Installating Openafs on Windows fails... (64Bit)

If you have to install a msi-installer on a windows 64Bit machine, it is possible that this installer just fail silently. After you enable logging (look at this posting) this is a possible error message:

MSI (s) (60:CC) [20:34:54:265]: Product: OpenAFS for Windows (64-bit) -- Error 1719. The Windows Installer Service could not be accessed. This can occur if you are running Windows in safe mode, or if the Windows Installer is not correctly installed. Contact your support personnel for assistance.

This is an indication, that your msi-installer is configured in 32-bit mode and not in 64-bit mode but the installable needs 64-bit mode.
How can you change this? Here one answer found on Aaron Stebner's WebLog:

1. Click on the Start menu, choose Run, type cmd and click OK
2. Run %windir%\system32\msiexec.exe /unregister
3. Run %windir%\syswow64\msiexec.exe /unregister
4. Run %windir%\system32\msiexec.exe /regserver
5. Run %windir%\syswow64\msiexec.exe /regserver
6. Restart the computer

After that the installation will finish (hopefully) without an error ;-)

Windows-Installer MSI: failing without a trace

Did you ever try to install a program on a microsoft windows OS with msi (Microsoft Installer)? This type of installation mostly works, but sometimes the process ends with a dialog: "There was an error .. Please try again"
And of course, everyone tries again, but just the same dialog. Ok. Reboot. Same dialog...
Hmm - this will not work.
If you ask some friends, you get the typical answers:

• use a real operating system
• on Linux this never happens
• buy a MAC

But not the OS is the problem. The problem is, that there are no logfiles for the installation process.
However, this can be changed:

• Start regedit and edit the registry at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\
  Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Installer
• Add Reg_SZ: Logging
• Set Logging to "v"
• open a shell via cmd and type "cd %temp%". In this directory you will find logfiles of the next installations.
  

Next please...

Today i read in my newspaper about IT-hypes of the last years. www.faz.net built up a list how a company has to communicate to its customers:

• 2003: friendster
• 2004: blogs/wikis
• 2005: cyworld
• 2006: podcasts
• 2007: second life
• 2008: facebook/myspace
• 2009: twitter
• 2010: foursquare/apps

Wow... Do you remember all of them? (if not just ask google ;-)
And what about 2011 (i know 2010 is young, but i think the apps are just unbeatable...)

and the winner is:

If you are insterested, here a link to a nice pdf about the boat USA.