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Friday, January 19, 2007

While looking into Microsoft's Web Client Software Factory (WCSF) I ran into an odd error installing the Guidance Automation Toolkit on Windows Vista.  The error in question was pretty generic but a quick search found a solution.  



Basically, the GuidanceAutomationToolkit.msi needed to be run as an administrator but you cannot right click an msi and simply select "Run as Administrator".  

The work around is simple:
Create a .cmd file
    install_Gat.cmd
Add a command to execute the .msi in question, and
    msiexec /i fully qualified path the the GuidanceAutomationToolkit.msi file
Run the command file as an administrator.
    save the file, then right click and select "Run as Administrator"





Monday, January 08, 2007

It's been a busy holiday season and my lovely wife has summed it up very nicely on her blog.  We're both looking ahead and see 2007 as being a very good year; we've dubbed it the "year of abundance".