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

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 ...

Windows Installer is a core service that manages the installation of everything in Windows, including apps, features, and many other things. If it breaks, you will be stuck with new installations and ...

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 ...

Reinstalling Windows 10 or 11 over itself is an easy and surprisingly effective way to fix all kinds of problems with the OS. Here’s how. Sometimes a Windows installation simply goes off the rails.

Microsoft has confirmed a new known issue impacting client and server Windows versions that breaks apps after updating or repairing them using the Windows Installer (previously known as Microsoft ...

Sometimes, the best way to fix deep-seated Windows issues is to burn everything to the ground and start from scratch. Reinstalling Windows refreshes the operating system, which gets rid of most ...

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 ...

The Google Chromebook is an excellent alternative to traditional PC setups, but some users may miss the look and feel of a Windows machine. If you’re the proud owner of a Chromebook, and yearn for the ...

After your computer applies a Windows patch, the patch file along with other files related to the installation are cached in the hidden system folder C:\Windows ...

Windows installer is slow, reboot-heavy, ad-filled and forces online accounts and privacy toggles. Linux installs fast, ...