The installer crashed when I tried to run it.

(f98.5f8): Access violation - code c0000005 (!!! second chance !!!)
eax=00000001 ebx=00000001 ecx=00000467 edx=7c90eb94 esi=00000000 edi=7e4191c6
eip=00000001 esp=0012feec ebp=0012ff18 iopl=0 nv up ei pl zr na pe nc
cs=001b ss=0023 ds=0023 es=0023 fs=003b gs=0000 efl=00000246
00000001 ?? ???
0:000> k
ChildEBP RetAddr
WARNING: Frame IP not in any known module. Following frames may be wrong.
0012fee8 004013b9 0x1
0012ff18 004010da DotNetInstaller+0x13b9
0012ff28 0041286f DotNetInstaller+0x10da
0012ffc0 7c816fd7 DotNetInstaller+0x1286f
0012fff0 00000000 kernel32!BaseProcessStart+0x23

The installation when through smoothly for me.
However its saving all the articles to desktop and I couldn't find the setting to change the default location.
Any suggestion?

Thanks for the comment.
I'm assuming that you are asking about the behavior when a user clicks the 'Save' button on an article. Unfortunately, there isn't a setting that allows you to change where the article is saved. Since we provided the code, however, you can make this change yourself. I believe this functionality is actually in one of the DLLs that the project references so you might have to do a bit of digging through the SCE Starter Kit (beta) http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=8118444 in order to change this functionality.

do I need to subscribe something first before I can read it throw the reader?

Please add proxy support.
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The remote server returned an error: (407) Proxy Authentication Required.

Please!!!! add proxy support
In MSDN Reader.MsdnReader.subscription.template file there's no entry for Proxy!!!!
Thanks in advance,

Could you please update to include proxy support, or at least the ability to automatically obtain proxy settings from IE? Those of use behind ISA servers or other proxies are out of luck at the moment. Thanks!

Thanks for the comments guys...Adding proxy support makes sense, I'll definitely look into it.

The installation went fine but I'm getting a Server unavailable error.

Setup crashed when installing on my Dell XPm1710 on Vista 64bits (I suspect Synchronization Fwk or SQL Ce to not work on x64)
Setup worked fine on my Vista 32bits version on my other pcs

If you're working as a software developer, c an I suggest dustbin emptying as a more appropriate career?

Nice work, I like the interface and smooth reading of the articles.
However, when I add something to the reader list, it disappears the next time I start up. Is there a fix for this?

Is it just me, or does the information received via the reader appear to be out dated?

Some suggestions:
1. We should be able to create sub-folders in the Reading List
2. When we click on an article, there should be a status message like "Working..." so we know something is happening
3. We should be able to sort articles by date and the latest articles should appear at the top by default

We should be able to search by article date so we can quickly get the newest articles.

Nice work. Would be great if Technet Magazine could be integrated with MSDN Reader. Name it something like Technet Magazine Reader.

I installed MSDN Reader and it has a "Subscription center". Currently it only shows MSDN Reader. What other applications are planned?

Why was so much space in the user interface given to the static MSDN reader bitmap banner? Is seems like branding overkill and the available space should be given to the MSDN content material instead.

MSDN Reader gives visual studio exception dialog when starting up with Windows.

When I click on any article in MSDN Reader I just get a blank page. I've uninstalled and reinstalled MSDN Reader several times. Any ideas???

I also get a blank page when I try to click any article. Uninstall/re-Install doesn't fix anything. Looks like it has potential....if it only worked.

As per comments made by mcp111 and wpilgri, I'm afraid it's all style and no substance...looks great but blank pages on any article I try to read. I'll stick with Google reader and RSS.