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MSI is a Windows Installer package. It contains all of the components necessary to install a particular software package along with a machine-readable description of how the package should be installed.

MSI is a Windows Installer package. It contains all of the components necessary to install a particular software package along with a machine-readable description of how the package should be installed.

Questions regarding MSI desktop motherboards usually fit better on Super User rather than Server Fault.

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Unable to add a 64-bit MSI package to a Group Policy Object on Windows Server 2003 (32 bit)

I am trying to remotely install a 32 -bit MSI and a 64-bit MSI, using Group Policies in Windows Server 2003 (32 bit). I've created a distribution point and a Group Policy Object. When I try to "Assign a Package" and pick the 32-bit MSI, everything…
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MSIEXEC Commands

Does any one have a full list of MSIEXEC Commands.
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Remote installing an msi on citrix servers using WMI

OK, I'm a C# programmer that is trying to streamline the deployment of a custom windows form app I inherited and built an installer for with WiX (this app will need to be reinstalled regularly as I'm making changes to it). I'm not really used to…
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WD hdd connected to MSI P35 Platinium mb goes to sleep and wakes up instantly

I have a sata WD hdd (WDC WD500) connected to MSI P35 Platinum motherboard. It goes to sleep and wakes up instantly. I can hear how it starts (spins out) and after a few seconds it goes sleep (no noise). Then after a few seconds the cycle repeats…
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MSI keeps trying to install, and I can't stop it - why?

Somehow my desktop system has been infected with Roxio Media Manager... I say it that way only because the MSI is continually executing on my system and I can't make it stop. The install never succeeds because it apparently needs some resource…
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Executing setup.exe /silent via MSI File

I would like to build an MSI file for Active Directory deployment. Instead of taking a pre install snapshot, installing the application, taking a post install snapshot and packaging the differences in an MSI file. I would like to put a setup.exe…
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Group Policy software installation failing with error %%14

I have created a GPO configured to "assign" \\\NETLOGON\.msi and verified that it's applying to the Windows 10 v1809 PC but the actual installation consistently fails. RSoP reports the following: 20 June 2019…
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How does one validate an MSI file for Group Policy Software Installation?

I am wrestling with learning Group Policy Software Installation; I'm at the point where I think I know what should be going on, but I don't have a ton of practical experience yet, and am not finding any resources that go beyond configuring the Group…
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App MSI install hangs up on newly imaged PCs (Win10)

I'm working on an issue that got kicked up to me from Tier 1. I have a proprietary app that's built into an MSI for deployment with a VBscript. I didn't do the build and I don't have access to the source files. On PCs that have been online for a…
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msiexec.exe always running

Seems like every time I go to install something it says that another installer is currently running. And sure enough, if I check Task Manager, there is an msiexec process running. It just says the command line is C:\WINDOWS\systme32\msiexec.exe /V…
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Programmatically deploy MSI package via AD Group Policy

I'm looking for a way to deploy an MSI to a group of computers (contained within a single OU in AD) via Group Policy programmatically. Assumptions: The network share which will contain the MSIs is created and has proper permissions the MSIs are…
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McAfee VirusScan Enterprise prevents MSI installation

I'm not be able to install MSI packages downloaded from the Microsoft Reference Source Code Center. The package installs first a compressed file that gets decompressed by the custom action. The custom action is an executable copied to the temp…
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SQL Server 2005 SP2 install Support files failed

I'm racking my brains trying to apply service pack 2 to a recently installed SQL Server 2005 installation on a Windows Server 2K3 64-bit The error message from the installation is unhelpful: MSP Error: 1260 Windows cannot open this program…
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Event Log - MsiInstaller events' description cannot be found since last week

Since last week, machines in my network are not properly recording events from MsiInstaller. For instance: The description for Event ID ( 11724 ) in Source ( MsiInstaller ) cannot be found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry…
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Difference between isntalling a msi using "Invoke-WmiMethod"(via a cmd file) and installing directly on the server

Ran against a server to install the msi; eventlogs were clean and all success; but the key file in bin direstory is still old. Later tried installing it directly doing a double click by RDP into the server; installation was success and bin files are…
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