by Alex Verboon
A few weeks ago we have started with the preparation for introducing Microsoft Office 2013 and Internet Explorer 11. As with every introduction of new software it’s all about compatibility. During the course of testing applications we were informed that Read More …
While only a few years ago the 64-bit version of the Windows client would only be installed on special purpose systems, nowadays it has become the de facto standard for most OEM’s and Enterprises. In 2010 Microsoft published some numbers Read More …
There is an updated version of the less misérables utility a utility with a graphical user interface and a command line interface that can be used to view and extract the contents of an MSI file. The updated version now Read More …
I just read this very interesting article “Why Win32_Product is Bad News!” and if you’re a Desktop Systems Administrator I strongly recommend to the read that article as well. To simulate what Darren is writing about, simply open an elevated Read More …
If you plan to use the Microsoft App-V Stand-Alone Mode some Registry Settings are required for the Application Virtualization Client as described in detail on this App-V site here. But instead of setting these registry keys manually or through a Read More …
This morning I integrated Microsoft Silverlight 3 into our Windows 7 build. Since we use an automated image build process, i prepared the Silverlight package for a silent install. Here’s what you need to do to run a silent Silverlight Read More …
Windows7 comes with Windows Installer 5.0 that has a new installation property called MSIFASTINSTALL. Using the MSIFASTINSTALL property can help reduce time required to install a windows installer package. The trick behind MSIFASTINSTALL is quite simple, it just skips things Read More …
Today I found a nice utility that allows you to easily extract individual files from an MSI package. The tool is called “less miséreables”. it’s a kind of a funny name, but it does the job. To extract a file, Read More …
Bob Kelly has launched a free MSI Packaging tool called the AppDeploy Repackager. The AppDeploy Repackager is a simple freeware snapshot tool for the creation of Windows Installer (MSI) setup packages More information about what the Repackager can do and Read More …