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2011 1

  1. A visit to WiX Night

2009 14

  1. Handy KB Article for Deleting Windows.old
  2. Try Windows Installer 5.0 in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 RC
  3. Setup for the Altair
  4. Try Windows Installer 4.5 functionality available in these Windows Release Candidates
  5. Reregistering the Windows Installer service does not work on Vista and above
  6. Windows Installer 5 Documentation Now Online
  7. Windows Installer 5.0 Crash on Windows 7 Beta
  8. Windows Installer 4.5 in Vista SP2 and Windows 2008 SP1
  9. Top Microsoft Developer Partner Conferences for 2009: MIX, TechEd, and PDC (yes Virginia another PDC ;^)
  10. Adding an IFrame to a SharePoint Wiki Page
  11. Mark Russinovich discusses the new kernel constructs in Windows 7
  12. Beta release of the Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1
  13. Early Content for Windows 7 ISV Partners
  14. Windows FireStarter: (Windows 7 + Windows Server 2008 R2) Teaser Session

2008 12

  1. Windows Installer 3.1 Still a Top Download
  2. ISV Partner Newsletter: Windows 7 Overview
  3. Do you use Visual Studio or .Net Framework inside App-V bubbles?
  4. Microsoft Detours: “I Wish I Had Deeper Hooks into Windows”
  5. Understanding Windows Installer is like other Win32 Development
  6. An Update on the Windows Roadmap from Bill Veghte
  7. Day One at TechEd Developer 2008 - The Keynote featuring Ballmer Bot
  8. Pre-Conference Day at TechEd Developer 2008
  9. Steven Sinofsky on Windows 7 disclosure principles: respect and responsibility
  10. Why the q: drive?
  11. Moving to Developer Division
  12. Time for a change

2007 2

  1. Windows Installer links on download center
  2. TechEd keynotes Agility themes I'm working toward

2006 25

  1. UAC in MSI Notes: Answers to questions in comments from earlier blog posts.
  2. UAC in MSI Notes: What are the Hurdles in Windows Vista Logo compliance related to UAC and MSI?
  3. UAC in MSI Notes: How do I get one credential dialog for a multiple package install?
  4. UAC in MSI Notes: Easier for my current custom installer to support UAC than switch to MSI?
  5. UAC in MSI Notes: How to Build Packages that work for both Standard User and Per-Machine?
  6. UAC in MSI Notes: Is "this" intentional? If so, why?
  7. UAC in MSI Notes: Do I need to consider "this" when I'm designing for UAC in MSI? Generally, no.
  8. UAC in MSI Notes: How do I troubleshoot UAC in MSI via the log?
  9. UAC in MSI Notes: How do I get the shield on the advertised shortcut?
  10. UAC in MSI Notes: When General Custom Action Mitigation Fails
  11. UAC in MSI Notes: Should I write my installer as a Standard User install? If yes, how?
  12. UAC in MSI Notes: Read the Friendly Manual
  13. UAC in MSI Notes: O Whitepaper, Where Art Thou?
  14. UAC in MSI Notes: Challenges for a Beautiful Custom Action
  15. UAC in MSI Notes: My "Four Square" Diagram
  16. UAC in MSI Notes: The NoImpersonate Bit Mistake
  17. UAC in MSI Notes: Modifying System in InstallExecuteSequence outside of Script
  18. UAC in MSI Notes: Modify System with InstallUISequence Custom Action
  19. UAC in MSI Notes: The AdminUser Mistake
  20. UAC in MSI Notes: Credential Prompt and Permissions
  21. UAC in MSI Notes: The "Saw Tooth" Diagram
  22. UAC in MSI Notes: Just Like Managed Installs
  23. UAC in MSI Notes: Conflicting Definitions of Per-User
  24. UAC in MSI Notes: How I Root Cause The Problem
  25. UAC in MSI Notes: Introduction

2005 25

  1. Steve Sinofski's Good Bureaucracy Post
  2. Wal-Mart Supply Chain as a Model for Producing Software?
  3. Conventions are Tough
  4. Shared Source table at the PDC Ask the Experts session
  5. What's the moral difference between using a preprocessor extension, and extending the preprocessor?
  6. And you thought Evil Empire was a metaphor?
  7. Digging In: Ten Minute Wait Before Shutting Down is Normal
  8. Troubleshooting: MSI 3.1 on Prerelease of W2k3SP1 crashes
  9. Troubleshooting: MSIServer not running as Local System
  10. Troubleshooting: Signs of an Incorrectly Registered Custom Action Server
  11. Msi PM Hat: Adopt Windows Installer for Built-In System Restore
  12. Designing Better Setups: Enrich Your Custom Actions with Custom Error Messages
  13. Troubleshooting: Error 1328 occurs when applying second MSI patch
  14. Digging In: Full Customization of Add Remove Programs with MSI
  15. Troubleshooting: InstallValidate Nulled out my Request
  16. Digging In: MSI Transforms
  17. Troubleshooting: where's my upgrade section of an install log
  18. Why WiX: Disrupting the Centralized Setup Cycle
  19. Why WiX: Centralized Setup Cycle: Lather, Rinse, Reward, Repeat
  20. Why WiX: Modeling the centralized setup business
  21. MSIs with Internal Consistency Evaluators (ICEs) errors
  22. trick to digging deeper into a failure of Assembly install in a verbose MSI log
  23. trick to quickly finding the error in a verbose MSI log
  24. “last-write-wins” patch sequencing behavior of MSI 2.0 has changed for MSI 3.0
  25. I am the Dark developer