Nix Bits

I’ve been wrestling with a problem at work along with our vendor. We have a product on Win2K Advanced Server that kept blowing up during the install very earlier in the process. Some DLL call in Installshield was mailformatted in some fashion but we couldn’t find why or what. We kept re-installing and removing hardware and diddling with registry entries and DCOM stuff to no avail.

Today however, I found on Installshield’s site a direct reference to our error. We finally have a root cause and probable fix. The fix, though, requires the vendor to write some code. But at least its a fix. I’m definitely anxious to get moving forward again on this.

And of course I will get high visibility for being the miracle worker which feels pretty good. I love being the guy who does the magic voodoo. I suppose that’s why I do what I do for a living. Between that, getting squirrelmail installed for my employer, tweaking this site, and getting the new nolug site set up, I’ve had a pretty darn good career day.