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Windows Installer (msiexec.exe, previously known as Microsoft Installer, [3] codename Darwin) [4] [5] is a software component and application programming interface (API) of Microsoft Windows used for the installation, maintenance, and removal of software. The installation information, and optionally the files themselves, are packaged in ...
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), previously known as Software Update Services (SUS), is a computer program and network service developed by Microsoft Corporation that enables administrators to manage the distribution of updates and hotfixes released for Microsoft products to computers in a corporate environment.
Update packages distributed via the Windows Update service can be individually downloaded from Microsoft Update Catalog. These updates can be installed on computers without internet access (e.g. via USB flash drive) or slipstreamed with a Windows installation. In case of the former, Windows Update Agent (wusa.exe) can install
InstallAware Software Active Trialware: Yes Yes Yes InstallCore: InstallCore [2] Discontinued Software as a service: No InstallShield: Flexera Software: Active Trialware: Yes Yes No NSIS: Nullsoft: Active zlib License: No No Orca (Part of Windows SDK) Microsoft: Active Freeware (proprietary) Yes; exclusively Wise: Wise Solutions, Inc ...
Microsoft Installer Windows Installer: A Windows service and application programming interface for installing software on computers running Microsoft Windows operating systems [107] Frosting — Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95 [108] Hydra — Terminal Services, Windows Terminal Server
A system installer is the software that is used to set up and install an operating system onto a device. Windows Setup is the system installer of Microsoft Windows. Examples of Linux system installers: Anaconda: used by CentOS, Fedora; Calamares: used by multiple Linux distributions (incl. some Ubuntu flavors, Debian, and derivates)
WiX is a toolset designed to build Windows Installer (.msi) packages using the command line. [4] It comes with the following tools: [5] [4] [7] Candle: compiles source files into object files; Light: combines object files into a .msi file; Lit: creates libraries that can be linked by Light.exe; Dark: decompiles a .msi file into WiX code
Support Storage Firmware Update that allow updates SSD firmware through Windows Update [6] Task Manager can display disk type (HDD or SSD) in the Performance tab; The update has reached end of service on December 14, 2021. [7]