Megh Neupane

Products: SMS 2003, SCCM 2007

Issue: SMS Advanced Client Installation

When you try to install SMS Advanced Client on a system, you receive an error log at ccmsetup.log file referring –

MSI: SMS Advanced Client does not support per-user installations

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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.

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In earlier versions of Windows, it might have been necessary to re-register the Windows Installer files in the registry (an example) if those files became damaged or corrupt. Beginning Windows Vista, damaged system files needed by Windows Installer can be repaired automatically.

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This documentation contains information about the version of WiX distributed with Visual Studio Team System code name "Rosario" November CTP. It contains information about:
• What WiX is
• Using WiX on the command line
• Using WiX in Visual Studio
• WiX Schema Reference
• Advanced WiX Usage such as patch building, custom actions, and extensions
• Additional help links and resources

More Information and Download

Application Verifier is a runtime verification tool for unmanaged code that assists in quickly finding subtle programming errors that can be extremely difficult to identify with normal application testing.

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The following articles were created/updated throughout August 2007 for InstallShield Related Products – categorized based on section –

FIXES/HOTFIXES

• COM Extraction Fails on Systems Older than Windows XP SP1
• COM Extraction Causes System Corruption during Uninstall
• Unparsed Records in SdFilesInUse and SdRMFilesInUse Dialogs
• Licensing Hotfix for InstallShield 2008 Premier and Professional Editions

INFORMATIONAL

• Workflow Manager 4.04 Now Available
• Expected Behavior of Response Transform Wizard
• Updated iPlugin.dll for Microsoft Visual Studio 2005
• InstallShield 2008 Express Edition Release Notes
• Known Issues in InstallShield 2008 Express Edition
• Migrating Projects to InstallShield 2008 Express Edition

HOWTO’s

• Resolve Signtool.exe Build Error

PROBLEMS

• Your Current Security Settings Do Not Allow This File To Be Downloaded

Reference: InstallShield Support

The following articles were created/updated throughout July 2007 for InstallShield Related Products – categorized based on section -

BUGS

• AdminStudio Phase Shows 100% Complete, but Workflow Does Not Progress
• Support Files Not Available in OnBegin Event
• AdminStudio Workflow Phase Never Reaches 100%

CODES

• Generate a GUID in the Automation Interface
• Getting the Volume Serial Number

FIXES/HOTFIXES

• Error 1001 Occurs at Run Time
• Uninstall of Developer Causes Build Errors in Microsoft Visual Studio .NET
• Error -1628 Occurs on 64-bit Machines
• Error when Adding Package via Citrix Installation Manager and Transform is Specified
• Error when Adding Package via Citrix Installation Manager and Transform is Specified
• Installing AdminStudio 8.5 on a non-English OS Causes Error -1609
• OS Conditions in DIM Files May Evaluate Incorrectly
• ‘Program Compatibility’ Dialog on Windows Vista Appears During .NET 1.1 Installation

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When building a DIM reference into an InstallShield project, you may see that OS Conditions evaluate the ‘Greater Than’ conditional statement as ‘Equals’.

Applies to Product(s):

• InstallShield 2008 Premier
• InstallShield 2008 Professional

Project Type: Windows Installer, InstallScript MSI

Solution:

Per InstallShield Support, this is due to an issue present in InstallShield’s DIM Import module.

Download new DimImport.dll & Resolute