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Mon, Jun 15 2009 16:38

(German:) Kostenloses Kompendium zur Anwendungsvirtualiserung

In der Reihe "Kompendium zur Virtualisierung" ist ein Heft mit Schwerpunkt Anwendungsvirtualisierung erschienen. Es behandelt unter anderem VMware ThinApp, Citrix XenApp, Microsoft App-V und InstallFree Bridge. Das 76-seitige Heft im DIN-A-5...
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Thu, Jun 11 2009 10:44

Why UAC isn’t a security boundary, and how auto-elevation works on Windows 7

Mark Russinovich (of SysInternals fame and now employed as a Technical Fellow at Microsoft) has published an interesting article about User Account Control (UAC) in the July issue of TechNet Magazine. He discusses the goal of UAC, why it could be circumvented...
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Fri, May 15 2009 7:50

Sample package from DesktopEngineer.com helps you becoming familiar with new MSI 4 and MSI 5 features

Darwin Sanoy of DesktopEngineer.com has published a MSI sample package with a step-by-step self learning guide that leads you through testing new features in Windows Installer versions 4 and 5. Topics covered include: signed and unsigned UAC prompts,...
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Wed, Feb 4 2009 17:45

Windows 7 Logo Requirements

Microsoft has published a preview of the “Technical Requirements for the Windows 7 Software Logo Program for Client Operating Systems”. The list of requirements is significantly shorter than in previous versions of Windows. The use of Windows Installer...
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Fri, Jan 30 2009 15:19

Chaining MSI Packages with MSI 4.5 White Paper

David Cole, Senior Software Engineer and Install Architect at IBM, has written a white paper called “Using Chained .MSI Packages to Componentize Your Windows Installer Setup”. The white paper is available from Acresso Software, the makers of InstallShield...
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Fri, Aug 1 2008 12:38

Deploying VSTO Office Add-Ins with Windows Installer

If you are creating Office add-ins you may find this two-part MSDN article useful. It describes how to install add-ins created with Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO) using Windows Installer. The article uses Visual Studio to create the MSI. Deploying...
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Fri, Jul 25 2008 12:51

LINQ to MSI

LINQ stands for Language-Integrated Query and enables you to directly query databases in .NET programming languages. In a series of blog posts Bart De Smet is writing a query provider to use LINQ for MSI databases. He emphasizes that it's a sample...
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Wed, May 7 2008 9:56

Basic Introduction to InstallShield and Windows Installer

Found a nice blog article by Susan Gorman that introduces Windows Installer and InstallShield's role: Basic Introduction to InstallShield and Windows Installer
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Mon, Jan 21 2008 17:57

Video: Windows Installer and Application Compatibility

Microsoft's Channel 9 posted a video interview with Robert Flaming, program manager on the Windows Installer team. Robert talks about topics like User Account Control (UAC), chainers, restart manager, nested install custom actions, digitally signing...
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Sun, Jan 20 2008 13:23

New Security Vulnerability in FLEXnet Connect

New reports about security vulnerabilities in Macrovision's FLEXnet Connect (formerly called InstallShield Update Service) have been published on January 15, 2007 2008. The vulnerability would enable an attacker to remotely run malicious code on a...
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Thu, Jan 3 2008 19:16

InstallShield Support for Visual Studio 2008, .NET Framework 3.5 and VC++ 9

Macrovision released updates for InstallShield 2008 to support integration with Visual Studio 2008 and redistribution of the .NET Framework 3.5 and VC++ 9 runtime files: HOTFIX: Beta Support for Visual Studio 2008 UPDATE: InstallShield 2008 Basic MSI...
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Thu, Nov 22 2007 13:57

Developer Webcast: Application Deployment on Windows (December 4, 2007)

In part 5 of their "Ignite our Coding" webcast series , the MSDN team at Microsoft Canada talks about application deployment on Windows: Now that your code is written and tested, how do you plan to deploy the working bits? There are a lot of...
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Fri, Nov 16 2007 17:20

Serious issue with the .NET 3.5 installer on Windows Vista

Aaron Stebner reports an issue (some commenters call it a "nightmare") in the .NET Framework 3.5 installer that can cause a premature reboot request on Windows Vista. If the user accepts the reboot request while the framework installer or your...
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Mon, Nov 12 2007 9:51

Free e-books about Virtualization

There are two e-books about virtualization available from Realtime Publishers as free download. Both books are not completed yet, new chapters being published regularly. The Definitive Guide to Virtual Platform Management by Anil Desai covers various...
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Fri, Nov 2 2007 13:18

More on the security patch for FLEXnet Connect

Some additional information about the recently reported security vulnerability in FLEXnet Connect: According to Secunia the vulnerability is reported in versions 5.01.100.47363 and 6.0.100.60146 of the Update Service ActiveX control (isusweb.dll), but...
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Tue, Oct 30 2007 19:00

Security patch for FLEXnet Connect

Today, Macrovision Corp. notified customers of FLEXnet Connect® (formerly called InstallShield Update Service) of a security vulnerability in the FLEXnet Connect client version 6.0. Customers using the FLEXnet Connect functionality that is bundled with...
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Fri, Sep 28 2007 19:35

Using virtual machines or disk images to test setups

Bob Arnson of the WiX team has some recommendations for tresting your setups. He discusses virtual machines vs. disk imaging, and briefly compares some virtual machine software products. Test your setups virtually
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Thu, Sep 27 2007 9:48

Comparison of Application Virtualization Solutions

InfoWorld published an article about application virtualization on Windows. It compares three popular solutions: SoftGrid from Microsoft, Altiris SVS from Symantec, and Thinstall. On the road to the virtual desktop
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Sat, Sep 1 2007 18:38

Installing shell extensions with Windows Installer

James Finnigan of Microsoft plans to build some custom actions for installing shell extensions, and he's looking for use cases and problem reports. So if you are installing shell extsensions such as protocol handlers, schema extensions, shell folders...
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Wed, Aug 22 2007 8:44

Are Software Awards of any use ?

You've probably seen those 5-star-ratings, reader's choice and similar awards for software - both commercial and shareware. In an experiment, Andy Brice discovered that the star-ratings of many download sites have no worth at all. He purposely...
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