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August 2005 - Posts

Handling GAC and NGEN Operations after Reboot

Information about the new NetFxUpdate.exe service.
Posted by Heath Stewart | 5 Comments

Supporting our Lifecycle Policy with ARPSYSTEMCOMPONENT

How to support N and N-1 with the workaround for defining ARPSYSTEMCOMPONENT=1.

Working with ARPSYSTEMCOMPONENT

How to work around the issues with ARP when defining ARPSYSTEMCOMPONENT=1.

Major Upgrade Patches

Explains why major upgrade patches with sequencing information are not allowed.
Posted by Heath Stewart | 1 Comments
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Script Repository

Information about the Script Repository from the Microsoft TechNet site.
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More Photos from Mt. Rainier

More beautiful photographs from Mt. Rainier.
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A Reason for ARPSYSTEMCOMPONENT

Reasons for setting ARPSYSTEMCOMPONENT to 1 despite the dangers.

Deploying Crystal Reports with your Managed Application

Solutions to setup build failures or Crystal Reports load failures.
Posted by Heath Stewart | 0 Comments

My One-year Anniversary

My one-year anniversary at Microsoft.
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Detecting repair, patch install, and patch uninstall for Windows Installer

How to condition your standard and custom actions to run depending on whether your repairing, or installing or uninstalling a patch.
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The Dangers of ARPSYSTEMCOMPONENT

Using the ARPSYSTEMCOMPONENT Windows Installer property can leave your Add/Remove Program entries behind.
 
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