I'm getting ready to push some msi's out using wise's package studio. The manula states that all packages should be created using a clean workstation. So I plan on doing a clean install of windows xp ...

Hello -- I've been given the task this coming week to make an MSI package (deliverable by Zen) for an SQL client application. Now, the person before me had a hard time and eventually gave up because - ...

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When I first had to deal with "packaging" a program to install on several PCs, the process was simple: get it working on one machine, zip the directory it was installed in, and then save it to a ...

No more DLL hell. That was just one of Microsoft Corp.’s goals when it introduced the Windows Installer service along with Windows 2000 nearly four years ago. The service, which now runs on Windows XP ...

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