I have had an issue for a while where on my desktop machine Windows 7 goes into the Basic Mode when launching any project that has a XAML file in it. After some further research it appears to be related to multiple things. Another user I know has the some issues on his laptop.
- Windows 7 (32 bit or 64 bit)
- NVidia Graphics Card (9800 GTX / 9800M GT)
- One of the latest versions of Resharper Installed (mine is 5.1.1727.12)
I was able to resolve my issues by upgrading to the latest NVidia drivers released on 10/18/2010. After that the issue no longer occurred.
I ran into an issue today with a computer I brought back to life with a new power supply. It would not connect to the home server and kept saying the password was incorrect. After numerous searching I found the answer here under one of the more recent threads.
To Resolve My Issue
- Start –> type secpol.msc in the Search Box and click the magnifying glass
- Select Local Policies –> Security Options –> Network Security: LAN Manager Authentication level
- Change the setting to Send NTLM response only
- Save
- Restart the machine
- Attempt the installation again.
This fix seems to apply to Windows 7 only but may work for Vista as well.
** Update. After I wrote this post I found another way of doing this without modifying the file. I forgot about it until I was reminded last night. There is an option in the setup to ignore prerequisites. You can do it that way or via the XML file. **
The following will guide you to install the Oracle 11g client software on a Windows 7 RC operating system. By default it will fail as it lists the operating system as 6.1 and the latest supported is 6.0.
To bypass – change the refhost.xml file located in the following directory:
C:\Users\tsells.TS\Desktop\win64_11gR1_client\client\stage\prereq\client
Note the additional XML entry below in bold. Add this and save the file. Now you will be able to install.
<CERTIFIED_SYSTEMS>
<OPERATING_SYSTEM>
<!–Microsoft Windows 2000–>
<VERSION VALUE=”5.0″/>
<SERVICE_PACK VALUE=”1″/>
</OPERATING_SYSTEM>
<OPERATING_SYSTEM>
<!–Microsoft Windows XP–>
<VERSION VALUE=”5.1″/>
<SERVICE_PACK VALUE=”1″/>
</OPERATING_SYSTEM>
<OPERATING_SYSTEM>
<!–Microsoft Windows 2003–>
<VERSION VALUE=”5.2″/>
</OPERATING_SYSTEM>
<!–Microsoft Windows Vista–>
<OPERATING_SYSTEM>
<VERSION VALUE=”6.0″/>
</OPERATING_SYSTEM>
<!–Microsoft Windows 7–>
<OPERATING_SYSTEM>
<VERSION VALUE=”6.1″/>
</OPERATING_SYSTEM>
</CERTIFIED_SYSTEMS>
