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Tuesday, April 29, 2008 3:53 PM

What changed in Windows Installer (MSI) in Windows Vista Service Pack 1?

Stefan Krueger met with us a few weeks ago for the Microsoft MVP Global Summit . Among the many topics we discussed was a suggestion from Stefan that we use the team’s blog to communicate relevant bug fixes that we make in our releases. This posting is
Posted by Windows Installer Team | 6 Comments
Friday, January 18, 2008 12:09 PM

Request for suggestions for updating the 1603 KB article?

Feedback on our existing Knowledge Base article for the error 1603 is that 'it is not very useful.' My first thought to update the KB would be to go over the troubleshooting techniques such as verbose logging and then how to find and read the errors in
Posted by Windows Installer Team | 6 Comments
Thursday, January 03, 2008 12:22 PM

Tips to find Windows Installer specific product support

Customers have mentioned having trouble finding Windows Installer support when they try to navigate the maze of Microsoft support offerings. If you too need to find Windows Installer specific product support, the support staff dedicated to Windows Installer
Posted by Windows Installer Team | 2 Comments
Saturday, October 20, 2007 7:35 AM

Integration Hurdles for EXE Custom Actions

A while back, two sets of engineers were arguing whether simply calling an EXE custom action would be good enough for Windows Installer based package. The first team with the EXE didn't want to do the work to move to Windows Installer but they really
Posted by Windows Installer Team | 11 Comments
Monday, October 01, 2007 7:29 AM

What happened to Windows Installer 4.1?

For a time, there was a release named Windows Installer 4.1 on the MSDN topic Released Versions of Windows Installer that was associated with Windows Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008. When this reference to 4.1 was removed, it naturally lead to the question:
Posted by Windows Installer Team | 5 Comments
Saturday, September 08, 2007 7:04 AM

Where is good, comprehensive training covering the Windows Installer?

Our friend and blogger Aaron Stebner asked on behalf of his readers whether the Windows Installer had recommendations for "good, comprehensive training covering" the Windows Installer. This question comes up regularly and I've built up the following stock
Posted by Windows Installer Team | 5 Comments
Friday, July 06, 2007 9:33 AM

Configuring Windows Vista Software Explorer

One of the questions I received in the lounge area at Tech Ed 2007 in Orlando pertained to Windows Vista Software Explorer display of applications. Specifically it centered on the ARP* property mappings to the Software Explorer information display. Before
Posted by Windows Installer Team | 6 Comments
Monday, June 25, 2007 12:00 AM

Windows Installer 4.5 Beta Accepting Nominations

The Windows Installer team is closing in on our Beta release of Windows Installer 4.5 so it's time to open the Beta program. As usual, the connect site at http://connect.microsoft.com is the host for the program. The Windows Installer 4.5 specific subsite
Posted by Windows Installer Team | 19 Comments
Thursday, June 07, 2007 9:00 AM

Update on KB Articles requested for Windows Installer 4.0 on Windows Vista

Late last year, we posted the article Preview of Upcoming KB Articles: Windows Installer 4.0 on Windows Vista listing four KB articles we'd requested be written based on user feedback. Two of the initially requested four have been written Proposed Title:
Posted by Windows Installer Team | 1 Comments
Friday, March 02, 2007 10:07 AM

Policy Interactions and Behavior (Source List)

A few years back, I received some questions pertaining to what privileges were required to modify the source list for a given product. The questions have come up again and rather than debating on where this information belongs (MSDN vs. TechNet vs. whitepaper),
Posted by Windows Installer Team | 1 Comments
Monday, October 30, 2006 3:48 PM

Preview of Upcoming KB Articles: Windows Installer 4.0 on Windows Vista.

Hello everyone -- Based on feedback we have received from recent customer engagements, webcasts and the blog, we plan to have several KB articles created to clear up some points about Windows Installer 4.0 on Windows Vista. Since the KB creation process
Posted by Windows Installer Team | 4 Comments
Sunday, February 05, 2006 10:13 AM

Windows Installer Appears Every Time a Program is Started

Question OS: Windows XP Home SP2 with Automatic updates every day at 3AM; Machine: Toshiba Satellite M35X-S311; 80% of hard drive free. My trial version of Office 2003 expired 1/31/06 (no warning messages received prior). I couldn't access Control Panel
Posted by Windows Installer Team | 12 Comments
Thursday, November 03, 2005 7:00 AM

What are the common reasons for error 1308?

Question Are there common reasons for error 1308? Answer Generally: Bad Driver/Device, Bad Media, Bad Package are the most common sources. The most common path to eliminating the driver/device from the equation, is to copy to the local hard drive like
Posted by Windows Installer Team | 1 Comments
Tuesday, November 01, 2005 7:00 AM

"Stop Installation Idiocy" PCWorld's Hassle Free PC article

While searching for news with "Windows Installer" in the subject, I recently came across the Hassle Free PC article Hassle-Free PC: Fix Stubborn Windows Install Errors where a reader asked for assistance with the Windows Installer dialogs under the subheading
Posted by Windows Installer Team | 11 Comments
Friday, October 21, 2005 11:00 AM

Affects of a Vista Upgrade on Existing Application Installs

Context: Glimpse at an internal thread where Technical Evangelists were asking about Affects of a Vista Upgrade on Existing Application Installs Question 1 : What will happen to the installed programs at the time of OS upgrade? Will the user be able to
Posted by Windows Installer Team | 2 Comments
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