Running MSI on Virtual Machine and never ending message about disk space

I was running an msi on a virtual machine, but it kept displaying this message: "please wait while the installer finishes determining your disk requirements." I found an MSDN blog post that said to run the msi from the command line or restart the Windows Installer service.

VS2010 warning in Class Library for custom rules

I installed Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate. They added some new features to the web tests which are really awesome. My favorite is in the Web Test results, new toolbar button that says "go to Web Test" and it takes you directly to the Request. It was hard to figure out which request caused the failure sometimes. Loops and Conditions can now be added to the web tests. Actually Web Tests were renamed to Web Performance Tests. The tests can now check response times, which looks promising.

I have a Class Library for Custom Extraction Rules and Custom Validation Rules. I got warnings when I built the Solution in 2010, but I did figure out why eventually and fixed them. The warning says that overriding RuleName and RuleDescription is now obsolete. Here is that actual message:

warning CS0672: Member 'CustomValidationExtractionRules.QueryStringExtraction.RuleName' overrides obsolete member 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.WebTesting.ExtractionRule.RuleName'. Add the Obsolete attribute to 'CustomValidationExtractionRules.QueryStringExtraction.RuleName'

I didn't know what they meant by add the obsolete attribute to RuleName (I'm not a programmer), but here's how I figured it out. Viewed the Class Library in the Object Explorer and browsed to CustomValidationExtractionRules> QueryStringExtraction> Base Types> Extraction Rule> RuleName. Under Summary it says "This method is no longer used. Use the System.ComponentModel.DisplayNameAttribute on the class to set a display name for this rule." So I looked up System.ComponentModel.DisplayNameAttribute and used the example to figure out I need to add two properties above the class definition, like this:

[Description("Demonstrates DisplayNameAttribute.")]
[DisplayName("RenamedProperty")]
public bool MisnamedProperty

Also needed to add "using System.ComponentModel;"

I'm a tester, not a programmer, but I'm learning.

change of scenery

Today I had a checkup at the eye doctor and they dialated my eyes. I still went to work, but it was pretty hard to see the monitor. I turned down the brightness. I was able to find 10 bugs that I should have seen a long time ago.

I'm being monitored for glaucoma, but so far everything is fine. I only have high pressure in my eyes. Both were 29. The doctor said I don't need medicine until something changes with my vision.

This reminded me that I need to make a better effort to see things differently. I've been training myself to find software bugs, but maybe I'm not finding enough of the obvious issues.

Here's some things to try that might help you see the software in a new way: rearrange your desk, change the monitor resolution, change the brightness, change the Windows theme, or change browser skins.