Explanation:

VS 2012 update 3 failed to install on Windows 7 64 bit OS due to Microsoft Root Certificates

Exception: 

"Microsoft Root Certificate Authority 2010 or 2011 is missing and can cause installation failures for some signed packages.  For more info, see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931125."

Solution:

• Go to this page http://www.microsoft.com/en-in/download/details.aspx?id=38918
• Download and run rootsupd.exe

Note: You may see "Update for Root Certificates For Windows XP" in the site page. But the executable work on win 7 and also fix the issue.

• Try to install VS 2013 Update 3 again.

Explanation:

TFS user was not able to connect to TFS through Eclipse plugin from linux box. TFS connection hangs forever. When I tried to debug, I found the user was not able connect to intranet\internet within Eclipse IDE.

Solution:

Enabled the proxy settings in the Eclipse IDE. Following are the steps

1. Open Eclipse

2. Go to "Windows" --> " Preferences" menu

3. Expand "general"

4. Select  "Network Connections"

5. Select "Active Provider" as manual

6. Select " HTTP " --> click "Edit"  --> Enter Host as "Your proxy server" and port as "Your proxy server port (usually 80)" --> click "ok" --> click "ok" --> click "apply"

7. Restart "Eclipse"

8. Try connecting to TFS Server.

Solution:

• Open Excel
• Click on “File” --> “Option” menu
• Click on “Add-Ins”
• Search for “Team Foundation Add-in”
• If you see “Team Foundation Add-in” under “Disabled Application Add-in”
• Select “Disabled Items” and click “Go” button  
•  
• Select “Team Foundation Add-in” and click “Enable”
•  
• Close and reopen excel

Explanation:

Following are the steps to enable trace logs in the build environment

1. On the Build machine (both controller and agent) ,  copy the attached .config file (TFSBuildServiceHost exe.config (2.25 kb)) to C:\Program Files\Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2010\Tools.

2. Create a new directory named c:\logs and ensure that the account under which the service Visual Studio Team Foundation Build Service Host has write permission on c:\logs.

3. Restart the build controller/agent service (net stop tfsbuildservicehost & net start tfsbuildservicehost).

4. Trace log will be generated under c:\logs

Steps to enable log in the windows event viewer 

1. On the Build machine, go to Event Viewer and navigate to the following path:

• Application and Services Logs\Microsoft\Team-Foundation-Server\Build-Services.

 2. We want a detailed level tracing:

• Go to the ‘View’ menu and select ‘Show Analytic and Debug Logs’. Once you do that there will be 2 channels available under this event source, Operational and Analytic

** The operational log is always on and provides high-level auditing of failures and events, while the Analytic log is off by default and provides very detailed information about activities in the build machine.

** You can enable the Analytic log, by right click and select Enable Log.

Workaround:

Execute the "subst" command with no administrator privileges.

subst Z: "C:\Folder 1"

Now you should see the virtual drive in the windows explorer