October, 2005

Resources for authoring 64-bit Windows Installer packages and merge modules....

About the logging policy for the new patch wrapper shipping with patches for the Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 and Visual Studio 2005....

Describes changes made to our patch wrapper for .NET 2.0 and Visual Studio 2005....

How to support custom supersedence when you have to manage patch-specific registry keys manually without using a lot of custom code....

How to install retail redistributables of Windows Installer on checked builds of Windows....

The Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0, Visual Studio 2005, and SQL Server 2005 will soon be shipping. If you'll be installing these products and are planning on upgrading your operating system later be sure to repair the product from the Add/Remove Programs...

MSDN Magazines from at least January 2005 can be downloaded in CHM format....

How to support Windows Installer 2.0 while using new features of newer Windows Installer versions....

.NET 2.0 and Visual Studio 2005 will require Windows Installer 2.0 on 9x and 3.0 on NT, but you can download 3.1 now to be ready to install patches....

An overview of code pages and how MSI databases use them to display string data....