A common troubleshooting Windows Installer technique before vista was to reregister the Windows Installer service. The steps went something like this Unregister Windows Installer, and then reregister Windows Installer. To do this, follow these steps...

MSDN has updated their web site with documentation for Window Installer 5 in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. A good place to start is the What's New In Windows Installer 5.0 page. Of the feedback I received for Windows Installer in Windows...

The TechNet forum post Windows Installer Crash appears to have find a workaround for the issue by using start regedit navigate to HKLM\Software\Microsoft\SQMClient\Windows\DisabledSessions rename MachineThrottling to _MachineThrottling Original credit...

Per this TechNet article , Windows Installer 4.5 will be in Vista SP2 and Windows 2008 SP1.

Wow. Two PDCs in a row. MIX09 - March 18 - 20, at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas: is all about the Web . Tech•Ed - May 11 - 15 in Los Angeles. Tech•Ed is all about shipped Microsoft Technologies . Most of the tracks are presented by Microsoft...

While integrating the Windows Installer XML 3.0 toolset, we needed to add references to the WiX manual on our SharePoint Wiki site. The straightforward path would have been to add an <iFrame src="<URL path to WiX manual page>" />. Unfortunately...

In Channel 9 presentation Mark Russinovich: Inside Windows 7 , Mark discusses the new kernel constructs in Windows 7 (wandering up into user mode only briefly).

You can now get the Windows 7 Beta SDK ISO via download center at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=a91dc12a-fc94-4027-b67e-46bab7c5226c&DisplayLang=en

With the recent announcement fo the Windows 7 Beta, there are now tools for ISVs to evaluate the opportunity on Windows 7 including ISV Goal Resource Value Compatibility of my shipped apps Windows 7 Application Quality Cookbook...

Friends, Please try the Windows 7 beta at http://microsoft.com/windows7 . I hear it's not available just yet will be available soon. My little piece of Windows is the Windows Installer 4.5 features + bug fixes that rolled forward into Windows Installer...

The current issue of MSDN Flash on the Web at < http://co1piltwb.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/mcoeredir/mcoeredirect.aspx?linkId=11116134&s1=8a9e7936-fb8f-c212-bc8f-dd82b9c02682 > offers (Windows 7 + Windows Server 2008 R2) Teaser Session...