Offline installation of Microsoft Machine Learning server components SQL 2019 is stuck

Problem You are installing SQL Server 2019 and you get stuck at the Machine Learning Server Components installation step. Your installer could not download the files for whatever reason, it asks you t...

Lutron Maestro MSCL-OP153MH-WH occupancy sensor not working after proper install

This post is being written in mind with people who are used to wiring 3-way switches and other home electronics. If you are inexperienced with home wiring please seek someone who is, it’s not wo...

Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 – KB3165756 VC_VSU3.4.msp missing

The stupid problem Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 – KB3165756 VC_VSU3.4.msp file is missing. It doesn’t have to just be this file, it could be others. The stupid problem is you get an error l...

Windows Service Installer Error 1001: Cannot start service on computer %1 is not a valid Win32 application

Problem I was working on a windows service I haven’t looked at in ages. We recently updated some dlls that broke the windows service, so it needed to be re-tweaked. Every time I tried running th...

Repairing an ASP.Net installation for IIS7

This will more often than not fix many obscure and just plain ridiculous errors that IIS7 somehow manifests. I have worked with IIS7 plenty and I have seen it melt down plenty of times for which I wil...

Visual Studio 2008 Installation – Debugger Not Installed!

Some Background Like most Microsoft installations, ever individual’s experience installing the same piece of software can be very different. I must be special because I had particularly bad luck...