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Patching without admin rights, and what to do when your certificate expires

You can enable non-admin users to install patches to your application. To enable this, you must ship a digital certificate with your original setup and later sign the updates with the same certificate. This functionality was first introduced with MSI 3 (it was called LUA Patching and restricted to removable...

Posted to InstallSite Blog by stefan on Mon, Jan 24 2011
Filed under: Filed under: Web Resources, Windows Installer, UAC, MSI
How to manage installation of ActiveX components via Group Policy (Link to article about the Windows ActiveX Installer Service)

If you want to allow installation of specific ActiveX controls in your organization without users being prompted for administrator credentials (UAC), you can use the Windows ActiveX Installer Service that is available in Windows Vista and Windows 7. In his blog, Alex Verboon has posted step-by-step instructions...

Posted to InstallSite Blog by stefan on Fri, Apr 9 2010
Filed under: Filed under: Web Resources, UAC, Windows 7, Group Policy, ActiveX
False Positives in Windows 7's Installer Detection

When User Account Control (UAC ) was introduced in Windows Vista it would have caused problems for many existing setups because they required full administrator permissions. Therefore Microsoft added heuristical detection for installers. For instance if it detects a keyword like “setup” or...

Posted to InstallSite Blog by stefan on Wed, Jun 24 2009
Filed under: Filed under: Web Resources, UAC, Windows 7, Application Compatibility
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 by malware, and how auto-elevation on Windows...

Posted to InstallSite Blog by stefan on Thu, Jun 11 2009
Filed under: Filed under: Web Resources, UAC, Security, Windows 7, Application Compatibility
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 setups and patches. Watch the video or download...

Posted to InstallSite Blog by stefan on Mon, Jan 21 2008
Filed under: Filed under: Web Resources, Windows Installer, UAC, Vista
Setup Guidelines for UAC Compatibility

An article in the Altiris community blog lists best practices that should be followed to make sure your setup works as intended on Windows Vista with User Account Control (UAC). Guidelines and Best Practices to Achieve UAC for Applications on Vista

Posted to InstallSite Blog by stefan on Mon, Aug 13 2007
Filed under: Filed under: Web Resources, Windows Installer, UAC, Vista
How to trigger UAC elevation from a script

If you need to run command with full administrator permissions in Windows Vista, you could use the elevated command prompt (by right-clicking the command prompt icon in the start menu and selection "run as administrator). However if you need to do this from a batch or script file you have to use...

Posted to InstallSite Blog by stefan on Mon, Jul 2 2007
Filed under: Filed under: Web Resources, UAC, Vista
In-depth analysis of Vista UAC

An article has been posted at The Code Project that examines how UAC on Windows Vista operates behind the scenes, including a debug session of an elevation via the UAC prompt. It also shows how to work with UAC using manifests or the CreateProcess API, including source code. In-depth analysis of Vista...

Posted to InstallSite Blog by stefan on Wed, Jun 20 2007
Filed under: Filed under: Web Resources, UAC, Vista
Types of UAC prompt dialogs and how to remote control them

An article in the Windows Vista Team Blog shows the various types of UAC prompts and in which case (singed or unsigned executable etc.) which type is displayed. The screenshots are a bit tiny but you get the idea. By default, other applications cannot send messages to the UAC dialog because it's displayed...

Posted to InstallSite Blog by stefan on Wed, Feb 7 2007
Filed under: Filed under: Web Resources, UAC, Vista
7 Reasons Why your Installations May Fail on Windows Vista (And How You Can Fix Them)

An article that I've written for the December 2006 issue of the Macrovision DevLetter. 7 Reasons Why your Installations May Fail on Windows Vista (And How You Can Fix Them) Windows Installer is not just a technology but also a set of rules and best practices. While these rules have been specified...

Posted to InstallSite Blog by stefan on Wed, Feb 7 2007
Filed under: Filed under: Web Resources, Windows Installer, UAC, Vista, Tips
MSDN Magazine article about UAC (in multiple languages)

An MSDN Magazine article that talks about User Account Control (UAC) on Windows Vista and also covers setup topics is available online. There are several localized versions of this article. If your language isn't detected automatically you can select a language from the drop down box in the upper right...

Posted to InstallSite Blog by stefan on Thu, Dec 21 2006
Filed under: Filed under: Web Resources, Windows Installer, UAC, Vista
Important Windows Installer WebCast: Designing Installations for User Account Control (recording available)

Windows Vista includes a new feature call User Account Control (UAC) which has the potential to break many existing MSI-based setups. UAC is a really, really important topic. Although Vista isn't released yet, I'm seeing multiple reports of broken setups. It's time to understand UAC and prepare...

Posted to InstallSite Blog by stefan on Fri, Oct 13 2006
Filed under: Filed under: Web Resources, Windows Installer, UAC, Vista
How UAC in Vista will impact your Setup (updated Oct 3)

Windows Vista introduces a security concept called User Account Control (UAC) which has multiple impacts on Windows Installer (MSI) based setups. Robert Flaming, Product manager on the MSI team at Microsoft, is posting a series of articles on his blog that explain what these changes are, and how they...

Posted to InstallSite Blog by stefan on Fri, Sep 22 2006
Filed under: Filed under: Web Resources, Windows Installer, UAC, Vista

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