CTPs can be pretty frustrating, as can working with any beta software that has dependancies
on other Beta software (Matt, remember the BizTalk JDP?). Channel
9 have just published a tool that shows the dependancies of different versions
of the CTPs currently available, specifically around .Net v2.0, Avalon, WinFX, SQL
Server 2005 and the stuff Microsoft is currently spewing. Worth a look if you’ve spent
hours playing with installations that go wrong or are exhibiting one of the symptons
below:
Symptoms of CTP Madness include:
- Excessive use of VPC images (7 or more on given box)
- Two or more machines in a zombie state due to install\uninstall issues
- Regular (weekly or even daily) machine flattening