InstallAware X17 Shipping Friday This Week

The time is now!

o Azure Trusted Signing: Sail through security. Confers EV-grade trust. No build breaking dongles (or extensive verifications) required. Maximize your reach and adoption.

o Code Signing Hooks: Inject your custom command lines into the build process any time a signing event would normally occur. Future-proof against any new vendors and standards.

o .NET 9.0.0, 8.0.11, 7.0.20, 6.0.36: All the latest runtimes for your setups. Thoroughly tested scripts on all platforms. Better integration reduces your customer support costs.

o 30% Faster Compression: Your builds are now accelerated with large memory page technology. Spend less time waiting and more time getting results.

o aarch64 Binary Compression: Realize smaller setups with designer algorithms made for new Snapdragon binaries. Save bandwidth, keep users happy with more successful downloads.

o Windows 24H2 Features/Server 2025 Roles: Prep your platforms with ease. Our configuration UI replicates Windows’s own interface, down to the minutest component dependencies.

o 4 GB Compression Dictionary: Enjoy data-deduplication grade space savings across tens of gigabytes of raw data. Save money on hosting costs, land intact on more desktops.

New! InstallAware X17 Coming

Here’s our biggest update to our flagship product in years – coming on December 20th, 2024:

o Azure Trusted Signing grants your packages instant EV-grade trust – without the hassles of a physical dongle, and with the convenience of a DUNS based verification.

o Code Signing Hooks future-proof your process for any future standard and/or vendor – tapping your custom command lines any time a code signing event would normally occur.

o Brand-New Compression Engine with a 4 GB dictionary, and aarch64 executable code filters to improve compressibility.

o 30% Faster Compression even for single core (non-parallelizable workloads); plus native AMD64 and aarch64 processes that run on bare-metal, completely eliminating emulation slowdowns.

o Windows 11 24H2 and Windows Server 2025 support, including fully updated Windows Features and Server Roles definitions for point-and-click host platform configurations.

o Fresh .NET 9.0.0, 8.0.11, 7.0.20, 6.0.36 runtimes, and also a Visual C++ 2015-2024 runtime refresh.

o Get/Set Clipboard, Get File Date/Time, Get/Set Memory Pages commands. New ScrollBox dialog control. Docker and Wine support in the setup engine.