Install IE9 preview 4 on server SKU

For users who are interested in HTML5/CSS3/SVG supported browser IE9, please refer to http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/.

If you are blocked to install IE9 preview 4 on server 2008 or R2 (see error msg below), you can use Orca to modify the msi package.

IE9 Preview 4 install blocked on server SKU

IE9 Preview 4 install blocked on server SKU

You may find Orca.msi on your hard disk “C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0A\Bin\”.
Or download it, refer to KB255905.

Once Orca is installed, follow the steps to modify the MSI to allow installation on server SKU:

  1. Use Orca to open iepreview.msi, Ctrl-F to search string “iepreview_no_server”, you will find it in table “CustomAction” and “InstallExecuteSequence”.
  2. Right click on the action and choose “Drop Row” to delete the row in “InstallExecuteSequence”.
  3. Save the MSI.
  4. Double click to install.
Find iepreview_no_server in Orca

Find iepreview_no_server in Orca

If you would like to know how to find the action “iepreview_no_server” to be deleted, you can try install the original MSI in command line:

msiexec /i iepreview.msi /l*vx ie9p4.log

and analyze the log by yourself. Notice where error occurs.

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New desktop computer

i5-750 + OCZ3G1333LV4G * 2 + MSI P55-CD53 +
EVGA GTX465 + WD20EARS 2TB + Antec EA650 +
Sony AD-7240S-0B
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with Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Desktop 7000

from newegg.

Microsoft desktop from company store.

Dell U2410 will arrive on Friday.

The new desktop computer is the 3rd desktop in my life. It will be used for SharePoint Server farm, home storage server and also WOW game box.

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RadioFan – Free Music For .NET

A .NET copy-cat of FanRadio which is Mac only. RadioFan can only play douban.fm music.

RadioFan Demo

* Click album picture to go to next one.

* TaskBar Preview support.

* Win 7 ONLY. lol.

* No version check. There properly won’t be new version.

Download here. (For Win7 or plus only, I know someone is using Win7 SP1 beta now.)

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Enable Touchpad Scroll for iTunes, VirtualBox

Open C:\Program Files\Synaptics\SynTP\TP4scroll.dat and TP4table.dat with Administrator privilege.

Add these lines after mstsc.exe

; iTunes
*,*,iTunes.exe,*,*,*,WheelStd,0,9

; VirtualBox
*,*,VirtualBox.exe,*,*,*,WheelStd,0,9

Kill all processes started with “SynTP…exe”. (Should be “SynTPEnh.exe”, “SynTPHelper.exe” and “SynTPLpr.exe”). Then run SynTPEnh.exe.

Or simply logoff and login again.

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Restore VirtualBox VMs after reinstall OS

Simply use vboxmanage.exe utility.

C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox>VBoxManage.exe registervm “E:\Machines\7 Lite\7 Lite.xml”
Oracle VM VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version 3.2.4
(C) 2005-2010 Oracle Corporation
All rights reserved.

Then 7 Lite will appear in your VirtualBox GUI.

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