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RELEASED: Windows Installer 4.5
Wednesday, June 4 2008 @ 03:44 AM CST
Contributed By: Darwin Sanoy

Windows Installer 4.5 has moved from beta to release, the main improvements focus on ...

RELEASED: Finally .NET Custom Actions For Windows Installer
Monday, May 19 2008 @ 10:44 PM CST
Contributed By: Darwin Sanoy

It has been a long time coming, but the WIX team has delivered a complete, documented version of support for .NET Custom Actions for Windows Installer ...

Windows Installer 4.5 In Beta
Tuesday, August 28 2007 @ 04:19 PM CST
Contributed By: Darwin Sanoy

If you'd like to get on the beta of the next release of Windows Installer ...

Windows Installer COM Advertising and Cross-Product Interaction
Thursday, March 15 2007 @ 12:32 PM CST
Contributed By: Darwin Sanoy

Don't your users hate it when they start a software application that then triggers a request for the installation media of a totally unrelated application?  How about some relief ...

Symantec Acquires Altiris
Tuesday, January 30 2007 @ 01:48 PM CST
Contributed By: Darwin Sanoy

Symantec has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Altiris.  I have to tell you the first thought that came to my mind ...

ProcessMonitor - Regmon + Filemon on a Single Process
Tuesday, November 21 2006 @ 02:41 PM CST
Contributed By: Darwin Sanoy

It has been many moons since I asked Sysinternals if they had thought of combining regmon and filemon for a single process  ...

UAC in MSI Notes by MSI Team Member
Monday, October 9 2006 @ 07:20 PM CST
Contributed By: Darwin Sanoy

Microsoft employee Robert Flaming has been publishing some excellent information about how Vista's UAC and MSI interact  ...

Wise Package Studio 7 Beta
Thursday, May 4 2006 @ 06:55 AM CST
Contributed By: Darwin Sanoy

Wise has opened up the beta of their next major release of package studio.  Significant enhancements include full integration of SVS (Software Virtualization Solution) with the Repackager, Test Expert and Software Manager also the ability to include RPMs for Linux Packaging ...

MaSai Editor bought by Script Logic
Thursday, April 13 2006 @ 11:26 AM CST
Contributed By: Darwin Sanoy

The Windows Installer editor formerly known as MaSaI has been acquired by Script Logic...

FREE: FLEXNet AdminStudio 7 SMS Edition
Friday, April 7 2006 @ 04:28 PM CST
Contributed By: Darwin Sanoy

Macrovision has upgraded their SMS Edition to the version 7 release of AdminStudio...

Windows Installer 4.0 Video on Channel 9
Thursday, December 15 2005 @ 08:51 AM CST
Contributed By: Darwin Sanoy

Learn about the details of the Vista version of Windows Installer by the team who actually builds it...

Tutorial for WIX (Microsoft Open Source Windows Installer Tool for Developers)
Monday, December 12 2005 @ 11:00 AM CST
Contributed By: Darwin Sanoy

Here is a fairly comprehensive tutorial on using WIX.  Those administrators who support in-house developers may find advantages to having in-house developers use WIX to build their packages...

Microsoft's Windows Installer Team Blog
Monday, October 3 2005 @ 02:49 PM CST
Contributed By: Darwin Sanoy

Microsoft's Windows Installer Team has a blog where they disseminate a lot of good information on MSI technology.  The blog handles a lot of Q&A about indepth Windows Installer topics.

Windows Installer 3.1 V2 - Critical Update For Those Who Repackage
Tuesday, September 27 2005 @ 02:20 PM CST
Contributed By: Darwin Sanoy

Windows Installer 3.1 has been released more than once - unfortunately, if you caught the first release it has a serious bug...

FREE: 2.0 Release of MS Driver Information Framework (DIFx)
Tuesday, July 19 2005 @ 12:27 PM CST
Contributed By: Darwin Sanoy

DIFx is Microsoft's first attempt to standard device driver installations and make them more managable.  Included in this kit is Windows Installer...

MaSaI Editor 2.4 Released
Wednesday, July 13 2005 @ 11:36 AM CST
Contributed By: Darwin

A new version of the most affordable Windows Installer tool for administrators has been released.

MS Chat: Windows Installer and the Driver Installation Framework
Thursday, June 16 2005 @ 10:18 AM CST
Contributed By: Darwin Sanoy

The Driver Installation Framework is Microsoft's new standard for installing drivers on Windows.  It includes support for driver installation and management via Windows Installer.  This chat...

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