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• aNeves Need help: TFS RC single server installation error: 28805

  I was installing TFS RC single server by following the installation guide. Everything ran pretty smoothly until the installation is almost done. A 28805 error message prompted and terminated the installation. The error message is: Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server - ENU -- Error 28805.Setup cannot finish the request to the SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services report server. Verify that SQL Server 2005 Reporting Servic ...Show All

• Bill Sturdevant Exclude From Source Control

  Greetings,   I am using Beta 3 Refresh, and need to exclude a file from source control. I have read that there is a regression bug which has been fixed in the final product, but I need to be able to exclude a file now. Is there a way to exlcude a file via the command prompt or some other way   Thanks in advance, -Brad   One workaround is to allow the IDE to pend an Add for the ...Show All

• BluestarLV Reports node in Team Explorer hangs with "(Working...)"

  We are trying TFS Beta 3 refresh solution. Everything seems works ok except the Reports node in the Team Explorer. If I run Visual Studio as "TFSSETUP" user - the problem is gone and I can see all the reports, but it is still exists with any user other than TFSSETUP. Also it is impossible to use button "Stop Refresh", it does not stops but changes mouse cursor into hourglass. Report services is running ok. I can see ...Show All

• Scott McLean deleting team project not freeing space!

  Hello, While trying to delete some team projects I noted a strange behavior. problem: I am deleting the team project and it throws an exception while deleting sharepoint site. I am using /force option to delete. Expected: If the deletion is terminated in between, then the project entry should be retained in TFC. eg: ctrl c in between deletion. What's happening: The project listing in the TFC is not coming and the size of the disk is still c ...Show All

• Hugo6003 How to backup and restore on TFS RC?

  There is any guide for backup & restore in RC Our technical writers are working on getting the updated TFS RC backup/restore instructions posted. and I've notified them of this post so they should respond once the documents are posted. We might place a link to the new TFS RC Backup/Restore instructions on the old(Beta3Refresh) backup/restore page. Backup/Restore procedure for Beta3Refresh is located @ http://blogs.msdn.com/v ...Show All

• WinFormsUser Errors re-installing beta 3 refresh

  We installed Beta 3 refresh a few weeks ago, and all was working fine. However, we experienced some corruption outside of Team Foundation Server that caused us to have to reinstall Beta 3 Refresh - the reasons behind the need to reinstall are a bit shady at the moment - sorry! During the reinstall procedure, we keep receiving the following error: Error 32000: The CommandLine "F:\<path name>\createds.exe" /setup /install &qu ...Show All

• soleildumidi How to specify the user when connecting to TFS

  Hi, How can I specify / change the user, when I connect to Team Foundation Server from Visual Studio Currently, always my Windows login is used. Thanks for your help, Dirk You can always start Visual Studio with the "Run As..." command to use different credentials. Just right-click on the Visual Studio icon and select "Run As..." from the context menu. In the dialog that ap ...Show All

• Manjunathan Can't add domain user to TFS groups

  When I select "Add Windows Users or Groups", it only shows the local machine, I can't browse to the domain, and can't add user in the form "Domain Name\User Name". The machine has already joined to the domain and the current user is the TFS administrator (also Domain Admin). How can I add domain user to TFS groups Thanks! It may be due to trust issues between domains.  A post was made where there was a one way trust and this err ...Show All

• Don w. Uploading New Process Template

  I am getting an error when trying to upload a new process template.  The Upload dialog does not allow me to select an XML file, just a folder. ---begin Exception entry--- Time: 9/30/2005 9:19:22 AM Module: Template Importer Exception Type: System.FormatException Exception Message: String was not recognized as a valid Boolean. Stack Trace:    at System.Boolean.Parse(String value)    at Microsoft.VisualStudio.TeamFoundatio ...Show All

• hessie gosh! why the heck???

  hello once again, on install of VSTFS 2005 Beta 2 i recieve always login failed in the event log (first entry in the event log after install)  on my user tfssetup who is domain admin and in the local admin group too... but the user has ALL rights on SQL 05 (on the same machine (domaincontroller) installed) hmm any ideas regards from austria Mikky So I am assuming you are doing a single server install Was it a clean install I notic ...Show All

• Robert Green How to customize team build to build on labels

  Hi, How can team build be configured to build on a specified label For example: suppose dev checks in some code and labels it with LABEL_A. Then he goes on to create some more versions of the same file on that branch. Is it possible to tweak team build to use LABEL_A version of that component I tried this by creating a new workspace and bringing the sources from LABEL_A into that workspace. Then creating a build type to use that workspace. Howe ...Show All

• ericjs1 Cannot see commands in Source Control

  Hi I have added user to the contriutors group in VSTS. when that user connects to he Team Foundation server, he can see all the projects. How ever when he goes to any project's source control (for which he is a contributor), though he can see all the nodes under the source control window, he cannot see any commands when he right clicks on any node. He is a part of Valid users as well as contributors group. How can i make the commands visible ...Show All

• AmA-Nique BUG Found - Registry entries used for URLs!

  Hi everyone,    I've found a show stopper.  Our situation is that we need to be able to use the TFS across domains.  As-is, the web portal is basically broken.  The problem is with files tfsredirect.aspx and others that draw upon the local system's registry for the web server's name, or use the local host name without the domain name appended.  Here is example code from tfsredirect.aspx where the valu ...Show All

• Tovdb Unable to connect to Team Portal after project is created

  Hi, When I go to the Team Portal for a project that I just created it asks me to give credentials. I'm logged on with a domain user that is a member of the local administrators group and this user has also performed the installation of TFS. When I use these credentials access to the portal is denied. If I use the local administrator credentials I can log on. How can I fix this Thanks, Jay ...Show All

• displayname2 Cannot connet to VMWare TFS from a other windows 2003 VMWare image with Team Explorer

  I've installed TFS (RTM) successfully on a VMWARE image (win2003 Standard). I can connect to the TFS on the same machine. I can connect to the TFS from a Windows XP machine. But I can't connect to the TFS form a other VMWare image with windows 2003 Standard with Team Explorer. All the machines/images are on the same domain and i use the same user on all the machines. The error number i get is: TF31002. If i try this ( http://srv_tfs_caesar: ...Show All