Increasingly annoying problem installing Debian 5.0.0 'lenny' on an HP G60 with an Itanium (ia64) processor that is currently running Vista Home Premium. Specifically, the debian-installer consistently falls under the impression that I have an AMD 64-bit (amd64) processor. Why? [more inside]
posted by koeselitz on Mar 28, 2009 - 5 answers

How to force Windows Installer (MSI) to redraw a listbox? [more inside]
posted by Fezboy! on Nov 21, 2008 - 8 answers

Is there a program for OS X which can monitor *exactly* what an installer does, so that I could find out every file or setting it's modifying? [more inside]
posted by alaaarm on Jul 26, 2008 - 10 answers

I'd like to make a Windows installer customizable via external parameters (e.g. from an installer.ini file). [more inside]
posted by danblaker on Apr 30, 2008 - 11 answers

Cygwin sshd two-part question. [more inside]
posted by Calibandage on Feb 14, 2008 - 5 answers

How best to extract the Java runtime environment for repackaging with an application? [more inside]
posted by ChrisR on Nov 20, 2006 - 19 answers

What did I do to gain Administrator privileges to install software and how can I do it again? [more inside]
posted by nserrano on Jul 19, 2006 - 18 answers

I'm looking for software that will monitor Windows while I install some other piece of software and then generate a report of what the installer did (copy files, create registry entries, etc.). [more inside]
posted by vraxoin on Jun 7, 2006 - 10 answers