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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

Posted to InstallSite Blog by stefan on Wed, May 7 2008
Filed under: Filed under: Web Resources, Windows Installer, Macrovision, Acresso, InstallShield
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 upgrade pricing. However users of these version...

Posted to InstallSite Blog by stefan on Thu, Apr 24 2008
Filed under: Filed under: Windows Installer, Industry News, Macrovision, Acresso
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, InstallScript MSI, and Express Support for .NET Framework...

Posted to InstallSite Blog by stefan on Thu, Jan 3 2008
Filed under: Filed under: Web Resources, Windows Installer, Industry News, Macrovision, Visual Studio
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 a Major Upgrade, you have two entries in Add/Remove...

Posted to InstallSite Blog by stefan on Tue, Oct 30 2007
Filed under: Filed under: Windows Installer, Industry News, Macrovision
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 market is evolving, and you can read about company...

Posted to InstallSite Blog by stefan on Thu, Oct 4 2007
Filed under: Filed under: Windows Installer, Macrovision, Virtualization
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 repackaging workflow, ICE rules and validation...

Posted to InstallSite Blog by stefan on Tue, Sep 11 2007
Filed under: Filed under: Windows Installer, Industry News, Macrovision
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 CE 6.0 and more. InstallShield 2008 is available...

Posted to InstallSite Blog by stefan on Tue, Aug 21 2007
Filed under: Filed under: Windows Installer, Industry News, Macrovision
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 because of this problem. This can happen if you use...

Posted to InstallSite Blog by stefan on Sat, Aug 11 2007
Filed under: Filed under: Web Resources, Windows Installer, Macrovision
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 Vista support and other enhancements. The Enterprise...

Posted to InstallSite Blog by stefan on Tue, Jul 10 2007
Filed under: Filed under: Windows Installer, Industry News, Macrovision, Virtualization
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 edition when ordering bundled with a Bronze, Silver...

Posted to InstallSite Blog by stefan on Wed, Jun 20 2007
Filed under: Filed under: Windows Installer, Industry News, Macrovision
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 experience. SaaS Support (IIS 7 and SSL technologies...

Posted to InstallSite Blog by stefan on Wed, May 23 2007
Filed under: Filed under: Windows Installer, Industry News, Macrovision
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.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=Open_Source&file...

Posted to InstallSite Blog by stefan on Mon, Nov 20 2006
Filed under: Filed under: Web Resources, Windows Installer, Macrovision
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 is the end opf upgrade pricing. Or, in the case...

Posted to InstallSite Blog by stefan on Sat, Nov 4 2006
Filed under: Filed under: Windows Installer, Industry News, Macrovision

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