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Walkthrough for Signing up for Windows Installer 4.5 Beta

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Here's a walkthrough of the process I've used to signup for the Windows Installer 4.5 Beta

1) go to URL https://connect.microsoft.com/availableconnections.aspx
2) sign in (using a creating new hotmail account - steps omitted for brevity)
3) after completing new account creation, the page returns me to the https version of the Available Connections page at https://connect.microsoft.com/availableconnections.aspx?wa=wsignin1.0
4) scroll down alphabetically to "Windows Installer 4.5 Beta"
5) Click on Apply link in the far right column of the Windows Installer 4.5 Beta row
6) I'm taken to page https://connect.microsoft.com/SelfNomination.aspx?ProgramID=1506&pageType=1&SiteID=432 which has a Continue button at the bottom which I click.
7) I'm taken to a terms of use page at https://connect.microsoft.com/registration/terms.aspx?regType=2&cru=%2fSelfNomination.aspx%3fProgramID%3d1506%26pageType%3d1%26SiteID%3d432&cu=%2favailableconnections.aspx%3fwa%3dwsignin1.0 at the bottom of which there is an I Agree button which I click
8) I'm taken to a register page at https://profile.microsoft.com/RegSysProfileCenter/wizard.aspx?wizid=f81448ea-824f-4ca7-9ed1-39af10a9b425&lcid=1033&fu=%2fregistration%2fregistrationconfirmation.aspx%3fcru%3d%252fSelfNomination.aspx%253fProgramID%253d1506%2526pageType%253d1%2526SiteID%253d432&cu=%2favailableconnections.aspx%3fwa%3dwsignin1.0 which I then fill in the information and click the Continue botton at the bottom
9) I'm taken to a Verify Ownership of Your Email alias page at https://profile.microsoft.com/RegSysProfileCenter/wizard.aspx?wizid=f81448ea-824f-4ca7-9ed1-39af10a9b425&lcid=1033&fu=%2fregistration%2fregistrationconfirmation.aspx%3fcru%3d%252fSelfNomination.aspx%253fProgramID%253d1506%2526pageType%253d1%2526SiteID%253d432&cu=%2favailableconnections.aspx%3fwa%3dwsignin1.0
10) Switch to email and see I've received an email from the connect server (after a bit of waiting).  Open the email and click the embedded link (omitted here for brevity)
11) the link from the email takes me to a E-Mail Verification Confirmation page at https://profile.microsoft.com/RegSysProfileCenter/ConfirmEmail.aspx?lcid=1033&EmailEntered=rflaming%40microsoft.com&eck=GQvY1J4y0OzM%252fLNB2Hm%252bcw&CP=2&brand=Microsoft&Wizid=f81448ea-824f-4ca7-9ed1-39af10a9b425&fu=https%3a%2f%2fconnect.microsoft.com%2fregistration%2fregistrationconfirmation.aspx%3fcru%3d%252fSelfNomination.aspx%253fProgramID%253d1506%2526pageType%253d1%2526SiteID%253d432&Sec=1 at the bottom of which is a Continue button
12) after clicking Continue,  I'm taken back to the root of the connect site so I switch back to the Verify Ownership of Your Email page and click Continue on that page
13) I'm taken to a Welcome to Connect page where I enter a friendly name and click the Continue bottom at the bottom of the page
14) I'm finally taken to the Windows Installer 4.5 Beta site at this URL https://connect.microsoft.com/site/sitehome.aspx?SiteID=432
15) On the left hand side I see a "Downloads" menu item so I click it
16) I'm taken to the page https://connect.microsoft.com/Downloads/Downloads.aspx?SiteID=432 where I see the two white papers
17) I click on the first link and it takes me to this page https://connect.microsoft.com/Downloads/DownloadDetails.aspx?SiteID=432&DownloadID=8270
18) I click on the download link and I get a prompt from the Gold Bar (of IE7) whether I want to allow the download
19) I right click on the Gold Bar and select download file...
20) I get the dialog "Do you want to open or save this file?" and choose Open
21) Word boots with the first document
22) I go back to the browser and click the back button until I get to the list of available downloads at https://connect.microsoft.com/Downloads/Downloads.aspx?SiteID=432
23) I click the second link on the available downloads page which brings me to the page https://connect.microsoft.com/Downloads/DownloadDetails.aspx?SiteID=432&DownloadID=8271
24) I click on the download link and I get a prompt from the Gold Bar (of IE7) whether I want to allow the download
25) I right click on the Gold Bar and select download file...
26) I get the dialog "Do you want to open or save this file?" and choose Open
27) Word boots with the second document

[Author: Robert Flaming]
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  • Anonymous
    August 21, 2007
    PingBack from http://msdnrss.thecoderblogs.com/2007/08/21/

  • Anonymous
    August 21, 2007
    I have no "Windows Installer 4.5 Beta" mentioned in step 4. I have "Window Home Server RC" and then "Windows Live Betas".

  • Anonymous
    August 22, 2007
    I just noticed a set of steps that have been posted on the Windows Installer team blog that can be used

  • Anonymous
    August 22, 2007
    I just noticed a set of steps that have been posted on the Windows Installer team blog that can be used

  • Anonymous
    August 24, 2007
    Windows Installer 4.5 Beta is now available to those signed up through Connect . Along with the whitepapers

  • Anonymous
    August 25, 2007
    Windows Installer 4.5 Beta is now available to those signed up through Connect . Along with the whitepapers

  • Anonymous
    August 25, 2007
    Hello Thomas, I believe this means you are signed up. The connect site moves the program from the "Available Connections" list to the "My Participation" list.  Try clicking on the "My Participation" link on the left hand menu and see if the program is there. This caught me too as I was learning to use the connect site.  I was a bit panic stricken thinking that all my work had disappeared until I figured out programs shifted lists. Drop me another comment if it's not on either the "Available Connections" or the "My Participation" list. Hope this helps, Robert

  • Anonymous
    August 25, 2007
    A number of Windows Installer enthusiasts have asked whether they can talk about the Windows Installer

  • Anonymous
    August 25, 2007
    Robert, Indeed, you are right. I might already be signed up. What made me think that I was not, is that when I tried to download the paper "Agility trends..." it said I had to sign up to the program before I could download. I do not get that error any longer, instead I get to a page with the title "Agility Trends in Packaged Software white paper available now" and a link that the should take me to the document. Clicking the link gives me an error though: "Page Not Found. The content that you requested cannot be found or you do not have permission to view it."

  • Anonymous
    August 26, 2007
    As reported this weekend by the Windows Installer team and Heath Stewart , the beta of Windows Installer

  • Anonymous
    August 26, 2007
    As reported this weekend by the Windows Installer team and Heath Stewart , the beta of Windows Installer

  • Anonymous
    August 27, 2007
    The What's New section of the Windows Installer 4.5 CHM available in the downloads section of the Windows

  • Anonymous
    August 28, 2007
    The first public beta version of the Windows Installer (MSI) 4.5 runtime, SDK and documentation has just

  • Anonymous
    March 07, 2008
    Hello everyone! First off, I wanted to let you know that I have re-joined the Windows Installer (MSI)

  • Anonymous
    March 07, 2008
    Hello everyone! First off, I wanted to let you know that I have re-joined the Windows Installer (MSI