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R-Vijay

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Job Title: Setup Developer

Biography:

I am Vijay, for short. I am a software engineer from India, specializing in setup technologies I am a MVP (Setup and Deployment) and an Altiris certified Professional in WPS 6.0.

My major responsibities at work are in creating the MSI packages as per the requirement and customize them to be incorporated for desktop applications.

I am a member of MTCP (Microsoft-Technological Community Program) where I conducts knowledge sharing sessions for all Microsoft Enthusiasts at Satyam. I also write articles and tech-tips actively over here.

My passions vary in Singing, Basket Ball and Cricket. Also, I am an addict of A R Rehman music. Few people whom I idolize in life are A R Rahman, Sachin Tendulkar and Bill Gates. Being an IT Pro Evangelist has always been a cherished dream of mine.

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R-Vijay posted a new blog entry: Windows Installer FAQs 18 weeks 4 days ago

R-Vijay commented 28 weeks 3 days ago on the Video: File / Registry Virtualization in Windows 7 blog entry Thanks for your comments Guys. I reckon, you may also find some interest in this one ...

R-Vijay posted a new blog entry: Video: File / Registry Virtualization in Windows 7 28 weeks 3 days ago

R-Vijay posted a new blog entry: User Account Control (UAC) - Basics and Enhancements in Windows 7 29 weeks 5 days ago

R-Vijay commented 30 weeks 5 days ago on the Symantec Tech Days: Coming This Spring to a City Near You! event Sounds great, If there is an activity planned. As of now, I am just gearing up for the ...

R-Vijay posted a new blog entry: A Small Note on MSI Product Codes 31 weeks 4 days ago

R-Vijay commented 31 weeks 4 days ago on the Creating New Right-Click Menu Items blog entry To handle the same in registries., Herez a simple procedure to do it. Refer to this link ...

R-Vijay posted a new blog entry: Basic Differences in "Execute Immediate" and "Execute Deferred" CA 31 weeks 5 days ago

R-Vijay commented 32 weeks 6 days ago on the Symantec Tech Days: Coming This Spring to a City Near You! event Any event planned in South Asia / India??

R-Vijay commented 32 weeks 6 days ago on the Vendor MSI Custom Action blog entry Custom actions are intended to run in both system and local user account. It's the scenario which ...

R-Vijay commented 32 weeks 6 days ago on the Packaging Applications for Windows Vista article Few Best Practices for packaging applications on VIsta is given ...

R-Vijay commented 32 weeks 6 days ago on the Is Self Registeration a Best Method to register a dll in MSI blog entry SelfRegister is not a good option always. One of the reason being that, Reference counts will ...

R-Vijay posted a new article: Multiple Package Installer Feature of Windows Installer 4.5 / 5.0 34 weeks 3 days ago

R-Vijay commented 34 weeks 3 days ago on the Nested MSIs: Basics and Directions article Installlation and Un-installation challenges can be effectively solved with using Installer 4.5 or ...

R-Vijay posted a new article: Darwin Descriptors - Basics and Directions 39 weeks 2 days ago

R-Vijay posted a new blog entry: Installer Version 5.0 in Windows 7 40 weeks 22 hours ago

R-Vijay commented 40 weeks 3 days ago on the MSI Error 339 blog entry This usually happens when your MSI package contains Selfreg entries. The dlls try to register as a ...

R-Vijay posted a new blog entry: Special Discount Scheme - Microsoft Certifications (India) 42 weeks 2 days ago

R-Vijay posted a new article: Appcrash Messages – Overview and Example Scenarios 43 weeks 2 days ago

R-Vijay commented 45 weeks 6 days ago on the Source Evaluation Before Packaging an Application download Good practice to identify Vendor MSIs. However, in some setup driven packages, it automatically ...