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June, 2006

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Heath Stewart's blog

Blank Dialogs for .NET Framework 2.0 Patches

Posted over 7 years ago

by Heath Stewart
- 6 Comments
An explanation of why dialogs are blank for .NET Framework 2.0 patches and what ISVs redistributing the Framework can do about it....
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Biggest Donation in History

Posted over 7 years ago

by Heath Stewart
- 1 Comments
Warren Buffet to give about $31 billion to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation....
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Windows Installer SDK Tools and UAC Prompts

Posted over 7 years ago

by Heath Stewart
- 2 Comments
Why Windows Installer SDK tools cause prompts for credentials or approval on Windows Vista, and how to fix the problem....
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Find the Product

Posted over 7 years ago

by Heath Stewart
- 3 Comments
How to find the ProductCode or the product package in the local cache given a product name....
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Cumulative Service Packs with MinorUpdateTargetRTM

Posted over 7 years ago

by Heath Stewart
- 5 Comments
How to create cumulative service packs easily to apply with Windows Installer 3.1 and newer....
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Be Careful or Even Avoid Using Type 35 Custom Actions

Posted over 7 years ago

by Heath Stewart
- 0 Comments
Type 35 custom actions have some serious ramifications to servicing and warrant enough concern to be careful when using them or even avoid using them completely. There is another way....
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Always use Unique Package Codes

Posted over 7 years ago

by Heath Stewart
- 4 Comments
Package codes should always be unique - even for different processor architectures....
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Run ICE Validation and Fix Errors

Posted over 7 years ago

by Heath Stewart
- 4 Comments
It's important that you run ICE validation on your MSIs and MSMs, and that you fix any and all ICE errors, treating warnings subjectively....

Setup & Install by Heath Stewart

June, 2006