Technet Library DVD June 2009 - English
Gerry Hickman
I just installed the above DVD, told it to install Windows 2008 locally.
After installation completed, I find I can access the content on the
DVD, but NOT Windows 2008. It doesn't prompt me to insert the DVD, it
gives an error saying expected files were not found...
Files are at this location and appear to be present
C:\Program Files\Microsoft TechNet\2009JUN\1033
e.g. ws08.hxs is there
How can I fix it?
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Gerry Hickman (London UK)
AJR
"Gerry Hickman" <gerry...@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
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Gerry Hickman
> Post is confusing - "Windows 2008" ???.
As in "Windows Server 2008". The topics in the Technet library are not
working.
Robert Aldwinckle
"Gerry Hickman" <gerry...@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message news:uWBUQis...@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>
> I just installed the above DVD, told it to install Windows 2008 locally.
Where? I did a search for "Windows Server 2008" and got no hits.
Nothing in the Index either. The experience reminded me why I stopped
doing that download. E.g. it looked as if nothing had changed in about
two years. Otherwise I would prefer to use the TechNet offline
viewer to going to the TechNet web site.
> After installation completed, I find I can access the content on the
> DVD, but NOT Windows 2008. It doesn't prompt me to insert the DVD, it
> gives an error saying expected files were not found...
>
> Files are at this location and appear to be present
>
> C:\Program Files\Microsoft TechNet\2009JUN\1033
>
> e.g. ws08.hxs is there
Yes. I see them there too:
<cmd_output command="dir w*8*" >
Directory of K:\Program Files\Microsoft TechNet\2009JUN\1033
2005-05-09 19:45 20,200 win98.Hxi
2005-05-09 19:45 21,624 win98.Hxs
2008-09-05 17:57 11,472 winserver2008.hxi
2008-09-05 17:57 19,194 winserver2008.hxs
2008-09-08 19:29 1,815,534 ws08.hxi
2008-09-08 19:29 23,929,490 ws08.hxs
2006-10-30 20:34 11,442 ws2008.hxi
2006-10-30 20:34 19,136 ws2008.hxs
</cmd>
BTW ICIM that was done on Vista SP2 and it was an install
into a bare OS so there should be no question about which
version of dexplore.exe was being used. (E.g. no Visual Studio
version overriding the default one.)
<cmd_output>
K:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\Help>filever dexplore.exe
--a-- W32i APP ENU 7.10.3077.0 shp 118,784 03-18-2003 dexplore.exe
</cmd_output>
>
> How can I fix it?
Tell us how you got that far? <eg>
HTH
Robert Aldwinckle
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Austin@discussions.microsoft.com Steve Austin
the XP Pro operating system, I did selected to install everything on my local
drive. When I go into TechNet and try to look at Windows 2008 Server
documentation under the Products & Technology section, I get this error "The
local disk does not contain the files for "C:\Program files\Microsoft
techNet\2009JUN\1033\" as expected. Please update the location." and the
file that it says is missing is "ws08.hxs". That file exists in the
directory shown above.
Why can't the TechNet application open the file? This seems like a typical
Microsoft problem. I can see the file, but the microsoft application can't.
Robert Aldwinckle
"Steve Austin" <Steve Aus...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:725BD519-4C08-46C0...@microsoft.com...
> When I go into TechNet and try to look at Windows 2008 Server
> documentation under the Products & Technology section,
> I get this error "The local disk does not contain the files for
> "C:\Program files\Microsoft techNet\2009JUN\1033\" as expected.
> Please update the location." and the file that it says is missing is "ws08.hxs".
> That file exists in the directory shown above.
> Why can't the TechNet application open the file?
Thank you. Those clues may help. I'm not on my Vista partition right now
but I will try to reproduce what you have described so far.
However, as I indicated, I think that the offline Library content looked to me
like it hadn't been changed in about 2 years and bears no similarity to what
is now available online. IMO it once was the case that the offline content
was a mirror of the online content with the added advantage that it was
far more searchable.
Hmm... this isn't even what I get shown when I just try to navigate
in my online TechNet Library. It was only shown after a search...
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb625087.aspx
(search for
"windows server 2008" inurl:library
)
For some bizarre reason, known only to Microsoft search,
that page only rates a hit on the third page of its hit results.
In contrast a Google web search puts it in the middle of its first page of hits
YMMV.
; )
Robert
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> "Robert Aldwinckle" wrote:
>
>>
>> "Gerry Hickman" <gerry...@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
...
Rich Wonneberger
A Google search for '.hxs viewer' returned a bunch of things including:
#
Free HXS Compiled Help File Viewer
May 5, 2008 ... HXS are compiled help files made by Microsoft and are
mostly found within Microsfot's Visual Studio and MSDN installation and
help files.
www.davidtan.org/free-hxs-compiled-help-file-viewer/ - Cached - Similar
#
I would assume you have the viewer installed if you were able to look at
previous help files.
Could something have taken over the file association for it??
Rich W.
Steve Austin
Server 2008cinfo within about 15 minutes of installing the June 2009 TechNet.
I am able to view all of the Vista documentation and the Exchange 2007
documents.
Robert Aldwinckle
"Rich Wonneberger" <tur...@frontiernet.net> wrote in message news:ell7rvU8...@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Steve,
>
> A Google search for '.hxs viewer' returned a bunch of things including:
>
> #
> Free HXS Compiled Help File Viewer
> May 5, 2008 ... HXS are compiled help files made by Microsoft and are
> mostly found within Microsfot's Visual Studio and MSDN installation and
> help files.
> www.davidtan.org/free-hxs-compiled-help-file-viewer/ - Cached - Similar
> #
>
> I would assume you have the viewer installed if you were able to look at
> previous help files.
> Could something have taken over the file association for it??
FWIW that's the tack I'm looking at now. With just TechNet installed
there is only an assocation for .hxs with filetype HXSFILE but no filetype
when ftype is given that name. Also, no hits at all for ftype | find /i "help"
So, I installed VS C++ EE thinking that that would at least install dexplore.exe version 8.
No such luck but it did change the association to yet another non-existent filetype.
I also tried a repair of TechNet after this. Still no change. I also note that
when I cancel the error message that the viewer display shows that IE was
somehow involved. Since this in was base Vista SP2 that would mean IE7.
I also note that Vista seems to totally ignore anything that I try to give it
in terms of overrides either via assoc, ftype, or even command line switches
for dexplore.exe via the Run... dialog. Very strange. A ProcMon trace
of all this is so far inpenetrable. ; )
Has anybody tried asking their online concierge about this problem yet? <EG>
Robert
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Gerry Hickman
When you install the Technet library, you will know straight away if it
has "changed" because the home page will change. You will also see the
month and year in the start menu AND the title bar of the application.
My home page for June 2009 is Exchange 2010.
In order to view topics such as Windows Server 2008 off-line you have to
select them at install time, but even if you don't select them, you
should still see them in the table of contents under "Products and
Technologies".
I've just noticed "Windows Server 2003" is also not working in the June
2009 library. I also notice "search" doesn't work for these products -
as you stated.
Do you see SQL Server 2008 (books online) in your TOC?
Gerry Hickman
I can view Vista and Exchange 2007, but not Windows Server 2008 (or 2003).
Robert Aldwinckle
"Gerry Hickman" <gerry...@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message news:u46IL0c8...@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Hello Robert,
>
> When you install the Technet library, you will know straight away if it
> has "changed" because the home page will change. You will also see the
> month and year in the start menu AND the title bar of the application.
>
> My home page for June 2009 is Exchange 2010.
Of course, those are superficial though IMO. It's the index and the
search that don't seem to get any attention.
>
> In order to view topics such as Windows Server 2008 off-line you have to
> select them at install time, but even if you don't select them, you
> should still see them in the table of contents under "Products and
> Technologies".
Ah. Ok. That could explain the search and index problems I suppose.
>
> I've just noticed "Windows Server 2003" is also not working in the June
> 2009 library. I also notice "search" doesn't work for these products -
> as you stated.
>
> Do you see SQL Server 2008 (books online) in your TOC?
<lol/> I should set this thing up on XP too but I don't have the room
for it. I'll check later.
However, I have good news/bad news. Good news: I know what's wrong.
Bad news: the ws08.hxs file is corrupt--void. E.g. I ran SysInternals
strings.exe against it and found "no strings". In fact, it appears to be
completely null. ; }
Hmm... I suppose I could do the same kind of checks without actually
using dexplore.exe...
2008-11-07 21:59 12,582,912 sql.Hxs
Same thing. Strings can't find anything in it.
Again, if that is due to me not explicitly requesting that category
then that might explain why it would be void but that is a pretty
bizarre way of notifying me that I need to do that IMO.
AFAIK I requested a full product install at the beginning...
<dir>
809 File(s) 1,498,557,010 bytes
</dir>
I think we have enough facts now to get an online concierge involved. ; )
Good luck
Robert
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FB
I made a chat with the Technet Support and see their answer:
"...
Our support engineers will test this media as soon as possible after I
escalate this issue. You will probably receive a Initial Response Email from
our support engineers.
..."
I´ll wait for a repsonse by mail.
Gerry Hickman
That's great news, please let us know if they update you with new info.