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2009 10

  1. Developing for Windows 7
  2. Windows 7 Taskbar support with the MsiShortcutProperty table
  3. Authoring a single package for Per-User or Per-Machine Installation context in Windows 7
  4. Latest SDK for Windows Installer 5.0
  5. MSI 4.5 natively included with SP2 for Windows Vista & Server 2008
  6. Windows 7 released to manufacturing
  7. Adopting Windows Installer 4.5
  8. Enhanced Permissions Setting with Windows Installer 5.0
  9. Enhanced Service Configuration with Windows Installer 5.0
  10. MSI 5.0 in Windows 7 Beta

2008 23

  1. Update to MSI 4.5 (KB958655)
  2. Take the Windows Application Platform Team survey
  3. Did you miss PDC 2008?
  4. Windows Installer 4.5 versions
  5. Introduction for Zainab Hakim - An update
  6. Windows Installer 4.5 is now available!
  7. Join us at TechEd 2008! (part 2)
  8. What changed in Windows Installer 4.5?
  9. What changed in Windows Installer (MSI) in Windows Vista Service Pack 1?
  10. We're Hiring!
  11. Join us at TechEd 2008!
  12. Issues with Patchwiz.dll v4.0
  13. Windows Installer 4.5 Multi Package Transaction and UAC
  14. Windows Installer 4.5 Transaction Enhancements: Multi Package Transaction
  15. Windows Installer (MSI) 4.5 Technical Chat
  16. Windows Installer 4.5 UI Enhancements: Embedded UI
  17. Windows Installer 4.5 Servicing Enhancements: Shared Components and Patch Uninstall
  18. Windows Installer 4.5 Servicing Enhancements: Patch Uninstall Custom Actions
  19. Windows Installer 4.5 Beta 2 Now Available!
  20. Windows Installer 4.5 beta 2 - coming soon (and a chat too!)
  21. Growing Windows Installer Experts through Troubleshooting
  22. Request for suggestions for updating the 1603 KB article?
  23. Tips to find Windows Installer specific product support

2007 30

  1. Release date for MSI 4.5 now looks like Q2-ish
  2. What is the protocol for releasing beta software that depends on Windows Installer 4.5 beta?
  3. What happened to Windows Installer 4.1?
  4. Speaking at Packaging Event 2007 in Amsterdam on October 11th
  5. Will there be an updated ICE and _Validation table that supports the schema changes?
  6. Did you really mean to build a patching feature that we can't patch to because of a schema change?
  7. MSDN posted Windows Installer 4.5 Beta documentation
  8. Where is good, comprehensive training covering the Windows Installer?
  9. A starting point for Windows Installer 4.5 embedded UI?
  10. What Windows platforms will Windows Installer 4.5 ship in?
  11. When will Windows Installer 4.5 be RTM-ed?
  12. Do the new API's Msi(Begin/Join/End)Transaction work with external UI as well as the new internal UI?
  13. Is it possible to silently run the Vista installation package for MSI 4.5?
  14. Can I talk about the Windows Installer 4.5 Beta now? Yes, please
  15. Windows Installer 4.5 Beta is Now Posted
  16. Walkthrough for Signing up for Windows Installer 4.5 Beta
  17. Updated and New White Papers Now on Windows Installer 4.5 Beta Site
  18. When will the Windows Installer 4.5 Beta start? Any day now.
  19. Configuring Windows Vista Software Explorer
  20. Connect Download Issues - Resolved
  21. Connect Download Issues
  22. Windows Installer 4.5 Beta Accepting Nominations
  23. Downlevel Update for Knowledge Base Article 927891 Posted to Download Center and Windows Update
  24. Update on KB Articles requested for Windows Installer 4.0 on Windows Vista
  25. ACM Queuecasts around Vista and the Windows Installer
  26. Invitation to Windows Installer Tools Vendors for a Live Meeting Event
  27. How to Interpret Windows Installer Logs
  28. Arbitrary labels used as Primary keys must not be changed between versions
  29. Policy Interactions and Behavior (Source List)
  30. New article on UAC and Windows Installer available.

2006 19

  1. Windows Installer and Restart Manager: MSI Files-In-Use V2
  2. Restart Manager video available on Channel 9
  3. Check out the UAC video on Channel 9
  4. Q & A from latest Windows Installer Webcast available
  5. Preview of Upcoming KB Articles: Windows Installer 4.0 on Windows Vista.
  6. New Windows Installer 4.0 Webcast Scheduled and Q & A from LUA Webcast.
  7. Tyler speaking at packaging event in Amsterdam in November!
  8. Tao of the Windows Installer, Part 6
  9. Windows Vista RC1 Platform SDK Documentation is Now Available!
  10. New Webcast on Windows Installer and User Account Control (UAC) Scheduled!
  11. Tao of the Windows Installer, Part 5
  12. Windows Installer 4.0 Webcast Now Available for On Demand Viewing!
  13. Tao of the Windows Installer, Part 4
  14. Check out our MSDN Webcast this Friday!
  15. Tao of the Windows Installer, Part 2
  16. Tao of the Windows Installer, Part 1
  17. Check us out at the Windows Server SDR, MMS 2006 and TechEd 2006!
  18. Windows Installer Appears Every Time a Program is Started
  19. Makin' a List, Checkin' it Twice: Windows Installer Wishes (Part 1)

2005 98

  1. Windows Installer 4.0 video available on Channel 9!
  2. Windows Installer Troubleshooting Tips from First Week of November
  3. Windows Installer Troubleshooting Tips From Halloween
  4. PSS MSI RFC Triage for Thursday October 27th, 2005
  5. Instance of Troubleshooting Patch Applicability
  6. Authoring to Windows Installer 4.0 Features mentioned at PDC 2005
  7. What are the common reasons for error 1308?
  8. Windows Installer Troubleshooting Tips from Last Week of October
  9. "Stop Installation Idiocy" PCWorld's Hassle Free PC article
  10. How do I get the Escape key to work on a Windows Installer dialog?
  11. November Windows Installer Chat Announced!
  12. PDC Content Available!
  13. Where did my custom action permissions go? Terminal Server is special.
  14. PSS MSI RFC Triage for Thursday October 20th, 2005
  15. Affects of a Vista Upgrade on Existing Application Installs
  16. Service Control API change plus cascaded MSI 3.0 behavior change
  17. Advertising and ARPSYSTEMCOMPONENT
  18. What are the limits for a large MSI package?
  19. How do I merge an MSM with a nested MSI in it's substorage into a MSI?
  20. Billboard bug is fixed in MSI Vista
  21. Most frequent problem with the msi-fusion interaction? Incorrect authoring of strong name.
  22. Troubleshooting the OpenOffice.org RC canidate install experiance
  23. Help Troubleshooing 'Error 2902. Operation ixfAssemblyCopy called out of sequence.'
  24. OpenOffice.org 2.0 RC1: What's the incorrect interpretation?
  25. Our patches seem to work fine, yet none of the files on the disk are replaced.
  26. Best Practice Guidelines for Building Quality Installs: Part 1, the Basics
  27. Best Practice Guidelines for Building Quality Installs: Part 0, the Introduction
  28. How should I determine the success or failure of a Windows Installer install?
  29. How do I get a deep view of what Windows Installer is doing?
  30. Why can't I patch or uninstall a component without a ComponentId?
  31. Any clues to why we're seeing Error code 1912: Could not unregister type library for [file]?
  32. Recommended Background on Versioning and Component Rules
  33. How do I find all the Windows Installer packages installed on my machine?
  34. Insights into the underlying Windows Installer reboot behavior.
  35. What are the upper limits of the CAB file format?
  36. How do I lookup the error text associated with a given error code return from msiexec or MsiInstallProduct?
  37. How do I read an environment variable into the MSI?
  38. Catch our session at Microsoft PDC 2005!
  39. How to get file's compressed size inside an msi?
  40. Is it guaranteed that the external user-interface handler gets called by the Installer in the same thread that calling InstallProduct?
  41. Some Patch Detection Designer Pointers for a MSI Newbie
  42. Any tips on getting the cancel button working for a deferred custom action?
  43. Ooops, missed that feedback management tab...
  44. How to disable advertising?
  45. Any pointers for troubleshooting 2737 Could not access custom action [2], entry [3], library [4] Available in Windows Installer versions 1.0, 1.1, and 1.2.?
  46. Tyler and Robert on their way to PDC 2005
  47. Who are you Hem?
  48. How do detect the MSI version on the computer?
  49. Troubleshooting tips for constructing UTF8 MSIs from IDTs?
  50. Why can't I change the target directory path during a Maintenance Installation?
  51. Why can I futher compress an MSI with a compressed CAB?
  52. On MSI 3.0, how does a MSP know it supersedes the previous patches?
  53. What would be the best way to diagnose error 2762 "Cannot write script record. Transaction not started."?
  54. Is there a way to parse out of the ADDLOCAL in a custom action inside the MSI to check the features that were specific to see if they exist before this error is generated?
  55. Tips on troubleshooting why the patch install requires to resolve the source?
  56. how I can get a blank schema.msi of version 300?
  57. How can I use a custom action to dynamically populate rows in the table?
  58. Can anyone tell me how to make a universal transform or a template transform that will work on all msi's?
  59. What are the consequences of ICE27 errors?
  60. Does Windows Installer natively support setting service ACLs from an MSI?
  61. Any tips on troubleshooting Error 2259: Database: foo.msi Table(s) Update failed
  62. How do I AppSearch for DotNet Framework?
  63. How do I translate the error reported in the Windows Installer log?
  64. How can I pass the installation directory info to the custom action exe?
  65. How can I supress msimsp pop-up: 'Target ProductVersion is greater than the Upgraded Image; do you want to proceed anyway?'?
  66. Folder not removed after reboot when files are in use?
  67. What's wrong with my customization of Add Remove Programs?
  68. Any tips on Troubleshooting Error 2356 Could not locate cabinet in stream: [2]. ?
  69. What are some sources of: MSI error 2716: "Could not create a random subcomponent name for component '[2]'".?
  70. Why does the Windows Installer log list apparently duplicate components prepended with double underscore and appended with 65?
  71. InstallValidate Nulled Out My Request (Part III)
  72. Where is the Windows Installer SDK?
  73. What are some sources of: Error 1606: Could Not Access Network Location?
  74. How can I tie the execution of an MSI with an enclosing Wrapper?
  75. Can you please point me to some good documentation for creating a MSI custom action?
  76. What's wrong with the Custom ICE DLL I've built?
  77. Can I enable a particular priviledge for my NoImpersonate custom action?
  78. Is there a way to surgically update the MSI with the signed binaries without having to repackage the MSI?
  79. How do I detect that the installer is doing a repair?
  80. Where can I get some help parsing the Windows Installer logs?
  81. How do I launch a browser after my install completes?
  82. Windows Installer 3.1 Version Confusion
  83. What considerations are there for obfuscating my .MSI file with say a .DAT file name?
  84. How can I retain the value of a Property between install and uninstall?
  85. Does Windows Installer remember at uninstall the value of a property set during install?
  86. With an ALLUSER=2 MSI, What will happen if the per-user install is followed by an per-machine install?
  87. Can a non-admin user run an msi?
  88. MSIMSP says: "ERROR: UpgradedImages.MsiPath 'c:targetLeanMean.MSI' is not a proper MSI." Any hints?
  89. Beyond the Native Windows Installer User Interface
  90. Can a Type 38 custom action terminate the installation process from within the script?
  91. InstallValidate Nulled Out My Request (Part II)
  92. Which product code does MsiGetProductCode return if a component is shared by multiple products?
  93. Can I physically navigate to the MSI source cache and see where my baseline file is backed up when I apply a patch?
  94. Help understanding "Windows Installer Error 2745 Transform 1TTo1U invalid for package C:WINDOWSInstaller15ff62c.msp. Expected language 3082, found language 1034."
  95. What policy can we set to avoid error: MSI (c) (64:08) [18:58:59:083]: Rejecting product '{guid}': Non-assigned apps are disabled for non-admin users. Contact your system administrator. ?
  96. How can I delete folders with randomly generated names on Uninstall?
  97. PatchWiz v4.0 Beta is now available through the Windows Installer Beta program
  98. Introducing the Windows Installer Team Blog