Are there any known best practices for install time reduction, pls advice....
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Best practices for install time reduction...
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subodh_jai
, Jul 01 2010 06:29
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Posted 01 July 2010 - 08:12
Gigabit to the desktop? Seriously, what are hoping to reduce? An install takes as long as it takes and depends on so many factors.
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Posted 02 July 2010 - 11:34
The best tip is not generating single-file installations, instead create an install with an exe, a msi, and one or more cab files. If you don't you may loose minutes at the start of the install, waiting for your computer to extract all the files.
You may want to look at dependencies in relation to your system requirements. I've seen installs that require Windows XP, but still carry GDI+ components. Now GDI+ is present in any Windows XP installation, the components were only there for Windows 2000 and Windows 98. In other words, don't include components that are already present in the minimum supported system configuration.
Validating your MSI may show up some inconsistencies, if you fix them now the target computers don't have to deal with them.
You may want to look at dependencies in relation to your system requirements. I've seen installs that require Windows XP, but still carry GDI+ components. Now GDI+ is present in any Windows XP installation, the components were only there for Windows 2000 and Windows 98. In other words, don't include components that are already present in the minimum supported system configuration.
Validating your MSI may show up some inconsistencies, if you fix them now the target computers don't have to deal with them.