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Windows Installer Wrapper Wizard (WIWW) 0.2.0
Installing legacy software with group policies in the Active Directory can cause some challenges. The first is machine assigned software. Machine assigned software can only be installed using a Windows Installer msi file. The second is allowing users to install software by publishing it to the user. Publishing software to the user can be done using .zap files, but the software will run in the user’s security context and this is a problem when local administrator permissions are required. Publishing the software using a Windows Installer msi file can remedy this problem because, by default, published msi software is installed with elevated privileges. With WIWW you can create msi files that will execute any command you specify and gives system administrators additional flexibility to remedy these challenges.

Deploy VMWare ESX (RedHat Linux) server using Windows Automated Deployment Services
Server purposing using Automated Deployment Services (ADS) allows you to configure and install multiple Windows servers from bare-metal to fully operational servers without manual intervention. It’s a little known fact that you can also bare-metal deploy VMWare ESX servers (or RedHat Linux servers) using Microsoft’s ADS. In this article we’ll explain how to setup ADS for purposing ESX using Microsoft’s ADS. Included are the task sequence files, sample partition and additional files as discussed in the article.

Additional Bluetooth Drivers for Microsoft Bluetooth in Windows XP SP2
Since Windows XP SP2 was released, Microsoft introduced a major improvement in supporting and detecting Bluetooth devices. Now, a few years down the road, there are more and more problems in finding Bluetooth drivers that will work with Microsoft's native Bluetooth stack. This article explains a way around this issue and includes a Windows Installer msi file with 116 additional Bluetooth drivers.

Publish ActiveX Example Using Terminal Services Client 6.0
If you want to install an ActiveX component to your users for install on-demand, you can publish the ActiveX component in the Active Directory. As an example we will publish the Terminal Services Client 6.0 ActiveX, but you can use the same method described here to publish other ActiveX components. An example Windows Installer msi file is included.

Setting The Sound Volume Level Using a Scriptable ActiveX Control
Hearing Windows startup and other sounds from Windows events is just fine, but it can get quite annoying if someone has set their computers’ sound volume at a 100%. This is especially true at big offices or classrooms with many people and computers. Because turning off the soundcard in computers in not always an option, this article will explain how you can control the volume level on computers with programmatically using a vbscript and an ActiveX object. Included are the ActiveX file, a sample vbscript and a Windows Installer msi file for deployment purposes.

Administrative Template to Publish ActiveX Controls in Active Directory
Publishing ActiveX controls using a Windows Installer (.msi) package and Active Directory Intellimirror is of great value for user-based, on-demand installations. This means an ActiveX control is installed only when the user needs it, usually by visiting a web page. This article will explain how to set this up and includes a downloadable administrative template.