David
Sun Mar 16 03:37:35 CDT 2008
On Mar 16, 1:26=A0am, David Wang <w3.4...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mar 15, 6:11=A0am, Le Chaud Lapin <jaibudu...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On Mar 15, 3:52=A0am, David Wang <w3.4...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > Actually, what has really happened here is:
> > > 1. Microsoft said that WebDAV works on Windows Server 2008 and said
> > > nothing about Vista
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> > Actually they did. =A0What is remarkable is that in some places, it is
> > evident that the word Vista is being carefully avoided. In other
> > places, the word Vista is explicitly used. =A0Robert M
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> > > 2. You speculated that WebDAV works on Vista
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> > > While I applaud you for the tenacious effort, all you have officially
> > > done is waste 112 hours of your own time based on your speculation of
> > > something that is unsupported. Feel free to buy yourself the used-
> > > airplane from Keith when you are done. :-)
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> > > Now, Keith really has nothing to defend until you come up with
> > > something that says "WebDAV is NOT working on Windows Server 2008".
> > > Microsoft (including Keith) can hardly be held responsible for
> > > unsupported actions, and that includes commenting.
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> > Well, I do not know if it is or not, but 4 of those hours were spend
> > on Windows Server 2008 yesterday. =A0I also tried Windows 2003 but
> > forgot IIS 6.0 installation and aborted and went back to Windows
> > Server 2008 with no luck. IOW, Vista--->Server 2008 with Web Folders
> > did not work.
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> > I checked the Internet and found numbers problems with people trying
> > to get this to work. So I figured I would come here and at least start
> > with that as a baseline.
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> > Note that I am a conservative user. =A0I only install things that I
> > actually need and actually plan to use, which is typically very
> > little. I've only had 3 "viruses" in 20 years, two of them the
> > anonymous-access-FTP-cannot-delete-junk-files "virus" and the other
> > the Windows broadcast messenger service "virus" from about 8 years
> > ago, so my machines are clean and with nothing special about my
> > configuration.
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> > Windows Vista Ultimate ---- > Windows Server 2008
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> > I try "Add network location"/etc. in Explorer.exe, and I get
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> > ---------------------------
> > Add Network Location
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> > The folder you entered does not appear to be valid. =A0Please choose
> > another.
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> > OK
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> > repeatedly.
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> > -Le Chaud Lapin-
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> If you think it is an issue in Windows Server 2008 with WebDAV, then
> simply contact Microsoft PSS and let them take it from there. If it is
> a true bug, this is the fastest way, other than personally knowing
> Keith, to get attention.
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> Now, we should all agree that the Internet is hardly all factual
> (especially since 70+% of traffic on it is spam...). A high percentage
> of people fail to configure WORKING scenarios -- so please pardon my
> skepticism about people failing to get something working on IIS as
> "proof" of an issue.
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> //David
http://w3-4u.blogspot.comhttp://blogs.msdn.com/David.Wang
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I was going to just install WebDAV on Windows Server 2008 and see what
the noise is about.
It appears that Vista does work with WebDAV from Windows Server 2008.
http://forums.iis.net/t/1148272.aspx
Perhaps you ask for refunds from your industry heavyweights... ;-)
As for documentation -- just remember what I have said from the other
thread about documentation. Would not surprise me if your observation
of the inconsistency of mentioning Vista is simply the mistake of some
technical documentation writer trying to "add value" and putting in
the wrong words in the wrong places. I've certainly had to fight
through years of that myself.
//David
http://w3-4u.blogspot.com
http://blogs.msdn.com/David.Wang
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