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mxpv / logging.reg
Created June 15, 2012 09:12
Turn on MSI verbose logging
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Installer]
"Logging"="voicewarmupx!"
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mxpv / windows_build_numbers.txt
Last active June 5, 2023 06:53
Windows build numbers
Windows Name or Service Pack Version Number
---------------------------- --------------
Windows 1.0 1.04
Windows 2.0 2.11
Windows 3.0 3
Windows NT 3.1 3.10.528
Windows for Workgroups 3.11 3.11
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mxpv / gist:2935715
Last active April 18, 2018 19:16
InstallShield Custom Actions notes

Deferred Custom Actions

To adhere to the Windows Installer "Best Practices," all changes that are made to a system are in a "deferred" action.

A deferred execution custom action must be scheduled in the execute sequence table within the section that performs script generation.

Deferred execution custom actions must come after "InstallInitialize" and come

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mxpv / gist:2987459
Created June 25, 2012 08:50
Open .msi installer file
msiexec /a "setup.msi" /qb TARGETDIR=c:\temp
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mxpv / gist:3141112
Created July 19, 2012 06:16
Disable all caps menu titles in Visual Studio 2012 RC
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\11.0\General\SuppressUppercaseConversion
Type DWord
Value 1
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mxpv / gist:3295227
Created August 8, 2012 13:58
Turn off firewall on Windows Server Core edition
netsh advfirewall set allprofiles state off
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mxpv / ProcessUtil.cs
Created September 28, 2012 09:31
Process start helper utility with CancellationToken and async output reading support
using System;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Threading;
using Microsoft.Win32.SafeHandles;
namespace ConsoleApplication
{
public class ProcessUtil : IDisposable
{
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mxpv / ExchangeServerBuildNumbers.txt
Last active October 12, 2015 07:38
Exchange Server build numbers
# http://support.microsoft.com/kb/158530
# http://www.wardvissers.nl/2010/04/26/exchange-2007-builds-numbers/
# http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/240.exchange-server-and-update-rollups-build-numbers.aspx
Microsoft Exchange Server 4.0 4.0.837
Microsoft Exchange Server 4.0 (a) 4.0.993
Microsoft Exchange Server 4.0 SP1 4.0.838
Microsoft Exchange Server 4.0 SP2 4.0.993
Microsoft Exchange Server 4.0 SP3 4.0.994
Microsoft Exchange Server 4.0 SP4 4.0.995
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mxpv / delete.bat
Last active December 14, 2015 12:59
Unable to delete file or Directory in Windows 7 or Vista
SET DIRECTORY_NAME="C:\Users\MAKSYM~1.PAV\AppData\Local\Temp"
TAKEOWN /f %DIRECTORY_NAME% /r /d y
ICACLS %DIRECTORY_NAME% /grant administrators:F /t
PAUSE
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mxpv / gist:5187707
Last active December 15, 2015 02:29
Partition Type IDs
For MBR-style partition, each partition will have one Partition Type ID.
System can tell the types of partitions by the ID, the following is the most frequently used Type ID.
0x07 NTFS
0x0B FAT32, used by DOS & Win95
0x0C FAT32 using LBA mode to access to FAT32 partition
0x01 FAT12
0x04 FAT16, less than 32 MB
0x06 FAT16, greater than 32 MB
0x0E FAT16 using LBA mode to access to FAT16 partition