Windows 8 Enterprise error code: 0x800F0906 “Windows couldn’t connect to the Internet to download necessary files”
I fought with this one for nearly 8 hours today, attempting to install SSMS from SQL 2012. This requires that the .Net Framework 3.5 and 2.0 be activated in Windows Features. Sure, there’s a checkbox that you “should” be able to check and everything works fine. Well, not for me. I check it, click OK, it tells me it needs to download files from Windows Update, I say OK, and it throws this error. Basic troubleshooting courtesy of Google says…
Post BUILD videos now available online
I just returned from BUILD in Redmond, WA this past week, and I can safely say this was one of the best developer events I have ever attended! Great content, knowledgeable speakers, an ample supply of relevant vendors, all while networking with other developers from all over the globe. Definitely worth the trip! You can watch all videos on Channel 9 here, or by visiting http://buildwindows.com. I’m planning on watching the ones I couldn’t attend due to watching other fantastic…
Windows 8 on HP Pavilion dv7 laptop
I’m going to keep track of installs and changes here, in an effort to prepare for the Windows 8 public release to help others support their installs on their machines. In my case, I’m installing Windows 8 on a VHD on the local HD, then booting to that VHD instead of my core OS. This way I’m allocating 100% of my system hardware exclusively to that VHD as a partition. Machine Specifications HP Pavilion dv7 laptop AMD Phenom II P860…
Creating a VHD for multi-boot in Windows 7
Been doing this so much lately with all of the flavors of Windows 8, I figured I’d write this down for my own benefit, but also for anyone who’s interested in doing the same. Create a new VHD Go to Start, right-click on Computer and choose Manage Under Storage in the left pane, single-click Disk Management In the Actions pane on the right, click More Actions, then choose Create VHD Specify the location you want to store your VHD file (ex:…
Validating email string without using sp_OACreate in T-SQL
I wanted a way to validate that an email address in a SQL query was well-formed, and found a lot of resources suggesting to create a scalar function that invokes sp_OACreate among others, and return a bit indicating if it was valid or not. That works great, but not for those of us in heightened security environments, where granting execute permissions to system stored procs and functions is not permitted. After searching around I came up with the following function:…