Repairing a Windows 7 installation that won't boot:

1. Insert Windows 7 installation disk, boot from the disk, and choose "Repair Windows" at the bottom left of the second screen

2. Try to run the following command:

sfc /scannow /offbootdir=[DRIVELETTER]:\ /offwindir=[DRIVELETTER]:\windows

(Image credit: http://www.maximumpc.com/how-to-repair-a-faulty-windows-installation-without-reformatting/)

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If you get a message saying "There is a system repair pending which requires reboot to complete", try this command:

cd c:\windows\winsxs

find "pending" /i 

Then:

rename [FILENAME].xml [FILENAME].xml.bak

If you get an error message at any point, run this command (while still in the winsxs folder) and then retry the above rename operation:

icacls * /T /Q /C /RESET

Now repeat step 2 to check for errors.

BugZilla Resources & Information

Linux Distribution:

• Debian: http://www.debian.org/CD/http-ftp/

Upgrading Virtual Bugzilla Server:

• How to upgrade Virtual Bugzilla Server from version 1.x to version 2.x: http://almworks.com/vbs/upgrading.html

• How to upgrade Virtual Bugzilla Server from version 3.2.2 or earlier to version 3.4: http://almworks.com/vbs/upgrading34.html

• Notes On Upgrading From a Previous Version: http://www.bugzilla.org/releases/4.0.2/release-notes.html#v40_upgrading

Required Modules for Linux (Ubuntu shown):

• Required: apache2 mysql-server libappconfig-perl libdate-calc-perl libtemplate-perl libmime-perl build-essential libdatetime-timezone-perl libdatetime-perl libemail-send-perl libemail-mime-perl libemail-mime-modifier-perl libdbi-perl libdbd-mysql-perl libcgi-pm-perl
• Optional: apache2-mpm-prefork libapache2-mod-perl2 libapache2-mod-perl2-dev libchart-perl libxml-perl libxml-twig-perl perlmagick libgd-graph-perl libtemplate-plugin-gd-perl libsoap-lite-perl libhtml-scrubber-perl libjson-rpc-perl libdaemon-generic-perl libtheschwartz-perl libtest-taint-perl libauthen-radius-perl libfile-slurp-perl libencode-detect-perl libmodule-build-perl
  
• Even More Optional: libtemplate-perl-doc bzr
  

- From https://wiki.mozilla.org/Bugzilla:Prerequisites#Debian_Lenny

Bugzilla Configuration:

• Parameters: http://www.bugzilla.org/docs/tip/en/html/parameters.html

BugZilla Email Configuration:

• Bugzilla:Windows_Gmail: http://wiki.mozilla.org/Bugzilla:Windows_Gmail
• Glob sendmail: http://glob.com.au/sendmail/
• How to install and setup Apache, MySQL and PHP in Windows: http://www.simplehelp.net/2008/08/25/how-to-install-and-setup-apache-mysql-and-php-in-windows/
• Configuring other mail clients (Gmail): http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=13287

Security:

• Network: http://www.bugzilla.org/docs/tip/en/html/security-webserver.html

SSH/SFTP:

• Chrooted SSH/SFTP Tutorial (Debian Lenny): http://www.howtoforge.com/chrooted-ssh-sftp-tutorial-debian-lenny

IIS Related:

• Configure and Test a PERL Script with IIS 4.0, 5.0, 5.1, and 6.0: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;245225
• How to Use Perl with Microsoft Personal Web Server: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;231998
• 2.2.4.2. Microsoft Internet Information Services: http://www.bugzilla.org/docs/2.18/html/configuration.html
• Installing Bugzilla on Microsoft Windows with IIS: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Bugzilla:Win32Install

How-To:

• Find files on your computer with find: http://www.debuntu.org/how-to-find-files-on-your-computer-with-find
  

Troubleshooting:

• install mod_perl2 fails: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=513110 
• Missing or Misconfigured libgdbm.so: http://perl.apache.org/docs/1.0/guide/install.html#toc_Missing_or_Misconfigured_libgdbm_so  
• Bug in Requirements.pm (code): https://bug678772.bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=552915

Required file 'alink.dll with IAlink3' could not be found

After reinstalling Visual Studio and attempting to open and build a new project on my Vista system, I encountered the following error:

"Required file 'alink.dll with IAlink3' could not be found"

So that time may be saved in the future for the next who encounters this error, the following steps will solve this problem:

1. Explore the Visual Studio installation source and go to the "\WCU\dotNetFramework\dotNetMSP\x86" directory;

2. Install the updates in this order: Windows6.0-KB110806-x86.msu, Windows6.0-KB929300-x86.msu, Windows6.0-kb930264-x86.msu (if the last item is not in the directory as some have noted, it can be downloaded here);

3. Reboot your system and build the affected solution.

It's the little things about software development that make coding a profession only for the patient...