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Sxstrace for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003

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I have received question about availability of Sxstrace for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003.

Unfortunately this is not possible. The traces from sxstrace.exe really comes from Sxs.dll. Sxstrace simply tells sxs.dll when to trace, where to log, and then parse the log to a humanly readable form. In order for sxstrace to work in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, traces have to be added to sxs.dll in those versions. unfortunately at this tage of the life cytle of XP and Server 2003, it is very difficult to make any change to sxs.dll.

Hey, maybe this give you a good reason to upgrade to Vista:)

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  • Anonymous
    March 09, 2007
    This is just complete utter nonsense. If you cannot support a technology, then you should have never installed it on Windows XP/2003 to begin with. This combined with the broken Visual Studio 2005 SP1 vc/debug dll's makes for an unmanageable situation. Too bad I am not a monopoly, so I could be as glib about breaking their systems and providing no support.

  • Anonymous
    March 16, 2007
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  • Anonymous
    March 16, 2007
    I mixed up the year, it was posted in October 2005.

  • Anonymous
    March 16, 2007
    During MSI uninstallation, we will ask MSI if it has any outstanding references, and it will say No. We will then go ahead and uninstall it.

  • Anonymous
    March 23, 2007
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  • Anonymous
    May 03, 2007
    <FuriousMode> I've recently posted about WinSxS under Vista. But today I had to do some tests in