From the monthly archives:
I can find very little information on the Update Standalone Packages on the Microsoft site, with this knowledgebase article being it. What I do know about them is that they use a .MSU file extenstion and they display a dialog box similar to the Windows Update install dialog when installing. As they use the same [...]
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Yay! (it is so very geeky to get excited over a scripting tool isn’t it?) Microsoft have released PowerShell 1.0 for Windows Vista today. It comes as a Microsoft Update Standalone Package. Windows PowerShell 1.0 Installation Package for Windows Vista (KB928439) [ Direct link ] Windows PowerShell 1.0 Installation Package for Windows Vista x64 (KB928439) [...]
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Someone at Microsoft didn’t get to take holidays between the RTM of Vista and the consumer release. Check out the updates available for Windows Vista today: Update for Windows Vista (KB929427) [ Application compatibility fix ] Update for Windows Vista (KB928089) [ Internet Explorer Phishing Filter performance fix ] Update for Windows Vista (KB930163) [ [...]
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UPDATE (09/12/2007): Updated with the list of applications and components listed here: Windows Vista components available for Windows XP. With Microsoft releasing a number of applications developed for Windows Vista also available for Windows XP, I’ve put together a quick ‘how to’ guide for performing an unattended install for each application. Windows Internet Explorer 7 [...]
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This tickled my fancy too much so I had to post it: Bomberman Evolved Students at the University of Aalborg in Copenhagen are mid-way through creating a virtual Bomberman game called Bomberman Evolved. As shown in today’s GameTrailers video, a camera mounted in the ceiling tracks the movement of two colored hats, steering on-screen Bomberman [...]
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I’m currently on a project for a client that has an elevator that goes to a non-existant floor. I was kinda hoping that it would be made of glass and be able to shoot out through the roof, but unfortunately they’ve disabled that button.
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Bentley Redline is a viewer for DGN and DWG files that requires that users have write access to the application folder for the licensing component to work. Genius, pure genius: Here’s a quote from a discussion list I found on the Bentley web site: The sf.dat file is used by the licensing subsystem and needs [...]
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In case you were’nt aware, I have a number of install scripts for various applications that might be helpful for you if you are involved in any aspect of application deployment. A couple of these I have modified from an original script gleamed from AppDeploy.com. Hopefully you may find these useful: Sun Java Runtime Environment [...]
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