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Tuesday, October 13, 2009 6:51 PM

Booting Windows to a Differencing Virtual Hard Disk

Testing software can be fun and rewarding. You get to see new, upcoming features and provide valuable feedback to the developer. But as with most pre-release software, we recommend that you don’t install it on production machines. You could dedicate extra
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Tuesday, November 06, 2007 5:33 PM

AppCompat in Windows Installer

The Application Compatibility (AppCompat) platform in Windows is a powerful feature that allows for fixes on practically any program or package to be loaded on Windows. Windows Installer takes advantage of a protected database full of fixes in the form
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Tuesday, August 28, 2007 12:18 AM

Upload Installation Logs on Vista Today

Bret Grinslade, Group Program Manager for our Deployment Technology Group, describes how you can send feedback directly to our team . You can also check a box during setup to have feedback in the form of installation logs sent directly to our system.
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Thursday, July 12, 2007 2:19 PM

Immediate Custom Actions Always Impersonate

Windows Installer is a client/server application. When you install a package using msiexec.exe - which is executed by default in response to shell verbs such as Install - or APIs like MsiInstallProduct the package is initially processed under the user's
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Thursday, May 31, 2007 8:47 PM

Windows Installer Errors 2738 and 2739 with Script Custom Actions

Windows Script custom actions should be avoided . They are difficult to debug, get blocked by virus scanners, and are far more susceptible to machine state than native custom actions. That is indicated by Windows Installer error messages 2738 and 2739,
Posted by Heath Stewart | 9 Comments
Thursday, March 22, 2007 11:50 AM

VS 2005 SP1 Update for Vista Requires VS 2005 SP1

If you're attempting to install the Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Update for Windows Vista without having installed Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 first on all applicable products, you will receive Windows error 1642, which reads, The installer
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Wednesday, March 07, 2007 5:08 AM

Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Update for Windows Vista Available

As Aaron notes , the Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Update for Windows Vista is available on the download center. This patch is available for all supported languages of Visual Studio 2005, unlike the beta which was available in English and Japanese.
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