How To Search for Visual InterDev Knowledge Base Bug Articles

When you search the Microsoft Knowledge Base for articles that relate to bugs in Visual InterDev, you can use the Knowledge Base keywords that are described in this article as criteria to help filter your search results.

Each Developer Support Knowledge Base article contains special keywords to help identify it. These keywords are listed at the bottom of each article in a section marked "Keywords." Each Developer Support product and technology is represented by a unique keyword. Because the entire list of Developer Support keywords is too extensive to list in a single article, this article provides the most useful Visual InterDev bug keywords to help you refine your queries.

Knowledge Base Keywords for Visual InterDev Bugs

Portal-Specific Search Instructions

Use the following procedures to maximize your results from each Knowledge Base portal.

NOTE: The portals below may be updated at a future date; therefore, the steps may be slightly different from what is indicated here.

Searching from Knowledge Base Search (http://support.microsoft.com/)
(http://support.microsoft.com)

1. Under My Search is about, select All Microsoft Products.
2. Under I want to search by, select Keyword Search using and All Words.
3. Under My question is, use a combination of Knowledge Base keywords and search criteria. For example:
   • kbVisid600bug - returns all Visual InterDev bug articles.
4. Click go to run your search.

Searching from MSDN Online Support (http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=http%3a%2f%2fsupport.microsoft.com%2fservicedesks%2fmsdn%2f)
(http://support.microsoft.com/servicedesks/msdn/)

1. In the left frame, click KB Search.
2. Under My Search is about, select All Microsoft Products.
3. Under I want to search by, select Keyword Search using and All Words.
4. Under My question is, use a combination of Knowledge Base keywords and search criteria. For example:
   • kbVisid600bug - returns all Visual InterDev bug articles.
5. Click go to run your search.

Searching from MSDN Online Search (http://search.msdn.microsoft.com/search/search.aspx?st=a)
(http://search.msdn.microsoft.com/search/search.aspx?st=a)

1. Under Enter your search word(s) or phrase, use a combination of Knowledge Base keywords and search criteria. For example:
   • kbVisid600bug - returns all Visual InterDev bug articles.
2. Under Select your search criteria, select All Words.
3. Under Specify your search scope, select Knowledge Base only.
4. Click Search to run your search.

For additional information on searching the Microsoft Knowledge Base, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: