Setup Sense and Sensibility

Last night I visited a WiX night after a very long absence. After watching the Sounders 2-1 US Open Cup victory via the internet, I was asked: here to fix a bug or ...? Initial answer: I don't know, I'm just trying to figure out what's going on. ...

If you've been dogfooding Windows 7 like I have, you have an orphaned windows.old directory on your hard drive and you need the space back from Windows.old to get the Windows 7 RTM. When I Bing-ed for delete windows.old , I found KB Article 930527...

Early last week Microsoft announced the delivery of Windows 7 release candidate coupled with the delivery of the release candidate of Windows Server 2008 R2. Test the Windows 7 Release Candidate at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/default...

Today I came across it in a Wikipedia article on the Altair On final approach, Allen realized that they had forgotten to write a bootstrap program to read the tape into memory. Writing in 8080 machine language, Allen finished the program before...

TechNet just published the RC candidates for Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 and Windows Vista Service Pack 2 have been released. All of these releases have the Windows Installer 4.5 features embedded in this Windows distribution. Windows 7 is...

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...

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...

Recent Download Center newsletter noted the Windows Installer 3.1 is still in the Top 5 downloads more than three years after its original release. Title Release Date Popularity Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word...

The December 2008 ISV partner newsletter offered this opportunity to learn about Windows 7. Windows 7 Overview Discover more about the features and capabilities of the upcoming Windows 7 operating system and explore the opportunities it offers...

In the spectrum of deployment scenarios for Visual Studio and the .Net Framework, some have wondered whether customers are repackaging (aka sequencing) into App-V. If you use Visual Studio or the .Net Framework in an App-V bubble, drop me a line either...

This month's ISV Newsletter from Microsoft contained this bumper for Detours. Microsoft Detours: “I Wish I Had Deeper Hooks into Windows” Developers can now significantly enhance their product features by taking greater advantage...

In a recent internal email thread, I'd offered this perspective to a person who could not find a simple answer to their question in either a) the documentation, b) the tools, or b) the community. Upon reflection, this advice can be applied frequently...

There is an update from Bill Veghte on the messages from Microsoft around Windows at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/letter.html . Its agenda is There are three things I want to give you an update on: Our plans for Windows XP Our...

Bill's last TechEd keynote as a Full Timer at Microsoft had a new version of an old friend in the form of Ballmer Bot. The researcher running the robot had it playing Ballmer's well known "developer, developer, developer" line. Got some of the best laughs...

It's a beautiful Pre-Conference morning at Microsoft TechEd Developer 2008 in the Orlando Convention Center. The pre-conference day does not have the same hustle and bustle as the full conference so it's a good day to get your bearings. Today was the...

If you've wondered why not much has been officially said about Windows 7, a blog on CNet posted today where Steven Sinofsky discusses his principles of deliberate disclosure. These two excerpts had the most resonance for me Respect I think...

Overheard an interesting discussion on SoftGrid. Here's my spin on their talking points. Q : Why is the q:\ drive needed? A : Some applications write paths to the system in which they need a full path including the root. Given migrating to SoftGrid...