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Wednesday, May 07, 2008 9:56 AM

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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Thursday, April 24, 2008 2:41 PM

Upgrade offer for old InstallShield and AdminStudio versions

There's currently a special offer that allows owners of InstallShield and AdminStudio to upgrade to the current version at a reduced price. InstallShield versions older than 11.0 and AdminStudio versions older than 7.0 are no longer entitled to regular...
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Thursday, January 03, 2008 7:16 PM

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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Tuesday, October 30, 2007 6:37 PM

Weird MSI problems on Vista caused by InstallShield bug

Recently, I've seen posts about some problems that really sounded weird to me. From the forum posts I was unable to tell what the setup authors might have done wrong. Here are some of the symptoms that have been reported in setup communities: After...
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Thursday, October 04, 2007 6:42 PM

Application Virtualization

Applicaton virtualization aims to combine the best of both worlds: the efficiency of locally installed software and the convenience of virtual machines. While the techology has been around for quite some time, it was almost unnoticed. But recently the...
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Tuesday, September 11, 2007 4:25 PM

Repackager Certification by Macrovision

Marovision Corp., makers of InstallShield and AdminStudio, respond to a repeated customer request and are now offering Repackager Certification exams. It's a combination of a 5-day training course with a 2-hour test at the end. The course covers the...
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Tuesday, August 21, 2007 12:28 PM

InstallShield 2008 Express Released

On August 16, Macrovision released InstallShield 2008 Express. This completes the 2008 edition of the InstallShield product family. Express 2008 includes improved support for Windows Vista and UAC, Windows Server 2008 beta, .NET framework 3.0, Windows...
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Saturday, August 11, 2007 10:01 AM

Uninstalling MSI Setups created with InstallShield can corrupt Windows

There's a bug in the way InstallShield extracts COM data that can corrupt the operating system when your "Basic MSI" or "InstallScript MSI" setup is uninstalled. Read how Christopher Painter lost TCP/IP settings on his computer...
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Tuesday, July 10, 2007 2:49 PM

New AdminStudio 8.5 supports Citrix Virtualization

Macrovision Corp. today released a new version of AdminStudio, their solution for packaging, customization and testing software for deployment. AdminStudio 8.5 now includes the latest version of InstallShield 2008 as Editor, which includes improved Windows...
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Thursday, June 21, 2007 12:12 AM

AdminStudio offer - 13% off any maintenance bundle

A promotion offer is available until 6th July for Macrovision's AdminStudio: you get 13% off when ordering AdminStudio with a maintenance plan. This offer is valid for full products and upgrades to AdminStudio Standard, Professional or Enterprise...
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Wednesday, May 23, 2007 2:57 PM

Macrovision released InstallShield 2008

Macrovision released a new major version of their setup authoring tool: InstallShield 2008 New in this version: New dialog designs for Basic MSI give you fresh choices for the look-and-feel of your installation’s user interface—improving the end-user...
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Monday, November 20, 2006 5:06 PM

Universal Extractor

Universal Extractor is an open source tool that extracts files from various types of archives, including self-extracting EXEs, MSI packages, CAB files (including the special InstallShield format), Wise and Nullsoft Installation packages. http://legroom...
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Saturday, November 04, 2006 12:12 PM

Macrovision is cleaning up product lines

Macrovision has announced changes for their InstallShield, InstallAnywhere, AdminStudio and DemoShield product lines. While these end-of-life announcements usually include several dates, like end of service pack support, the most important date for users...
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