Delays during software installations in Windows are something that many Windows users experience from time to time. One of the most common causes is the spawning of an installation window in the background, especially if it is waiting for user input. Installations won’t commence until the user interacts with that window, which is bad if [...]

Categories: Tutorials Basic, Windows

So far in our OpenSuSE series we have covered OpenSuSE (see “Why not try OpenSuSE“), YaST (see “YaST: Yet Another Setup Tool“), and Installing software (see “Installing software in OpenSuSE with YaST“). This time around we are going to take a look at how to install software in OpenSuSE using the command line. I realize [...]

Categories: Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Tutorials Basic

FreeApp is an online service that offers a simple concept. Pick all your favorite applications from the list of offered apps to create a custom installer that will install all those applications on the target system once executed. The idea is not new as there are other services like Ninite which offer a similar functionality. [...]

Categories: Spyware, The Web, Windows

Computers that are bought in stores and those that are build individually do not come with software preinstalled usually. A few options are available to deploy software on those new computer systems like installing each program manually, using custom operating system setups that install applications during the regular OS installation or running a program like [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

A new feature in the Windows 7 operating system is the Program Compatibility Assistant which has been designed to detect compatibility issues in older programs. The service displays a compatibility warning window if compatibility issues have been detected during installation or program starts. The computer user usually does have a choice to continue but programs [...]

Categories: troubleshooting, Windows

Some software programs are unpacked to both an msi ans exe setup file. If you are a end user you might wonder which to execute to install the application properly. Chance is that you tried both ways at least once and noticed that clicking the msi or the exe setup file would install the application [...]

Categories: Knowledge, Tutorials Basic

Many software programs have to be installed on a computer system before they can be used. The installation itself is not a transparent process because the user is not informed about the Registry and file changes that the installer initiates. Most users would probably skip those information anyway but monitoring software installations is a reliable [...]

Categories: Software, Windows