Windows Installer 4.5 for XP SP3 and Vista SP1
Microsoft has made available for download a new version of the Windows Installer Redistributable package on June 2, 2008.
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3.6.2008 Vista BootMgr Installer
Steve Jobs prepare next great article for us on his blog: The following has been created by Keznews member Nightthief to make it easier for people to use the Vista BootManager crack. It is the first installer based on VistaBoot!
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28.5.2007 Web Application Installer for Vista RTM/SP1
Hot on the heels of the Microsoft Web Platform Installer Beta comes the Microsoft Web Applications Installer.
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16.10.2008 Windows Installer 4.5 for Vista SP2, 5.0 for Windows 7
In June 2008, Microsoft released Windows Installer 4.5 on the Microsoft Download Center for XP SP2+, Server 2003 SP1+, Vista, and Server 2008.
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29.1.2009 Windows Live Installer 12.0.1471.1025
Windows Live™ is a new set of services that brings your online world together.
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7.11.2007 Death of the apps installer?
One of the great bugbears for developers is the issue of fitting their splendid new applications code to the requirements demanded by applications installers. But could this be about to disappear as a problem? According to David Greschler, co-founder and VP of corporate marketing with Softricity, the answer is a soundly political ?maybe?.
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24.4.2006 Advanced Installer Professional 4.9
Advanced Installer Professional is a Windows Installer authoring tool which enables developers and system administrators to easily build reliable MSI packages.
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5.4.2007 Windows 7 beta testers find critical Windows Installer Bug
Mary Jo reports that a number of Windows 7 Beta testers have come across a bug that crashes the system randomly whenever they try to start a Windows Update or install anything using Microsoft's MSI installer.
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19.1.2009 Microsoft Security Advisory 927891 non security-Fix for Windows Installer
Ok this is the MSI fix (Windows Update Client 100%CPU issue) as discussed before here on Bink.nu. For best results also install the new update client . This client will be distributed worldwide in June through Microsoft/Windows Update and WSUS.
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23.5.2007 Windows XP SP3 Twice as Fast as Windows Vista – Leaves Vista SP1 in the Dust
Forget about Windows Vista. And forget about Windows Vista SP1. Microsoft's latest Windows client has been quite sluggish to begin with. This in both consumer adoption and in terms of the performance it delivers.
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27.11.2007 Windows Vista Wow! Forget about Vista SP1, XP SP3 and Windows 7!
That's it, forget about Windows XP Service Pack 3, about Windows 7, the next iteration of Windows and even about Windows Vista Service Pack 1.
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1.2.2008 Windows Vista SP1 vs. Windows Vista RTM vs. Windows XP SP2
Feb 26th, 2008. Principled Technologies has released two Microsoft commissioned reports on Windows Vista SP1 performance. In these tests, Principled Technologies measured responsiveness of Windows Vista SP1 vs. Windows Vista RTM vs. Windows XP SP2 when performing a set of common business and home tasks.
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28.2.2008 Vista SP1 RC1 Flies Past Vista RTM and Windows XP SP2
Despite the fact that Microsoft has expressed its official position regarding testing Windows Vista Service Pack 1 ahead of its finalization, there is simply too much of a hunger for the service pack.
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27.12.2007 Vista SP1 Won't Resolve the 4 GB RAM Limitation of 32-bit Windows Vista
32-bit Windows operating systems, and Windows Vista makes no exception whatsoever to this rule, are limited in terms of the amount of system memory that can be addressed to no more than 4 GB.
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4.1.2008 Vista Loader 2.1.3 - Windows Vista Activator 2008 Support SP1 with No Boot String
Vista Loader is one of the most successful Vista activation crack available to date, second only to physical modify (hardmod) the BIOS to include SLIC table to make BIOS Vista activation-compliant.
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15.5.2008 Microsoft to Kill the Grace Timer and OEM BIOS Windows Vista Cracks with Vista SP1
With the advent of Windows Vista, cracks also became available being designed to bypass the activation process of the operating system.
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4.12.2007 Windows Vista on Super Nintendo, As Real As Vista on PSP
We're puzzled and confused... How can a console that's at least ten times less powerful than the acclaimed PSP cope with Windows Vista's requirements?
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15.8.2007 Vista SP1 Features the Same Sins as Windows Vista
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 comes with the same sins as Windows Vista. The service pack is not even out the door, and is already putting users at risk.
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16.1.2008 Will Vista SP1 Go Where Vista Never Went? Even with XP SP3 and Windows 7?
Throughout 2007, it became painfully clear to Microsoft that the main competitor for Windows Vista was not Apple's Mac OS X or even the open source Linux operating system but Windows XP, and, in fact, specifically XP SP2.
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1.3.2008 Microsoft Makes Its Own: 32-bit Windows Vista vs. 64-bit Windows Vista
With Windows Vista, Microsoft delivered both the 32-bit and 64-bit flavors concomitantly, a first for the company, whose Windows XP x64 Professional (April, 2005) was launched one year after Windows XP SP2 (August 2005) and four after the initial 32-bit Windows XP (2001).
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8.1.2008 Microsoft: Windows Vista vs. Windows XP – Definitely Vista!
As far as Microsoft is concerned there is only one choice possible in terms of desktop clients. But Windows Vista is also the clear option over Windows XP when it comes down to the Redmond company's preferred operating system for mobile PCs.
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6.9.2007 Genuine Windows Vista vs. Pirated Windows Vista
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Essentially there is absolutely no difference between a genuine and pirated copy of Windows Vista in terms of functionality. Sure, there is a very good chance that the counterfeit version of the operating system would contain malicious code and that the user experience would be gravely diminished because the fabric of the platform has been tampered with in the cracking process.
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12.9.2007 How to Install Vista Language Packs MUI on all versions of Vista + video tutorial
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic, Vista Home Premium, and Vista Business versions of the Microsoft licensing restrictions can only preserve a language!
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23.9.2008 The Vista Built-in Super Administrator Account Has Survived in Vista SP1
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is designed to evolve the RTM version of the latest Windows client from Microsoft, made available in November 2006 to business customers, and in January 2007 to the general consumers.
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15.2.2008 Vista SP1 Is Out, XP SP3 Old News, the Pink Edition of Vista Is In
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is now nothing more than water under the bridge, now that the service pack was released to manufacturing on February 4, 2008, shipping to general users on March 18.
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27.3.2008 Tell Hasta la Vista to XP - Time to Upgrade to Vista SP1
Like it or not, this is the right time not only to upgrade to Windows Vista Service Pack 1 but also to tell hasta la vista to Windows XP.
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30.6.2008 Instant Change Vista Product ID with Vista ProductID Changer
In past we have reviewed number of application to recover product key like Product Key Finder, WinGuggle, Windows product Key Finder.
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1.11.2009 x64 Vista SP2 JPG Rendering Performance Inferior to x86 Vista SP2's
The JPG rendering process on 64-bit flavors of Windows Vista Service Pack 2 is inferior to that on the 32-bit variants of the operating system.
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10.6.2009 New Vista OEM Activation Hack - Vista Boot by gkend
Thanks to Steve Jobs for this article on his blog and to our forum members to clecha, Nighthief and fitterphil120 for most of the findings. One again the “Chinese” come up with a new method to trick out the Vista Activation. We have seen Softmode and VistaLoader, however “ Vista Boot by gkend” does promise even more.
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21.5.2007 Vista RTM vs. Vista SP1 - Office 2007 benchmarking
Enough with benchmarking the OS - let’s see if Office 2007 is any faster on Vista SP1.
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26.2.2008Windows Installer 4.5 for Vista SP2, 5.0 for Windows 7
In June 2008, Microsoft
released Windows Installer 4.5 on the Microsoft Download Center for XP SP2+, Server 2003 SP1+, Vista, and Server 2008. Now, with yesterday's release
of the
SP2 RC-Escrow
build, it has been confirmed that the new version will also be bundled with the second service pack for Vista and Server 2008.
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29.01.2009A Warning About the Windows Vista SP1 Beta Standalone Installer
Robert McLaws: By now you're aware that the Windows Vista SP1 Beta has been released to beta testers for a thorough shakedown. I just wanted to give
anyone who still has UAC on a bit of warning. If you right-click the installer and select "Run as Administrator" first, then it won't take nearly
as long to extract the files. Otherwise, it takes almost 15 minutes just to fail thrugh the copy the first time, until you finally get the UAC
dialog.
Also, be aware that, while it says it can take up to 30 minutes, it's closer to an hour, and it will restart 3 or 4
times in the process (checking the box at the beginning is definitely advised). I've been running SP1 on my main machine for a few hours now, and it
seems to be pretty stable. I'll have more on this later.
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25.09.2007What Windows platforms will Windows Installer 4.5 ship in?
Our friends at InstallShield had some questions about schedule and platforms. One of those questions was:
Question:
What Windows platforms will Windows Installer ship in?
Answer:
Windows Installer 4.5 will initially ship as a
Windows redistributable component via download center. At RTM, redistributable packages will support installing to Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows
Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Windows Vista RTM and SP1, and Windows Server 2008. These redistributable packages will support the three CPU architectures
Windows to which these platforms ship: x86, x64, and ia64. These choices for platform support are consistent with the
Windows Service Pack road map...
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01.09.2007Newest Windows Installer will enable multiple package installs
Managing a massive Windows installation has already been likened to administering a colossal database. Today, Microsoft added new functions to its
Installer for setup packages, that really does start treating Windows like one...
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04.06.2008GNUstep Windows Installer
The
GNUstep Windows installer is based on the MinGW system and
consists of the basic MSYS and MinGW libraries, other library dependancies and the GNUstep Core packages (gnustep-make, gnustep-base, gnustep-gui, and
gnustep-back). The installer installs GNUstep onto most varieties of Windows (see below for tested installations) and sets up the computer to make it
easy to run GNUstep applications. It is based on the NSIS installer.
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25.12.2007Windows Installer 4.5 Redistributable
The Microsoft® Windows® Installer (MSI) is the application installation and configuration service for Windows. Version 4.5 of the Windows Installer
has several new features, including:
Multiple Package Transaction: In a multiple package transaction, you can create a single
transaction from multiple packages. In a multiple package transaction, a chainer is used to dynamically include packages in the transaction. If any of
the packages do not install as expected, you can roll back the installation.
Embedded UI Handler: You can embed a custom user
interface (UI) handler in the Windows Installer package. This makes a custom UI easier to integrate. You can also invoke an embedded UI handler from
the Add or Remove item in Control Panel. Or, you can invoke an embedded UI handler during a Windows Installer repair process.
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03.06.2008Windows 7 beta testers find critical Windows Installer Bug
Mary Jo reports that a number of Windows 7 Beta testers have come across a bug that crashes the system randomly whenever they try to start a Windows
Update or install anything using Microsoft's MSI installer. Enthusiast Chris Holmes claims that many users have started experiencing random
crashing of explorer and msiexec.exe when trying to start Windows Update or install anything that uses an MSI based installer. Some have gone to the
extent of reinstalling the beta. Rafael has discovered that the fault arises from the Software Quality Management (SQM) Client which is a part of the
Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP).
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20.01.2009Deployed: Windows Vista SP1 RC on ALL of my PCs
Brandon LeBlanc: Today Nick announced the availability of the release candidate for Windows Vista SP1. I had a chance to get the RC build of Windows
Vista SP1 installed a few days ago. I decided to roll the RC out on all of my PCs which showcase a variety of device types and scenarios:
- My Main Desktop PC running Windows Vista Ultimate x64 - check.
- My Test/Work PC running Windows Vista Business - check.
- My Dell Vostro 1500 Laptop running Windows Vista Ultimate - check.
- My Samsung Q1 UMPC running Windows Vista Home Premium - check.
- My Digital CableCard PC running Windows Vista Home Premium - check.
In installing the RC on my PCs, I did a combination of
using the standalone installer and Windows Update. Before proceeding to install the SP1 RC bits, I first needed to uninstall the SP1 beta bits first.
Users looking to install the Windows Vista SP1 RC will need to uninstall any previous version of SP1 prior to the installation of the RC from either
Windows Update or the standalone installer.
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06.12.2007Debugging a Per-User Installation Error on Windows Vista
Chris Jackson: Yesterday, a friend asked for some assistance debugging an issue with Windows Installer. It was one of those situations where you've
looked at the problem so closely, so many times, that you just needed another set of eyes. (They're close to shipping, so they've been doing nothing
but look at bugs, probably for a while.)
Some background:
What they're doing is a rather interesting use of
Windows Installer. They're using it to drop a setup.exe and then run it. So, they have a custom action of type 0xC02, which is a deferred custom
action, promoted to not use impersonation, which runs as an exe. This custom action spawns another version of itself (with different arguments), and
then the process exits so the installer can complete. The second version of this custom action then wants to uninstall the msi, as well as launch the
setup.exe. So, the msi is just a way to package up the setup.exe.
And, with UAC, it was breaking.
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25.10.2007How to sign up for the Windows Installer 4.5 beta program
I just noticed a set of steps that have been posted on the
Windows Installer team blog that can be used to sign up for the Windows Installer 4.5 beta. If you are interested in trying out
this beta and haven't signed up yet, I encourage you to check out
this post for more information.
Currently, signing up for the 4.5 beta will allow you to access some
white papers about agility in software packaging and how Windows Installer 4.5 can help achieve agility goals. In addition,
according to
this post, the Windows Installer 4.5 beta will be available for download "any day now" to members of the beta program.
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23.08.2007Windows Installer 4.5 Beta Accepting Nominations
The Windows Installer team has
unleashed the beta program for
Windows Installer 4.5 on
Microsoft Connect. Anyone
interested can sign up,
provided they have a Windows
Live ID tied to Microsoft
Connect - there is no survey
to fill out. " Windows
Installer 4.5 will provide
targeted features for
multi-package products and
advanced servicing. Windows
Installer 4.5 will be
delivered down level to
Windows XP SP2 and above. This
down level update will include
the operating system
independent features and fixes
from the Windows Vista only
release, Windows Installer
4.0 ." There is supposed
to be a draft paper entitled
"Agility Trends in Package
Software" which discusses the
problems the team is targeting
with the Windows Installer 4.5
release but at the time of
posting the link seems to be
dead.
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25.06.2007Exclusive: Windows Vista SP2 RC released to general public
As expected, Windows Vista Service Pack 2 RC and Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 RC is now available to general public for download. You can
download the SP2 RC for both Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 below: ISO for Windows Server 2008 x86/x64/ia64 and Windows Vista x86/x64x86 for
Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista x86x64 for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista x64IA64 for Windows Server 2008 ia64 The service pack is
delivered as a single release for both Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. There will be a single 32-bit standalone installer (302 MB to 390 MB)
for both Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008.
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04.03.2009First Windows Vista SP1 Prerequisite Update for Ultimate/Enterprise Users Now Available
Two or three updates are required before you install Windows Vista Service Pack 1. The updates that are required depend on the edition of Windows
Vista that you are upgrading. Prerequisite update 935509 is only applicable to Windows Vista Enterprise and to Windows Vista Ultimate. The other
prerequisite updates that are discussed in this article apply to all editions of Windows Vista.
Before Windows Vista SP1 is
released, these prerequisite updates will be delivered to most users through Windows Update as part of regularly scheduled monthly updates. These
updates will be installed together with other updates that will require that you restart the computer. An additional restart will not be required.
Therefore, this delivery method will simplify installation of these prerequisite updates.
Customers who decide to install Windows
Vista SP1 by using the stand-alone installer, instead of by using Windows Update, will not have to install the prerequisite packages separately. The
prerequisite packages will be installed by the stand-alone installer if they are necessary.
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08.01.2008Whats coming with Windows? Even the insiders arent sure'
Sometimes you find fascinating little tidbits of Microsoft news buried in obscure places, tossed in as throwaway remarks. Todays case in point comes
from
a post
at the Windows Installer team blog, which tries to explain why some references to Windows Installer 4.1 appeared on an MSDN and then were
removed.
The explanation provides an interesting factoid and also illustrates a larger principle about how Microsoft works.
First the factoid.
From the
post (with emphasis added):
The back story here starts about this time last year when we were finishing up Windows Installer 4.0 in Windows
Vista and asking ourselves śWhats next?ť. At that time, we didnt know the bar for features in Windows Vista SP1 and next major release of Windows.
<¦>
Knowing none of the feature and release criteria, our best guess at the time was that Windows Vista
SP1 would ship first, an out of band release would ship next, and then the next full version of Windows would be our focus.
<¦>
he new guard in Windows had a very different bar for the Vista SP than had been in practice for previous releases (at
least in my memory). Generally there is lip service to no large feature work in a SP but this time folks listened. Big feature adds were heavily
scrutinized. The items we wanted to fix in the SP, UAC tweaks, were big feature by the new bar.
When the UAC tweaks were
rejected for Vista SP1, the justification for 4.1 faded as there were no new features in the Windows Installer in Vista SP1.
The good news to
all of you who have been complaining about UAC is that your protests have not been falling on deaf ears. The bad news is that whatever work is being
done will not appear in SP1.
So when will it appear? I found it fascinating that this team of developers at Microsoft, working on
core technology, had to guess at the timeline and feature set for future versions of Windows, including a crucial service pack. Let that be a lesson
for those who believe that Microsoft, in Borg-like fashion, ruthlessly coordinates its activities. The reality is theres a lot of internal debate
within the halls at One Microsoft Way, and even insiders are confused over whats coming up in the Windows road map.
Now, can we
talk about that out-of-band release¦?
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02.10.2007Windows Vista SP1 officially released
Microsoft have now officially released the stand-alone installer for Windows Vista SP1, and is available to download from the
Download
Center.
"Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is an update to Windows Vista that addresses key feedback from our customers. SP1
addresses specific reliability and performance issues, supports new types of hardware, and adds support for several emerging standards."
The installer weighs in at 434.5 MB.
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18.03.2008Microsoft releases Windows Vista SP2 and Server 2008 SP2
Microsoft has released a standalone installer for Windows Vista SP2 and Windows Server 2008 SP2 today. The software giant posted some things to know
about the service packs last month, one of the warnings is if "vLite" was used to customize your Windows Vista installation, you may have removed
required system components which prevent Service Pack 2 from installing. Microsoft has a workaround for this issue. Microsoft is expected to post the
bits to Windows Update in the coming weeks but if you are eager to install SP2 today then the download links are listed below. Download: Vista
SP2/Server 2008 SP2 32 bit Download: Vista SP2/Server 2008 SP2 64 bit
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26.05.2009Windows Installer 4.5 Released
The Microsoft® Windows® Installer (MSI) is the application installation and configuration service for Windows. Version 4.5 of the Windows Installer
has several new features, including:
• Multiple Package Transaction
• Embedded UI Handler
• Embedded Chainer
• Update
Supersedence Resiliency
• Shared Component Patching Resiliency During Uninstall
• Custom Action Execution On Update Uninstall
After
installation of this package, the version of Windows Installer on the system will be upgraded to 4.5.
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04.06.2008Photos: Installing Vista SP1 beta
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Earlier today I downloaded the standalone installer for Windows Vista SP1 build 6001.16659 and installed it on a few systems
to see what it was like -- and I thought you might like to take a look at it.
Don't expect huge UI changes after installing SP1
-- the changes are small and subtle. In fact, if you're not familiar with Windows Vista, you might miss the SP1 changes. I've put together an image
gallery showing some of the most significant changes.
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28.09.2007First Windows Vista SP1 Prerequisite Update
Two or three updates are required before you install Windows Vista Service Pack 1. The updates that are required depend on the edition of Windows
Vista that you are upgrading. Prerequisite update 935509 is only applicable to Windows Vista Enterprise and to Windows Vista Ultimate. The other
prerequisite updates that are discussed in this article apply to all editions of Windows Vista.
Before Windows Vista SP1 is
released, these prerequisite updates will be delivered to most users through Windows Update as part of regularly scheduled monthly updates. These
updates will be installed together with other updates that will require that you restart the computer. An additional restart will not be required.
Therefore, this delivery method will simplify installation of these prerequisite updates.
Customers who decide to install Windows
Vista SP1 by using the stand-alone installer, instead of by using Windows Update, will not have to install the prerequisite packages separately. The
prerequisite packages will be installed by the stand-alone installer if they are necessary.
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08.01.2008Windows Installer 4.5 beta 2 - coming soon (and a chat too!)
Tyler Robinson: <...> I have a few exciting announcements to make today:
- I know you all have been wondering what has been up with
Windows Installer 4.5, and I am pleased to announce that we plan to release Beta 2 within the next few weeks. If you would like to access the beta
program, please read Robert's
prior posting on this topic. There will be an announcement posted to the blog when the Beta 2 is available. Your feedback on beta 2 is welcomed
and also critical in this stage of our release, as this is our last scheduled beta before we RTM.
- We have also scheduled an MSDN Technical Chat
on Windows Installer 4.5 on April 3, 2008 at 10:00 AM (Pacific). If you have not participated in these chats before, they are a great forum for you to
interact directly with members of the team! Click here to add the chat to your calendar so you don't miss it!
Please stay tuned to the blog for more exciting announcements coming soon ...
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