sure that this is a Telerik issue, but I'll leave that to you to decide.

Thanks,

Aaron Alton
Aaron Alton | thehobt.blogpot.com

NTFS Permissions on VM files

I am not sure if anybody noticed the NTFS permissions on configuration and snapshots XML files but there is something I can't understand and hope someone can shed some light.

If you look at the NTFS permissions on the GUID.XML file for a VM, it will normally shows (System-FC, Administrator-FC...etc) I also noticed that there is this strange what appears to be a group with the same name as that of the GUID of the configuration file having FC. and it appears to be inherited Also, it is the owner of this file. Looking at the parent folder, this group doesnt' show.

Doing icacls on this configuration file shows the following output

NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:(I)(F)
BUILTIN\Administrators:(I)(F)
BUILTIN\Users:(I)(RX) 
NT VIRTUAL MACHINE\7C57926B-E628-4B33-B9CA-9D3BF873E916:(I)(F)

I looked at my local users and groups and there is no such user or group there.

Can someone tell me what this is? and how hyper-v uses it? Any information about how to get more information about this would be appreciated.



Reply:
This is the SID standing for the virtual machine you have
Check This
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserverhyperv/thread/b25d19ed-d9a6-449b-b0dc-b7e95320b65a/

Any time you run "icacls" to check the permissions.Just for your reference, the output should be like the following:

 

BUILTIN\Administrators: (F)

NT VIRTUAL MACHINE\{GUID}: (R)

BUILTIN\Administrators: (I)(F)

NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM: (I)(F)

BUILTIN\Users: (I)(RX)



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As  part of the migration, posting of new threads and messages is no longer allowed on the Forums 2.x platform. 

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For making suggestions on the Forums 3.x Platform,  visit:  http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/suggest/threads/

Thank you for your patience during the migration.


Alicia


Reply:
i have loged in with my userid but i am not seeing posted questions which i have posted till now.plz help me where can/ how can i see my all previous posted threads.

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Test Post

I assume we can post in the new forum now? 

Reply:
Yes since early morning yesterday.  I think the sticky note is a bit confusing since we can now post
http://www.sccm-tools.com http://sms-hints-tricks.blogspot.com

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Reply:
Yep...since yesterday.

Do these forums seem even slower than the previous ones?

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Reply:
Looks OK to  me although not sure about the new interface.
Many thanks and kind regards, Cliff Hobbs Microsoft MVP - ConfigMgr/ SMS (2004 - Present) Owner FAQShop.com - Giving You the FAQs | http://www.faqshop.com Cofounder of the Windows Management User Group | http://wmug.co.uk/

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This forum has moved the week of 12/8/2008

Microsoft has created a new forums platform (MSDN | TechNet | Expression | Microsoft) with increased performance, stability, and an improved user experience. During the week of 12/8/2008 this forum will be moving from the Forums 2.x Platform (http://forums.microsoft.com) to the Forums 3.x Platform. To make sure this is a smooth transition, we want everyone using this forum to have a chance to try out the new forums in advance, and give feedback. We've created a Sandbox forum, where you can create threads and try out functionality, and a suggestions forum where you can give us your feedback. Please take some time to go to the new forums today and let us know what you think.

 

On the day the forum moves to the new platform, a post will be made letting you know the process has been started, and the forum will be locked to new posts. Once the process is complete, a final post to the forum will be made letting you know the forum has moved.

 

1.       All posts in the forum will be preserved

2.       Any points you've received for replies will move with you (on a per forum basis)

3.       Any bookmarks to this forum or threads within this forum will redirect to their new location

4.       Your "My Threads" will be preserved on the new platform

 

The only thing you'll need to do after migration is set Windows Live Alerts for any threads you were tracking.

 

If you have feedback, let us know in the suggestions forum or contact me directly at Andrew.Brenner at Microsoft.com

 

Thanks,

Alicia


Reply:
The My Threads from the old SCE forums have not been moved to this new site. This is extremely disappointing as it makes discussions we were involved with very difficult to find now. Also, points from the old forum do not appear to have been moved either.
Tim
Tim Vander Kooi

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Disable OWA

 
Hi,

at the moment I have about 300 active email accounts. I have given order to disable access to OWA 280 email accounts, but if I say ye contrary I go to a non?.

There is a way to disable them all and then to the 20 remaining active is the manually?.

Exchange 2003 SP2

Reply:
ADModify.net helps you to modify bulk users. It has an option to enable/disable Exchange features.

http://www.codeplex.com/admodify
http://www.msexchange.org/articles/ADModify-Change-Exchange-Specific-AD-User-Attributes.html
Amit Tank || MVP - Exchange || MCITP - Exchange 2007 || http://ExchangeShare.WordPress.com

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deprecated

deprecated

Reply:
Set DelayValidation property on the data flow task to true.
SSIS Tasks Components Scripts | http://www.cozyroc.com/

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Setting Up A Cluster On A Single Quad Core Q9450

Hello, This is my first post here so hello to everyone.  I have a problem, which I hope someone can help me with. 

I have been tasked to assess the performance aspects associated with Windows Server 2008 HPC edition.  My first goal is to setup a simple cluster using a single quad core processor.  I suppose my first question is, can this be done?  Effectively I guess I need to trick the operating system into thinking I have a cluster on one PC.  If this is then possible, I'm will next be looking to assess the batch job processing capabilites, disk storage, backup's and all other aspects associated with a cluster network. I would also like to generate some information on CPU usage [i.e. system efficiently].  The system currently employed at my place of work simply consists of 54 stand alone PC's, which require seperate logins which in my opinion is a total waste of resource [hence my task].

Ideally I would like to generate some results from this initial task as quickly as possible, and thereafter gen-up on what I have actually done !!

I suppose because I'm a total novice when it comes to setting up such a system I need a really basic [for dummies] guide to installing and configuring my single quad core resource.  If I can make a good argument about the advantages of such a simple setup then I hope the company will listen to me and release funds to enable me to configure at least some of the 54 stand alone PC's to form a cluster.

Any assistance would therefore be very helpful

Thank You

Regards

Paul

PS I'm sorry if this post is in the incorrect forum !!

Reply:
This is a forum for W2K8 Failover Clustering and not High Performance Computing (HPC).  Depending on if your single machine supports Hyper-V or not and if there are sufficient resources in terms of processors, memory and hard drive space, you could, theoretically, configure a small HPC cluster using VMs running in hyper-v.  Here is some info on that - http://blogs.technet.com/windowshpc/archive/2008/04/26/virtual-hpc-cluster-deployment-on-hyper-v.aspx

The HPC Community site is here - http://windowshpc.net/Pages/Default.aspx
Chuck Timon Senior Escalation Engineer (SEE) Microsoft corporation

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Reply:
Hello, Thanks for the reply, The document highlighted in the link seems to be exactly what was require but unfortunatly, I do not seem to be able to access it.  I will try on the other site.  Regards Paul

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This forum has migrated successfully on December 10, 2008

As  part of the migration, posting of new threads and messages is no longer allowed on the Forums 2.x platform. 

For reporting bugs on the Forums 3.x Platform, visit:  http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/reportabug/threads/

For making suggestions on the Forums 3.x Platform,  visit:  http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/suggest/threads/

Thank you for your patience during the migration.


Alicia


Reply:
I can no longer see the moderator forums.
"I have no particular talent. I am merely inquisitive." -- Albert Einstein

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How to uninstall Sql Server 2005 or 2008 ?

Hello,

I have just discovered this blog
http://mark.michaelis.net/blog/

I found an interesting article called Sql Server 2008 install nightmare (12/08/2008 us date format )

I have had many problems with my install of Sql Server Dev 2008 because, i have before installed 2 instances of Sql Server Express 2005 ( "normal" and with Advanced services ).
As i see i have not been the only one guy to have big problems , i would want to know whether other people have already met problems with install or upgrade towards Sql Server 2008.

The main reproach i am doing to the setup program is : on beginning , there a wizard of which work is to control that you may install or upgrade, but it is unable to detect the presence of SSMSEE .As result, the install program crashes and as Sql Server 2008 install program is unable to rollback, after 3 tries, i have choosen the best solution : to format my 4 drives and to reinstall my XP Pro,Antivirus,VS 2008 Standard,MS Office. I have installed Sql Server Express 2008 with Advanced Services.
An enormous error : the install proram for Sql Server 2008 Dev crashed again
Another time, i formatted my drives and reinstall everything. This time, i has choosen Sql Server Express 2008 basic ( without Sql Server Management Studio ). Sql Server Dev 2008 has been installed and it seems working : but i needed nearly a month to understand what was happening and what to do , and as a problem is not coming alone, i have had to change two drives , maybe because of numerous restarts ...)

I have kept an Sql Server 2005 Express on another computer at home ( to compare the version 2008/2005 ).
But Sql Server 2008 seems to me a real nightmare to install

Who has met these kinds of problems ? is my first question

How to do in order that problem cannot to reappear ? ( after my 2nd crash, i have nearly decided to throw away my Sql Server Dev 2008 into the dustbin  )

Aslo,I think it would be nice that someone of the PSS or Sql Server Team explains why it is easy to find how to unstall VS 2005 or 2008 ( including when to uninstall the files corresponding to a localized install, for example in chinese or french ) and why it is missing for Sql Server 2008 or 2005 ( even for Sql Server Express 2008, the link to the uninstall is leading to nothing, and why Sql Server 2008 setup program is unable to rollback when there is problem.

I prefer the way of a discussion rather a question because the posters will be freer to speak. Maybe, if this discussion is interesting, it will be useful for the Sql Server Team people. They have done something marvelling for Dev and Express Editions ( i know only both ) but the install is a plague (for me when there is a problem).Maybe, i have not understood everything i have read about the install, but i have the feeling to " go fishing" when i am trying to find informations.  

Have a nice day
Please remember to click 'Mark as Answer' on the post that helped you. Unmark if it provides no help
  • Edited by Papy Normand Friday, December 12, 2008 5:22 PM Added the last paragraph to "smooth" what i have written

Don't get alert emais

Hi!

It seems I do not get alert emails from the newly transfered forums. I've replyed to a thread in the WinForms forum and another user replyed after me, but I have no email regarding this.

  
Lucian Baciu, MCTS, http://studentclub.ro/lucians_weblog

Difference between "COMMIT TRANSACTION and COMMIT TRAN" while Update Cube

I would like to know the difference between
 "COMMIT TRANSACTION and COMMIT TRAN"  while Update Cube

Thanks
Ani

Reply:
They are synonymous in Transact SQL, it seems that the same logic have been implemented in MDX...

Flo
http://www.techheadbrothers.com/Auteurs.aspx/florent-merel

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BizTalk server 2006 R2 will work with VS2008

Can we develop BizTalk projects (BizTalk server 2006 R2 ) using  VS2008.
Raghu

Reply:
No. 

The first BizTalk version to support VS 2008 is BizTalk 2009, in beta as of earlier this week.
Yossi Dahan Connected Systems MVP

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Selecting design according to Architectural Characteristics Comparison

Hi Team ,

I have 3 desig options with me
Design Option#1: Single Primary site and all the branches are connected to it
Design Option#2: Central Site with multiple child siites and branches are connected with assigned child sites (HUB & Spoke)
Design Option#3: Central Site with multiple secondary sites and branches are connected with secondary site (No child sites)

Can anyone help me deciding the best design option on the basis of following Arct. characteristics as l'ess' 'more' or 'most'...

 

Architectural Characteristics Comparison

Characteristic

Description

Design Option#1

Design Option#2

Design Option#3

Complexity

The complexity of this option relative to other options.

Cost

The initial setup cost and sustained cost of this option.

 

Fault Tolerance

How the decision supports the resiliency of the infrastructure. This will ultimately affect the availability of the system.

 

 

Performance

How the option will affect the performance of the infrastructure.

 

Scalability

The impact the option will have on the scalability of the infrastructure.

 

 

Security

Whether the option will have a positive or negative impact on overall infrastructure security.

 

 



Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Rohit Goel

Reply:
Hi Rohit,

to quote Microsoft's famous phrase when it comes to ConfigMgr/ SMS (and one that you'll soon come to appreciate when you work with the product for any length of time ;-) "it depends" on SO many factors, not just those you've listed above:

a) How many locations you have
b) How many Clients you have in total/ at each location
c) WAN links
d) Available bandwidth
e) Service Level Agreements i.e. is ConfigMgr considered mission critical/ what would happen if you couldn't deliver a patch say in "x" hours
f) What administration model you require i.e. centralised admin Vs local admin at say key sites (for example a regional admin model)
g) Do different types of computers require different settings (i.e. you need to collect inventory on servers once a month Vs every day on workstations)
g) What AD model you have (number fo Forests, Domains, Trusts, etc)

and the list goes on...

Only when you've got answers to all the questiosn can you then start running through which is best.

Hope this helps.

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same

 I have the same damn proB! I've tried everything even reinstall of vista! what gives?

Reply:

Hi

You posted this message as a new thread?

What problem are you talking about?


If this post helps to resolve your issue, click the Mark as Answer button at the top of this message.
Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience

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