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Windows Installer

1. Disable Windows Installer (All Windows)
This restriction allows you to prevent users from adding and removing software applications with Windows Installer.

Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value called 'DisableMSI' using the settings below.

Settings:

System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Installer]

Name: DisableMSI

Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)

Value: (0 = default, 1 = admin only, 2 = disabled)

2. Remote Administration of Windows Installer (Windows 2000/XP)
This setting allows administrators using Windows Terminal Services to remotely install and configure software using Windows Installer.

Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value called 'EnableAdminTSRemote' using the settings below.

Note: This setting affects system administrators only. Other users cannot install programs remotely.

Settings:

System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Installer]

Name: EnableAdminTSRemote

Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)

Value: (0 = disable, 1 = enabled)

3. Windows Installer Logging (All Windows)
Windows Installer can use logging to help assist in troubleshooting issues with installing software packages. You can enable verbose logging with this setting.

Create a new string value called "Logging" and set it to a combination of the letters below to enable the logging options. A value of "voicewarmup" will enable all the logging options.

Letter Option

v Verbose output

o Out-of-disk-space messages

i Status messages

c Initial UI parameters

e All error messages

w Non-fatal warnings

a Start up of actions

r Action-specific records

m Out-of-memory or fatal exit information

u User requests

p Terminal properties

+ Append to existing file

! Flush each line to the log

The next time Windows Installer is used a log will be created.

Note: Windows Installer will store the logs in the TEMP directory. The filename is random, but begins with the letters "Msi" and end with a .log extension.

Settings:
System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Installer]
Name: Logging
Type: REG_SZ (String Value)