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Thursday, April 24, 2008 8:10 PM

Link to information about new WixGamingExtension in WiX v3.0 for Game Explorer integration

Bob Arnson posted some information about a new feature in WiX v3.0 that I wanted to link to here as well to hopefully help raise visibility. In his post, located at http://www.joyofsetup.com/2008/04/22/new-wix-feature-gaming-extension/ , he describes
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Monday, April 21, 2008 9:21 AM

Mailbag: The February 2008 Media Center Cumulative Update fails to install on Windows Vista SP1

Question: I saw your blog post about the February 2008 Cumulative Update for Media Center for Windows Vista. I have Windows Vista Ultimate Edition with SP1 installed, and when I try to install this Cumulative Update, it fails. How can I get this update
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Tuesday, April 01, 2008 5:58 PM

How I resolved Windows Installer error code 2738 on Vista while running light.exe from WiX v3.0

Recently, while attempting to build a Japanese MSI using WiX v3.0 , I received an error message that looked like the following: light.exe : error LGHT0217 : An unexpected external UI message was received: ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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Tuesday, March 11, 2008 4:52 PM

Knowledge base article describing how to extract .msu files and automate installing them

The .NET Framework 3.5 installs service packs for the .NET Framework 2.0 and 3.0 behind the scenes as prerequisites. On Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, the .NET Framework 2.0 and 3.0 are installed as OS components, which means that the 2.0 and
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Wednesday, February 13, 2008 11:05 AM

February 2008 Cumulative Update for Media Center for Windows Vista available for download

A new cumulative update package for Windows Vista Media Center has been released this week. This update is called the February 2008 Cumulative Update for Media Center for Windows Vista and is also known as KB947172. It is available for download in x86
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Tuesday, January 29, 2008 1:16 PM

How to re-enable Windows Media Center in the Default Programs control panel on Windows Vista Home Premium and Ultimate

Yesterday, I posted some information about a Group Policy setting that can prevent Windows Media Center from launching on a Windows Vista Home Premium or Ultimate system. Since then, I have heard from a couple of people who have been receiving the same
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Monday, January 28, 2008 3:47 PM

How to use Group Policy to enable and disable Windows Media Center in Windows Vista Home Premium and Ultimate editions

Description of the issue Recently, I was contacted by a customer who is running Windows Vista Home Premium, but who was unable to launch Windows Media Center. There was not a shortcut available on the Windows Vista start menu, and when they tried navigating
Posted by astebner | 6 Comments
Friday, January 18, 2008 4:42 PM

Link to Channel9 video about Windows Installer application compatibility issues on Windows Vista

A new Channel9 video has been posted that I wanted to link to here. The video is located at http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=374129 , and in it, Robert Flaming discusses application compatibility issues that can affect Windows Installer -based
Posted by astebner | 7 Comments
Friday, December 21, 2007 3:57 PM

Link to knowledge base article describing how to repair Windows Vista OS files

I have previously posted some instructions ( here and here ) that can be used to verify and attempt to repair the files that ship as a part of the OS on Windows Vista. Since I wrote those posts, I have heard from a few customers who have attempted to
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Sunday, November 18, 2007 5:53 PM

Using WiX 3.0 to create a per-user MSI that does not prompt for elevation on Windows Vista

A while back, I posted a summary of some information I learned about how Windows Installer interacts with UAC on Windows Vista. Included in that blog post is a list of steps that must be taken to create a per-user MSI that will not cause a Windows Vista
Posted by astebner | 3 Comments
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 6:08 PM

How to avoid OS reboot prompt when installing the .NET Framework 3.5 on Windows Vista

Description of the issue When installing the .NET Framework 3.5 or Visual Studio 2008 on Windows Vista RTM, some people have noticed that a Windows Update dialog box pops up to indicate that the system must be restarted in order to complete installation
Posted by astebner | 25 Comments
Thursday, November 08, 2007 9:11 PM

Forum that can be used to report EPG data issues for Windows Vista Media Center

A while back, I posted some links to EPG data error reporting sites for Windows XP Media Center Edition ( here and here ). Recently, I have heard from a couple of folks who have had trouble reporting EPG issues for Windows Vista Media Center using these
Posted by astebner | 2 Comments
Tuesday, October 30, 2007 5:48 PM

How I was able to get Virtual Server 2005 to work on Windows Vista

Recently, I needed to configure and use a virtual server image that was provided to me by another team here at Microsoft. In order to do this, I had to install and configure Virtual Server 2005 to host this image on my desktop OS. I am running Windows
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Monday, October 15, 2007 9:17 PM

Narrowing down odd behavior in the Program Compatibility Assistant on Windows Vista

Recently, a fellow Microsoft employee found this blog post that I wrote a while back, and he contacted me with a question regarding some odd behavior he was seeing with the Program Compatibility Assistant (PCA) on Windows Vista. He found that a specific
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Wednesday, October 03, 2007 12:04 PM

October 2007 Cumulative Update for Media Center for Windows Vista available for download

A new cumulative update package for Windows Vista Media Center has been released this week. This update is called the October 2007 Cumulative Update for Media Center for Windows Vista and is also known as KB941229. It is available for download in x86
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