Running MSI on Windows 7

I didn't try Windows 7 yet. But seems that Windows 7 inherited user access control feature from Windows Vista as is. It maybe useful info for people running MSIs on Windows 7.

I learned it because lifehacker linked yesterday to my 2-year-old post about MSI Error 2869 on Windows Vista where I explained the error and how to deal with it (lifehacker had the same MSI problem on Windows 7). In short — the error is caused by user access control feature and you need to run MSI from command line as administrator as a workaround (or patch the MSI). I was a bit surprised yesterday while reading that 2-year-old post since it seems very techy and it took me a while to fully understand it :). Good coverage after all...

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