How to upgrade to SQL Server 2008 RC0?

If you have SQL Server 2000, SQL Server 2005 or SQL Server 2008 Feb CTP on your PC and then if you want to upgrade to SQL Server 2008 RC0, on the UI side, you only can see the link which can let you upgrade from SQL Server 2000 or 2005 to SQL Server 2008 RC0.

How do you upgrade from SQL Server Feb CTP to SQL Server 2008? I would like to say that you can click the above link to try if the upgrade is working. I believe this link also supports Build-to-Build upgrade.

If you don’t want to use UI to do the upgrade, you can also use the command line to do the upgrade as follows:

setup.exe /ACTION=Upgrade /INSTANCENAME=yourInstancename

After entering the command line, you will know how to upgrade to SQL Server 2008 RC0.

Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 doesn’t support Windows Server 2008

Today when I wanted to install Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 on my PC with Windows Server 2008, I found the install had no UI. The black console showed up quickly and then disappeared.

The UI showed the error messages with the incomplete install and the complete install , which made me feel confused. Did it mean that the install is incomplete or complete? Actually there was no real install.

Finally I found that Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 only supports the operating systems: Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2, Windows Vista. Therefore , I can't use Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 on Windows Server 2008.

Will it change in the future?

Can’t you install SQL Server 2005 tools after you install VSTS 2008?

If you install VSTS 2008 first successfully on your PC and then if you install SQL Server 2005 with default instance later, you might get the dialogue box saying that you can’t install SQL Server 2005 Tools (Workstation Components, Books Online and Development Tools) . If you try to install SQL Server 2005 tools with named instance, it is not working either. You may feel disappointed.

That’s because when you install VSTS 2008, you also install SQL Express automatically, which blocks you to install SQL Server 2005 tools.

Don’t worry. You can just do the following steps:

1. Go to Add/Remove Programs

2. Choose Microsoft SQL Server 2005.

3. Uninstall Workstation Components, Books Online and Development Tools.

4. Install SQL Server 2005 Tools again.

You will fix the problem.

Use CCleaner to remove the software you can’t uninstall in Add/Remove Programs

Today I wanted to uninstall some software like Muddly (Browser) and CA eTrust in my Add/Remove Programs (ARP) . But I couldn’t find change/remove button to uninstall them. I tried to use some online uninstall software to remove them, but they were not helpful. Finally, I found CCleaner helped me uninstall them successfully.

If you uninstalled some software before , but you can still see them in ARP, you can try CCleaner this time.

After you download CCleaner, you can launch it, go to Tools and click Run Installer. You will find it is so powerful to remove the programs so easily.

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Use CCleaner and Uninstall Tool in your PC every day

CanoScan error: Make sure that there is enough space on the target disk

I have used my scanner, CanoScan LiDE 70, to scan documents without any problem since 2006. Today when I used it, I got the following error message :

Unable to scan: Make sure that there is enough space on the target disk.

This error message was not helpful because my target disk still had so much space. When I changed the default setting to another disk, it still showed the error. When I rebooted my PC, I still got this error too.

When I was surfing some forums, I could not get the correct answer. The best way for me in my mind was to uninstall CanoScan LiDE 70 driver and install it again to see what’s going on.

After the uninstall and install CanoScan LiDE 70 driver, there is no error message. It is working for me.

If you get this error message next time, just uninstall it and install it again. It might work for you.