- ATI Catalyst Install Manager has stopped working
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Posted by oVan on Tuesday, November 04, 2008 | PermaLink | 3 comments
This problem has bugged me for a while: when installing AMD/ATI Catalyst drivers (version 7.8, 7.9, 7.10 and who knows the new 7.11), everything goes fine until you click the Install or Uninstall button:
You are then greeted with the message Catalyst Install Manager has stopped working. Apparently this has something to do with the VS2005 C++ redistributables, but that shouldn’t be our problem.
The fix is quite easy:
- open a CMD-box with administrative privileges
- go to your ATI drivers, probably in a location similar to this one:
C:\ATI\SUPPORT\8-10_vista32_dd_ccc_wdm_emu_69564\ - then go to the BIN (or BIN64 for Vista64) folder underneath
- type this command:
atisetup.exe -Install -Output screen
If all goes well the drivers will then install successfully. Do not forget to reboot your machine after installation!
Good luck!Labels: AMD, ATI, Catalyst, crash, driver, drivers, fix, install, installation, installer, solution, Windows, Windows Vista, XP
- Microsoft Web Platform Installer
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Posted by oVan on Wednesday, October 08, 2008 | PermaLink | 0 comments
Microsoft has released a new tool aimed at web developers: Microsoft Web Platform Installer. Although it’s still a beta, it’s already a one-stop shop to install all necessary tools, service packs and extensions, including IIS, ASP.NET, SQL Server 2008, Visual Web Developer 2008, all of the current IIS Extensions and more!
Once installed, this tool automatically discovers new additions and updates to the platform, keeping you up to date.Additionally, Microsoft has launched a new website for web professionals (designers and developers): microsoft.com/web
Go to: Microsoft Web Platform Installer site, or download wpilauncher.exe immediately.
Labels: .NET, 2008, asp.net, C#, developer, download, Express, install, installation, installer, Microsoft, Vista, Visual Studio 2005, Visual Studion 2008, vs2005, vs2008, web development, webdev, Windows, Windows Vista
- Free tool: Universal Extractor
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Posted by oVan on Monday, April 23, 2007 | PermaLink | 1 commentsUniversal Extractor is a great little tool to extract files from archives (zip, rar, etc), MSI installer packages, and installation programs. In fact, the list of supported formats is quite long:
- Archive Type Common File Extension(s)
- 7-zip archive .7z, .exe
- ACE archive .ace
- ARC archive .arc
- ARJ archive .arj, .exe
- ASpack compressed file .exe
- BIN/CUE CD-ROM image .bin, .cue
- bzip2 archive .bz2, .tbz2, .tar.bz2
- CPIO compressed file .cpio
- Debian package .deb
- Encoded files .b64, .uu, .uue, .xx, .xxe, .yenc, .ntx
- Gentee package .exe
- gzip archive .gz, .tgz, .tar.gz
- IMG floppy disk image .img
- Inno Setup package .exe
- Installer VISE package .exe
- InstallShield Cabinet archive .cab, .1, .lib
- InstallShield package .exe
- ISO CD-ROM image .iso
- KGB archive .kgb, kge, .exe
- LZH compressed file .lzh, .lha
- LZW compressed file .Z, .tz, .tar.Z
- LZO compressed file .lzo
- MHTML file .mht
- Microsoft Cabinet archive .cab, .exe, .imf
- Microsoft Compiled Help file .chm
- Microsoft compressed file .??_
- Microsoft LIT e-book .lit
- Microsoft Windows Help file .hlp
- NSIS package .exe
- Outlook Express mail archive .dbx
- PEA archive .pea
- RAR archive .rar, .001, .exe
- RPM package .rpm
- SetupFactory package .exe
- SIS (SymbianOS) packages .sis
- StuffIt packages .sit
- TAR archive .tar, .tbz2, .tgz, .tz, .tar.bz2, .tar.gz, .tar.z
- UHARC archive .uha
- UPX compressed file .exe, .dll
- Windows Installer package .msi
- Windows Installer patch .msp
- Wise Installer package .exe
- ZIP archive .zip, .jar, .xpi, .wz, .exe
- Zoo archive .zoo
Download: Universal Extractor
Universal Extractor is written in AutoIt Script, a powerful freeware scripting tool. If you want to create scripts yourself, get AutoIt ScriptLabels: autoit, cab, cabinet, download, extractor, free, inno setup, installer, msi, script, stuffit, universal, Windows, zip, zoo