Mark Barto's Blog

BizTalk, Windows: After restarting BizTalk host instances services stayed disabled

We have discovered that after a restart the BizTalk host instance services stayed disabled even when the startup type is set to automatic.

The problem is that the BizTalk host instance service has a dependency with the Enterprise Single Sign-On Service which is not starting quickly enough. Because of this the BizTalk host instance services will not start.

Windows Vista: Run as different user

A colleague was asking me how to run a program under a different account. My answer was to right-click on the shortcut and select the Run As . option in the context menu but unfortunately this behavior is only available on the Windows XP version and not under Windows Vista.

Outlook, Windows: Cannot start Microsoft Office Outlook. Cannot open the Outlook window.

I'm running Windows 7 x64 RC and Outlook 2007 but suddenly without any warning by starting Outlook i'm getting the following strange error message: "Cannot start Microsoft Office Outlook. Cannot open the Outook window."

Windows 2008: Snipping Tool

There is a missing feature within Windows Server 2008 called Snipping Tool.

This tool enables you to capture screenshots, or snip, of any object on your screen, and then annotate, save, or sage the image.