Just finished a clean Windows install? Make sure you don’t miss these six critical steps to secure, optimize, and set up your ...

Ventoy allows your USB drive to act like regular storage; however, it adds an important detail. Without writing an operating system to the USB drive, it installs a small boot system once and leaves ...

When your company is looking to roll out new software for use in corporate computers, installer programs are vital. Windows Installer, alternatively known as Microsoft installer or MSI, is a type of ...

There are two possible reasons why this happens. The first is because the VSS service gets stuck, and the second is when the Windows installer itself is a problem. 1] Check if VSS Service is stuck ...

Click on the Start button and select Run, then type regedit. (You can also open the Run window by pressing Windows + R keys simultaneously). Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ ...

No more DLL hell. That was just one of Microsoft Corp.’s goals when it introduced the Windows Installer service along with Windows 2000 nearly four years ago. The service, which now runs on Windows XP ...

It may be a very long time since some readers have installed a copy of Windows, but it appears at one point during the installation there’s a step that asks you which OS version you would like to ...

You want to install Windows 7? No problem. Does your computer meet minimum specs? Do you want to go 32-bit or 64-bit? And what about Boot Camp? If these are your ...

A number of Windows 7 testers have succumbed to a bug that is causing them to crash randomly whenever they try to start Windows Update or install anything using Microsoft's MSI installer. But a couple ...