The Windows Installer service is a component of Microsoft Windows. Some software installation (or setup) packages require this service. The component copies files and makes registry changes on behalf of the program being installed. Sandboxie does not permit sandboxed programs to use the system Windows Installer. If the sandboxed program needs the service, it will fail and Sandboxie will tell you to start a sandboxed instance of the Windows Installer service.

Windows Installer is an operating system service that ships with Microsoft? Windows Server? 2003 family, Windows? XP, Windows 2000, and Windows Millennium Edition (Windows Me). The installer is also provided as a service pack to Windows NT? version 4.0, Windows 98, and Windows 95. It's responsible for installing, repairing and removing software. Windows Installer is an installation and configuration service that reduces the total cost of ownership.

No. Windows XP is not based on DOS, as is Windows 9x. However, Windows XP does support a DOS-like command line environment, and you can run most DOS applications--and even many DOS games--in Windows XP. Windows XP also supports an optional boot-time command line environment called the Recover Console. As its name suggests, the Recovery Console is only designed to be used in the event of a system problem. To enable it, insert your Windows XP CD-ROM and type

Because Webmail uses the Microsoft Exchange 2000 Outlook Web Access (OWA) interface, it can sense when FrontPage has been installed on the local computer. OWA offers a variety of new HTML editing features through certain FrontPage extensions. To resolve the issue, find the FrontPage CD requested, insert it in your CD drive, and press OK at the prompt. This will allow the installer to find the correct files and install them to your local machine.

Originally Microsoft referred to the technology as MSI, since that was the file extension of the database (installation) that was created. Over the last few months they have started using the term Windows Installer.

Consumer Central is a resource for software users to find solutions to common installation problems. InstallShield, as a company, does not build consumer's installations, but does provide this resource as a courtesy to our customer's customers. Wins the Distinguished Award from the Society for Technical Communication for superior online communication.

For self-hosted WorkRoll installations installed on Windows, there is a "Windows executable" program (such as the installer programs that you would use to install a regular, non-Java Windows application such as iTunes, Microsoft Word, etc.). This program also installs a JSP application server (WorkRoll requires this software to run). Using the Windows executable to install WorkRoll on Windows is optional; users who want more control over their installations have other installation options.

When you install a Windows Installer (.msi) file, a script in the file specifies the actions that Windows Installer will perform. As each action is performed, the process that calls the .msi file into action updates a rollback script and, if files are to be deleted, backs up those files. Then, if the installation fails, Windows Installer can use the rollback script to undo any actions that have been performed and use the file backups to restore any deleted files.

Now that the ScrumWorks server is installed and running, each user must use their web browser to launch the client. See the Client Installation Guide in the Documentation.

If you are the only person using your computer or you want every user to have the same settings (and you are not using a network) it probably does not make sense to type in a password every time you start Win9x. Go to Control Panel / Networks and set the Primary Network Logon to 'Windows Logon'. You may need Client for Microsoft Networks loaded for other reasons (eg Dial-Up Networking) but it does not have to be the default client. Do NOT restart your computer when prompted.

Sure, but you'll need an ext2 filesystem driver for Windows .. I'm using Mount Everything for testing.

the present time, I do not have plans for a Windows Installer edition of Inno Setup. "Supporting" Windows Installer would likely involve a near-complete rewrite of the program - something I don't have the time or interest to do.

I have Tribes 2 for Windows, there is a Loki logo on the box, doesn't this mean it has the Linux version (or that I am entitled to it?)

Yes, there are in-depth instructions for getting Quake 4 set up on Linux at http://zerowing.idsoftware.com/linux/quake4/. Yes, you can download the binaries from ftp://ftp.idsoftware.com/, or via bittorrent from http://zerowing.idsoftware.com:6969/.

Yes, there are in-depth instructions for getting Doom 3 set up on Linux at http://zerowing.idsoftware.com/linux/doom/. As of version 1.3 of the Linux binaries the expansion - Resurrection of Evil - has been supported on Linux.

Open your Windows System directory (e.g. c:\Windows\System or c:\Windows\System32). If there is a file named msiexec.exe, Microsoft Windows Installer is installed on your computer.

Please reboot every time the installer tells you to. If you don't, some files may be removed on the next reboot, because of the way Windows handles uninstallation.