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InstallShield Express 12.0 (Windows)

InstallShield is now part of Macrovision - Macrovision is proud to be continuing support and development for product lines previously offered by InstallShield Corporation, including the award-winning InstallShield installation-authoring tools. Used on more than 500 million PCs around the globe, InstallShield is widely recognized as the de facto standard in...

Tags: InstallShield Software, InstallShield Express, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Development Tools, .Net, Operating Systems, Software, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2006-12-04

InstallAware Setup Squeezer for InstallShield 1 (Windows)

The InstallAware Setup Squeezer intelligently unpacks your InstallShield setups, and then recompresses them using InstallAware's industry leading compression technology. Setup Squeezer is a fully automated, point-and-click wizard, which produces 15%-50% size savings on your setup packages. All this happens with you converting your setup projects - you can keep them...

Tags: InstallShield Software, InstallAware Software, Microsoft Windows, Benefits, Strategy, Operating Systems, Software, Human Resources, Management

Software downloads 2006-05-12

The right attitude to the job

The right attitude to the jobInstall / no installSome people make their entire living by JUST handling UNIX installs - they are called system administrators! Easy-to-install usually translates into a maintenance nightmare in an enterprise setting (not so much for single end-user machine). UNIX has NO standards save LSB for...

Tags: Operating systems, Linux, Debian, InstallShield Software, job, Unix, Microsoft Windows, window

Discussion threads 2005-10-26

Macrovision to pick up InstallShield

Macrovision to pick up InstallShieldToo bad DRM is not long for the world.Consumers rule, don't buy that crap.If macrovision has a hand in InstallShieldI am ready to switch to Linux and tar and feather the exe and the InstallShield it rode in on. Macro.'s presence is not a welcome...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), InstallShield Software, Macrovision Corp.

Discussion threads 2004-06-17

Component Creator 1.0.2 (Windows)

Using InstallShield to properly create components from large or deeply nested file collections is difficult and time-consuming. Component Creator creates unique components in your InstallShield MSI project from file collections of any size. This is the ideal tool for adding web site files, help files, reports, or other content-type files...

Tags: Component, InstallShield Software, Web Site Development, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Web Technology, Channel Management, Microsoft Windows, Viruses And Worms, Security, Internet, Marketing, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2004-03-25

Install Shield 6.2 (Windows)

InstallShield Professional - Windows Installer Edition--lets you move to this new standard for Windows installations with all the power, ease-of-use, and control you expect from InstallShield. New features include dynamic debugging functionality, unparalleled customization control, and more unmatched technology to help you create bulletproof setup packages that are also Windows...

Tags: InstallShield Software, Install Shield, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2001-01-11

Additional Resources

Can you upgrade an old XP PC to Windows 7? Should you?

You answered the first questionYou can make the upgrade, with significant headaches.You left the second question completely unanswered.If you take the Microsoft guidelines seriously(which I never do, because they seem to be written by someone who is into flagellation) many Windows XP machines should be able to be upgraded successfully...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, old XP PC, XP PC, PC

Discussion threads 2009-09-29

Wanted: Your best/worst customer services stories

Wanted: Your best/worst customer services storiesFrontier CommunicationsI recently had a bad experience with Frontier Communications. I recently relocated for a job, and in the process left Frontier's service area. The issue is that when I cancelled I was told that I would not be charged a cancellation fee. I ended...

Tags: Routers & switches, PRODUCTIVITY, Network technology, NETWORKING, Marketing research, Frontier Communications, customer services story, router

Discussion threads 2009-04-16

How to ruin a perfectly good Sunday with Windows Vista

How to ruin a perfectly good Sunday with Windows VistaI'm not a shillbut I will say that I have had wonderful experiences with Canon hardware. I owned an ip6600D that lasted me many years, then I gave it to a friend and purchased an MP970. In both cases, using the...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Microsoft Windows Vista, Hewlett-Packard Co., UAC, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-12-17

Linux's dirty little secret

Linux's dirty little secretNice commercial! How much did it cost you?Strange, you publish it under the heading of "Dirty Little Secret"."Upload, design and build dynamic multimedia training courses. We charge a small fee to deliver the courses to the students online. For a few dollars per student, you...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Ubuntu, package manager

Discussion threads 2008-06-30

Friday Rant - Why no MSI installer for Firefox?

Friday Rant - Why no MSI installer for Firefox?Do IT departments want Firefox?Firefox is all well and good and what I am using right now. But.... A lot of corporate software demands the use of IE--probably a version or two old at that. Cognos comes to mind...

Tags: Web browsers, MSI, Mozilla Firefox, installer

Discussion threads 2008-06-20

RIAA chief calls for infringement filters on PCs: not with MY PC, you don't!!

RIAA chief calls for infringement filters on PCs: not with MY PC, you don't!!As long as we could ....I suppose a good compromise would be to allow the consumer to have "excessive profit" filters directly on THEIR bank accounts.They determine what is "infringement" and WE determine what is"excessive".EVERYONE is happy...

Tags: Desktops, PC, RIAA Chief, RIAA, infringement filter

Discussion threads 2008-02-07

No Vista SP1 bits for users until mid-March

No Vista SP1 bits for users until mid-MarchNot strange at all.There is always a 30 day period between release of a Microsoft OS or SP from RTM to general release. This is to allow the OEMs to get their hardware ready for the general release. They did not...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Patches, service pack, SP1, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2008-02-04

Build around open source, not just on it

Build around open source, not just on itShoes with SOULS??Talk about DOWNTRODDEN!Future is closed source, proprietary code...Open Source has proven to be a failure. All Open Source companies eventually need a lifeline to survive. In addition, the average computer person and IT person has no idea what to do with...

Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., open source

Discussion threads 2008-01-18

Macrovision patches patch-delivery tool, leaves DRM zero-day wide open

Macrovision today released a patch for a very severe vulnerability in the FLEXnet Connect InstallShield patch-delivery offering but there's still no word on a fix for a zero-day attack vector in the company's Safedisc DRM application. FLEXnet Connect, which lets users electronically deliver applications, patches, updates,...

Tags: Digital-rights Management, Macrovision Corp., Patch Management, Tool, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Microsoft Windows, Patches, Digital Media, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2007-10-31

Technology Shakedown

Technology ShakedownWhaaaaaaaat? Another bunch of incompetants?That can't make anything work with Vista?When will they get their act together and bow to Microsoft? Can't they make anything according to Microsoft's specifications? And pay Microsoft for the privilege of fixing Vista's problems?Ole ManSame hereDavid, I've been having the same issue...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Technology Shakedown

Discussion threads 2007-07-31

BlackBerry maker countersues Visto

BlackBerry maker countersues VistoM$ stole IP againthis time was Visto's IP!may be if M$ pay big bucks again, Visto will have a change of heart and drop the lawsuits against others.Patents are getting out of hand...Previously all the big companies considered patents as a way to:a) protect their workb)...

Tags: Games, patent cover, patent, Visto Corp., computer, BlackBerry-maker

Discussion threads 2006-05-05

Sony CD protection sparks security concerns

Sony CD protection sparks security concernsThe cart and the horse"Anticopying tools used by SonyBMG could be adapted by virus writers, researchers say."I think they've got this backwards.This is clearly illegal activity from SonySony as no rights to install dangerous and malicious on any one computer. When i buy a music...

Tags: Rootkits, Digital rights management (DRM), Spyware, adware & malware, PRODUCTIVITY, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Viruses and worms, security, CD, Sony Corp., TPM, rootkit, computer, hardware, malware, digital-rights management, RIAA, copy protection

Discussion threads 2005-11-01

Would consolidation drive Linux forward?

Would consolidation drive Linux forward?Boycott Dell, HP and GatewayWhat will move Linux forwardis when the major computer suppliersstart marketing Linux to consumers.instead of continuing to maintainMicrosoft's "desktop monopoly".Here are some companies that sell Linux computers.http://www.systemax.com/divisions.htmhttp://www.microtelpc.com/http://www.linuxcertified.com/http://www.outpost.com/http://www.walmart.com/http://www.sub300.com/http://www.linare.com/http://www.linspire.com/http://www.xandros.com/http://www.us.debian.org/distrib/pre-installedhttp://www.linux.org/vendor/system/index.htmlWill be popular when MS and Adobe port productivity suite.Linux be useful beyond Apache web-server, MicroSoft...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, LSB, Linux, distro, OSS, consolidation

Discussion threads 2005-08-25

All about Linux: in one paragraph

All about Linux: in one paragraphWindsows was made for easily playing solitaireIts like they designed a really good looking car and spent tons of effort to make the dashboard pretty and the interior shiny with bells and whistles and buttons for everything but forgot to put any time into the...

Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Linux, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2005-05-27