SecureBackup Backup Software

Installing the SecureBackup online backup software just got a whole lot easier. We have been searching for the best way to install the dependencies that are required by the backup client software for all of the different operating systems we support. The operating systems supported by SecureBackup are Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7. Although Windows XP is quite old, it is still widely in use today and a lot of our customers are still using it. Since SecureBackup is built upon the .NET 2.0 framework, we needed to ensure that the framework would not only be installed if needed, but that it would be installed correctly. The problem with this is that framework may be not installed by default or it may not be fully patched with the latest service pack from Microsoft. We also wanted to ensure that Service Pack 2 SP2 of the .NET 2.0 Framework was installed.

We have been using Inno Setup with some success but decided to switch to InstallAware which  made our lives a lot easier. We know that this is a robust and mature solution for installing our backup software and are confident that there will be no more sporadic failed installs on some of the older PC’s out there. It’s never been easier to get started with backing up your data online than right now with SecureBackup.