First Windows Installer 3.0 beta released
BetaNews | at | by Mike
As expected, the first beta release of Windows Installer (MSI) 3.0 has been issued to qualified testers. Selected participants were informed of their acceptance into the MSI 3.0 beta program via e-mail early this week. The program is one of many initiatives launched by Microsoft to improve its capacity to protect Windows users following the recent spate of security vulnerabilities and viruses such as the Blaster worm.
With MSI 3.0, Microsoft endeavors to simplify authoring, creating, distributing and managing application updates. The changes will result in fewer reboots, and an attempt to avoid nightmare scenarios of files being overwritten improperly.