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Saturday, September 30, 2006 4:57 PM

UAC in MSI Notes: How do I troubleshoot UAC in MSI via the log?

This is the twentieth in a series of notes about UAC in MSI. Per the earlier caveat , these are just my notes and not an official position from the Windows Installer team . The previous entries Introduce... ...the UAC in MSI Notes series ...my view of
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Saturday, September 30, 2006 4:28 PM

UAC in MSI Notes: How do I get the shield on the advertised shortcut?

This is the nineteenth in a series of notes about UAC in MSI. Per the earlier caveat , these are just my notes and not an official position from the Windows Installer team . The previous entries Introduce... ...the UAC in MSI Notes series ...my view of
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Saturday, September 30, 2006 4:20 PM

UAC in MSI Notes: When General Custom Action Mitigation Fails

This is the eighteenth in a series of notes about UAC in MSI. Per the earlier caveat , these are just my notes and not an official position from the Windows Installer team . The previous entries Introduce... ...the UAC in MSI Notes series ...my view of
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Saturday, September 30, 2006 3:51 PM

UAC in MSI Notes: Should I write my installer as a Standard User install? If yes, how?

This is the seventeenth in a series of notes about UAC in MSI. Per the earlier caveat , these are just my notes and not an official position from the Windows Installer team . The previous entries Introduce... ...the UAC in MSI Notes series ...my view
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Saturday, September 30, 2006 2:46 PM

UAC in MSI Notes: Read the Friendly Manual

This is the sixteenth in a series of notes about UAC in MSI. Per the earlier caveat , these are just my notes and not an official position from the Windows Installer team . The previous entries Introduce... ...the UAC in MSI Notes series ...my view of
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Saturday, September 23, 2006 11:26 PM

UAC in MSI Notes: O Whitepaper, Where Art Thou?

This is the fifteenth in a series of notes about UAC in MSI. Per the earlier caveat , these are just my notes and not an official position from the Windows Installer team . The previous entries Introduce... ...the UAC in MSI Notes series ...my view of
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Saturday, September 23, 2006 10:03 PM

UAC in MSI Notes: Challenges for a Beautiful Custom Action

This is the fourteenth in a series of notes about UAC in MSI. Per the earlier caveat , these are just my notes and not an official position from the Windows Installer team . The previous entries Introduce... ...the UAC in MSI Notes series ...my view of
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Saturday, September 23, 2006 4:15 PM

UAC in MSI Notes: My "Four Square" Diagram

This is the thirteenth in a series of notes about UAC in MSI. Per the earlier caveat , these are just my notes and not an official position from the Windows Installer team . The previous entries Introduce... ...the UAC in MSI Notes series ...my view of
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Saturday, September 23, 2006 11:58 AM

UAC in MSI Notes: The NoImpersonate Bit Mistake

This is the twelfth in a series of notes about UAC in MSI. Per the earlier caveat , these are just my notes and not an official position from the Windows Installer team . The previous entries Introduce... ...the UAC in MSI Notes series ...my view of the
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Saturday, September 23, 2006 10:46 AM

UAC in MSI Notes: Modifying System in InstallExecuteSequence outside of Script

This is the eleventh in a series of notes about UAC in MSI. Per the earlier caveat , these are just my notes and not an official position from the Windows Installer team . The previous entries Introduce... ...the UAC in MSI Notes series ...my view of
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Thursday, September 21, 2006 10:43 PM

UAC in MSI Notes: Modify System with InstallUISequence Custom Action

This is the tenth in a series of notes about UAC in MSI. Per the earlier caveat , these are just my notes and not an official position from the Windows Installer team . The previous entries Introduce... ...the UAC in MSI Notes series ...my view of the
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Thursday, September 21, 2006 10:08 PM

UAC in MSI Notes: The AdminUser Mistake

This is the ninth in a series of notes about UAC in MSI. Per the earlier caveat , these are just my notes and not an official position from the Windows Installer team . The previous entries Introduce... ...the UAC in MSI Notes series ...my view of the
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Thursday, September 21, 2006 8:50 PM

UAC in MSI Notes: Credential Prompt and Permissions

This is the eighth in a series of notes about UAC in MSI. Per the earlier caveat , these are just my notes and not an official position from the Windows Installer team . The previous entries Introduce... ...the UAC in MSI Notes series ...my view of the
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Thursday, September 21, 2006 6:50 PM

UAC in MSI Notes: The "Saw Tooth" Diagram

This is the seventh in a series of notes about UAC in MSI. Per the earlier caveat , these are just my notes and not an official position from the Windows Installer team . The previous entries Introduced... ...the UAC in MSI Notes series ...my view of
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Thursday, September 21, 2006 2:13 PM

UAC in MSI Notes: A Relief Providing Framework

This is the sixth in a series of notes about UAC in MSI. Per the earlier caveat , these are just my notes and not an official position from the Windows Installer team . The previous entries, I Introduced the series Introduced my view of the root problem
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Thursday, September 21, 2006 12:57 PM

UAC in MSI Notes: Jagged Edge to User

This is the fifth in a series of notes about UAC in MSI. Per the earlier caveat , these are just my notes and not an official position from the Windows Installer team . The previous entries, I Introduced the series Introduced my view of the root problem
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Thursday, September 21, 2006 12:37 AM

UAC in MSI Notes: Just Like Managed Installs

This is the forth in a series of notes about UAC in MSI. Per the earlier caveat , these are just my notes and not an official position from the Windows Installer team . The previous entries, I Introduced the series Introduced my view of the root problem
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Wednesday, September 20, 2006 9:32 PM

UAC in MSI Notes: Conflicting Definitions of Per-User

This is the third in a series of notes about UAC in MSI. Per the earlier caveat , these are just my notes and not an official position from the Windows Installer team . The previous entries introduced the series , and introduced my view of the root problem
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Wednesday, September 20, 2006 1:39 PM

UAC in MSI Notes: How I Root Cause The Problem

This is the second in a series of notes about UAC in MSI. Per the earlier caveat , these are just my notes and not an official position from the Windows Installer team . The previous entry was the introduction to the series . This entry will talk about
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Wednesday, September 20, 2006 1:14 PM

UAC in MSI Notes: Introduction

As Windows Installer feature PM, one of my responsibilities was to work on the Windows Installer 's User Account Control support. Over the last year, I've collected a bunch of notes on stuff people ask me about but did not fit neatly into our SDK . Despite
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