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Windows Installer Error 1722: A program run as part of the setup did not finish as expected

By on February 29, 2012 in Development, IIS, InstallShield, Windows Installer

I was working recently on an InstallShield installer for our IISADMPWD Replacement Tool solution and ran into an error when the product was uninstalled. The error message dialog below shows the full error details and the main part follows. Error 1722.There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A program run as part of [...]

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ASP.NET 4.0 Error: Could not load file or assembly ‘Some.dll’ or one of its dependencies. An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format.

By on February 20, 2012 in .NET, .NET, ASP.NET, IIS, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2

I was testing an ASP.NET application installation on a test server recently and ran into the following error when I ran the application. Could not load file or assembly ‘Some.dll” or one of its dependencies. An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format. I hadn’t seen this during development on my [...]

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Exchange 2007 PowerShell Errors with New-Mailbox Cmdlet and IIS with ASP.NET

By on February 9, 2012 in .NET, .NET, Active Directory, ASP.NET, Exchange, IIS, Microsoft Active Directory, PeopleProvision

I recently was working on a customer implementation of our PeopleProvision solution and I needed to create a new Exchange mailbox for new user accounts in Active Directory. Our customer uses Exchange 2007 and, after installing the Exchange Management Shell that includes PowerShell cmdlets used to create mailboxes, the system seemed ready to go. I kept [...]

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Research In Motion Releases Integration with Microsoft Office 365 – BlackBerry Business Cloud Services

By on February 2, 2012 in BlackBerry, Business Cloud Services, Cloud, Office 365

Research In Motion (RIM) finally released its evolution of BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES), BlackBerry Business Cloud Services (BCS), earlier this week on January 30, 2012. BCS provides mobile device service integration with the Microsoft Office 365 hosted Exchange Service and replaces much of the functionality formerly provided by BES. This is a good move forward for RIM [...]

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Active Directory Management Gateway Service (ADMGS) Errors and McAfee Anti-Virus Software

By on January 20, 2012 in Active Directory, Active Directory Management Gateway Service, Microsoft Active Directory, PeopleProvision, Powershell, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2

I posted last month about an issue with the Active Directory Management Gateway Service (ADMGS) on Windows Server 2008. The ADMGS  (which runs as the Active Directory Web Services, ADWS, service) allows you to use the Active Directory module for Windows PowerShell to manage AD remotely in domains where there are no Server 2008 R2 domain [...]

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Web Active Directory Releases Replacement for Microsoft IISADMPWD for Windows IIS7

By on January 6, 2012 in Active Directory, Active Directory Password, IIS, IISADMPWD Replacement, Product Releases, Tools

We officially launched our Microsoft® IISADMPWD Replacement Tool today. Our simple solution addresses several issues with previous versions of IISADMPWD and allows you to delegate Windows password changes for web applications running on IIS 7 and later. At $599 USD, the new solution provides lots of value to allow users to self manage passwords for [...]

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BlackBerry Business Cloud Services for Microsoft Office 365

By on January 4, 2012 in BlackBerry, Business Cloud Services, Cloud, Office 365

I have been tracking Research In Motion’s (RIM) slow progress toward a hosted service that will allow BlackBerry device integration with the Microsoft Office 365 Exchange hosting service. In late October, RIM announced the new Business Cloud Services product for Office 365 and I blogged about it shortly afterward. General availability is still slated for [...]

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Diagnose Active Directory Management Gateway Service (ADMGS) Errors

By on December 15, 2011 in Active Directory, Active Directory Management Gateway Service, Microsoft Active Directory, PeopleProvision, Powershell, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2

I recently worked on a Windows Server 2008 system with the Active Directory Management Gateway Service (ADMGS) installed. The ADMGS allows you to use the Active Directory module for Windows PowerShell to manage AD remotely in domains where there are no Server 2008 R2 domain controllers running. The ADMGS service (which runs as the Active [...]

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November Update on RIM, BlackBerry, BES and Microsoft Office 365

By on November 4, 2011 in BlackBerry, Office 365

I wanted to post a quick update on RIM’s new BlackBerry Enterprise Service (BES) for hosted Exchange on Microsoft Office 365, officially called BlackBerry Business Cloud Services for Microsoft Office 365. In my October post, RIM announced the final release date for the service beginning in January 2012 along with a beta program that began in October. [...]

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Edit 64-bit File with a 32-bit Editor on Windows 2008 64 or R2

By on October 31, 2011 in Windows Explorer, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2

I worked recently on a project where I needed to make a change to an IIS 7.5 configuration file on Windows Server 2008 R2. While trying to edit the file, I kept getting an error message trying to use my default text editor, TextPad. C:WindowsSystem32inetsrvconfigadministration.config was not found. I also noticed that Windows Explorer rendered [...]

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