Part of my job with Contract5 I have to do development on the Windows Sharepoint Services platform.  In order to facilitate this I setup a VMWare virtual machine with Windows 2008 Server, Sharepoint and Visual Studio 2008.

However, I made the bad error of deciding to change the computer name once all of the above was installed.  Unfortunately I didn’t realise that the computer name was so deeply rooted in the Sharepoint installation.  I also tried reverting the computer name back to it’s original value but this didn’t seem to make much difference, if anything it made the situation worse.

No amount of removing Sharepoint and re-installing it made any difference as the original settings still seemed to be there.  Eventually I gave in and completely rebuilt the VM.

I have since discovered that my problems were all due to the four Sharepoint databases that got installed the first time round which are not removed when Sharepoint is un-installed.  I have found a this knowledge base article on removing the Sharepoint databases: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/920277

• Now with all the fruity goodness of automated SharePoint uploads #

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I’ve just been playing with Google Maps for Guernsey again and I’ve noticed a few discrepancies.  Firstly, Google doesn’t seem to have any information regarding one-way roads in Guernsey.  This means that although the driving directions will give you the shortest route, the route may take you the wrong way down a one way road.  This is quite significant around St Peter Port where the roads are narrow and twisting and, if you’re not familiar with it, not being able to follow directions can get you hopelessly lost.

Another, possibly more significant error, is that there is at least one missing road, possibly more:

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Strangely, Yahoo Maps has got both the missing road and the one-way information. Yahoo it seems is using Navteq sourced data whereas Google is using data from Tele Atlas. I’ve just submitted the information to Tele Atlas about the missing road, but I’m damned if I’m going to submit all the missing roads corrections.
 

• Finally got Subversion up and running on my Western Digital MyBook World. I’ve only been planning it for 6 months. #
• Poor angel fish is dead and buried in the compost heap… he may be dead but he’ll help the living grow stronger. #
• it’s so nice eating lunch in the garden knowing you don’t have to rush back to work any minute #

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• Last day at work, project hand over time allocated: 30 minutes. #
• I’m now officially unemployed for the next week or so #

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• Just recovered from an advanced SharePoint course with @Profke to say i was my first contact with SharePoint I think I did quite well. #

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• Steve Streeting (of Ogre3D) will be presenting Advanced Subversion in Guernsey, 26th June - http://is.gd/wti #
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