http://desktopengineer.com/feeds DesktopEngineer.com Feeds This is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site, subject to copyright and fair use. Darwin@DesktopEngineer.com (Darwin Sanoy) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Desktopengineercom-WindowsInstaller/~3/450267452/free_cool_microsoft_setup_chainer_with_a_wacky_name One of the little setup gems unveiled at the Microsoft Professional Developer Conference was a setup chainer ... Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:55:07 CST http://desktopengineer.com/home/all_articles/free_cool_microsoft_setup_chainer_with_a_wacky_name http://desktopengineer.com/home/all_articles/free_cool_microsoft_setup_chainer_with_a_wacky_name Darwin@DesktopEngineer.com (Darwin Sanoy) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Desktopengineercom-WindowsInstaller/~3/304316374/released_windows_installer_4.5 Windows Installer 4.5 has moved from beta to release Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:44:31 CST http://desktopengineer.com/home/all_articles/released_windows_installer_4.5 http://desktopengineer.com/home/all_articles/released_windows_installer_4.5 Darwin@DesktopEngineer.com (Darwin Sanoy) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Desktopengineercom-WindowsInstaller/~3/293892447/free_finally_.net_custom_actions_for_windows_installer It has been a long time coming Mon, 19 May 2008 22:44:15 CST http://desktopengineer.com/home/all_articles/free_finally_.net_custom_actions_for_windows_installer http://desktopengineer.com/home/all_articles/free_finally_.net_custom_actions_for_windows_installer Darwin@DesktopEngineer.com (Darwin Sanoy) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Desktopengineercom-WindowsInstaller/~3/149355064/windows_installer_4.5_in_beta If you'd like to get on the beta of the next release of Windows Installer ... Tue, 28 Aug 2007 16:19:28 CST http://desktopengineer.com/home/all_articles/windows_installer_4.5_in_beta http://desktopengineer.com/home/all_articles/windows_installer_4.5_in_beta Darwin@DesktopEngineer.com (Darwin Sanoy) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Desktopengineercom-WindowsInstaller/~3/101944290/windows_installer_com_advertising_and_cross-product_interaction Don't your users hate it when they start a software application that then triggers a request for the installation media of a totally unrelated application? How about some relief ... Thu, 15 Mar 2007 12:32:59 CST http://desktopengineer.com/home/all_articles/windows_installer_com_advertising_and_cross-product_interaction http://desktopengineer.com/home/all_articles/windows_installer_com_advertising_and_cross-product_interaction Darwin@DesktopEngineer.com (Darwin Sanoy) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Desktopengineercom-WindowsInstaller/~3/84031302/symantec_acquires_altiris Symantec has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Altiris. I have to tell you the first thought that came to my mind ... Tue, 30 Jan 2007 13:48:28 CST http://desktopengineer.com/home/all_articles/symantec_acquires_altiris http://desktopengineer.com/home/all_articles/symantec_acquires_altiris Darwin@DesktopEngineer.com (Darwin Sanoy) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Desktopengineercom-WindowsInstaller/~3/52266143/processmonitor_-_regmon__filemon_on_a_single_process It has been many moons since I asked Sysinternals if they had thought of combining regmon and filemon for a single process ... Tue, 21 Nov 2006 14:41:56 CST http://desktopengineer.com/home/all_articles/processmonitor_-_regmon__filemon_on_a_single_process http://desktopengineer.com/home/all_articles/processmonitor_-_regmon__filemon_on_a_single_process Darwin@DesktopEngineer.com (Darwin Sanoy) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Desktopengineercom-WindowsInstaller/~3/35385721/uac_in_msi_notes_by_msi_team_member Microsoft employee Robert Flaming has been publishing some excellent information about how Vista's UAC and MSI interact ... Mon, 09 Oct 2006 19:20:55 CST http://desktopengineer.com/home/all_articles/uac_in_msi_notes_by_msi_team_member http://desktopengineer.com/home/all_articles/uac_in_msi_notes_by_msi_team_member Darwin@DesktopEngineer.com (Darwin Sanoy) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Desktopengineercom-WindowsInstaller/~3/76511466/wise_package_studio_7_beta Wise has opened up the beta of their next major release of package studio. Significant enhancements include full integration of SVS (Software Virtualization Solution) with the Repackager Thu, 04 May 2006 06:55:25 CST http://desktopengineer.com/home/all_articles/wise_package_studio_7_beta http://desktopengineer.com/home/all_articles/wise_package_studio_7_beta Darwin@DesktopEngineer.com (Darwin Sanoy) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Desktopengineercom-WindowsInstaller/~3/76524030/masai_editor_bought_by_script_logic The Windows Installer editor formerly known as MaSaI has been acquired by Script Logic... Thu, 13 Apr 2006 11:26:39 CST http://desktopengineer.com/home/all_articles/masai_editor_bought_by_script_logic http://desktopengineer.com/home/all_articles/masai_editor_bought_by_script_logic Darwin@DesktopEngineer.com (Darwin Sanoy) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Desktopengineercom-WindowsInstaller/~3/76545314/free_flexnet_adminstudio_7_sms_edition Macrovision has upgraded their SMS Edition to the version 7 release of AdminStudio... Fri, 07 Apr 2006 16:28:27 CST http://desktopengineer.com/home/all_articles/free_flexnet_adminstudio_7_sms_edition http://desktopengineer.com/home/all_articles/free_flexnet_adminstudio_7_sms_edition Darwin@DesktopEngineer.com (Darwin Sanoy) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Desktopengineercom-WindowsInstaller/~3/76561257/windows_installer_4.0_video_on_channel_9 Learn about the details of the Vista version of Windows Installer by the team who actually builds it... Thu, 15 Dec 2005 08:51:33 CST http://desktopengineer.com/home/all_articles/windows_installer_4.0_video_on_channel_9 http://desktopengineer.com/home/all_articles/windows_installer_4.0_video_on_channel_9 Darwin@DesktopEngineer.com (Darwin Sanoy) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Desktopengineercom-WindowsInstaller/~3/76588188/tutorial_for_wix_microsoft_open_source_windows_installer_tool_for_developers Here is a fairly comprehensive tutorial on using WIX. Those administrators who support in-house developers may find advantages to having in-house developers use WIX to build their packages... Mon, 12 Dec 2005 11:00:11 CST http://desktopengineer.com/home/all_articles/tutorial_for_wix_microsoft_open_source_windows_installer_tool_for_developers http://desktopengineer.com/home/all_articles/tutorial_for_wix_microsoft_open_source_windows_installer_tool_for_developers Darwin@DesktopEngineer.com (Darwin Sanoy) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Desktopengineercom-WindowsInstaller/~3/76561318/microsofts_windows_installer_team_blog Microsoft's Windows Installer Team has a blog where they disseminate a lot of good information on MSI technology. The blog handles a lot of Q&A about indepth Windows Installer topics. Mon, 03 Oct 2005 14:49:20 CST http://desktopengineer.com/home/all_articles/microsofts_windows_installer_team_blog http://desktopengineer.com/home/all_articles/microsofts_windows_installer_team_blog Darwin@DesktopEngineer.com (Darwin Sanoy) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Desktopengineercom-WindowsInstaller/~3/76622889/windows_installer_3.1_v2_-_critical_update_for_those_who_repackage Windows Installer 3.1 has been released more than once - unfortunately Tue, 27 Sep 2005 14:20:14 CST http://desktopengineer.com/home/all_articles/windows_installer_3.1_v2_-_critical_update_for_those_who_repackage http://desktopengineer.com/home/all_articles/windows_installer_3.1_v2_-_critical_update_for_those_who_repackage Darwin@DesktopEngineer.com (Darwin Sanoy) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Desktopengineercom-WindowsInstaller/~3/76651036/free_2.0_release_of_ms_driver_information_framework_difx DIFx is Microsoft's first attempt to standard device driver installations and make them more managable. Included in this kit is Windows Installer... Tue, 19 Jul 2005 12:27:51 CST http://desktopengineer.com/home/all_articles/free_2.0_release_of_ms_driver_information_framework_difx http://desktopengineer.com/home/all_articles/free_2.0_release_of_ms_driver_information_framework_difx Darwin@DesktopEngineer.com (Darwin) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Desktopengineercom-WindowsInstaller/~3/76620747/masai_editor_2.4_released A new version of the most affordable Windows Installer tool for administrators has been released. Wed, 13 Jul 2005 11:36:52 CST http://desktopengineer.com/home/all_articles/masai_editor_2.4_released http://desktopengineer.com/home/all_articles/masai_editor_2.4_released Darwin@DesktopEngineer.com (Darwin Sanoy) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Desktopengineercom-WindowsInstaller/~3/76588189/ms_chat_windows_installer_and_the_driver_installation_framework The Driver Installation Framework is Microsoft's new standard for installing drivers on Windows. It includes support for driver installation and management via Windows Installer. This chat... Thu, 16 Jun 2005 10:18:04 CST http://desktopengineer.com/home/desktop_engineer/ms_chat_windows_installer_and_the_driver_installation_framework http://desktopengineer.com/home/desktop_engineer/ms_chat_windows_installer_and_the_driver_installation_framework