Links to various deployment tools vendors and some links to tool reviews.

• Advanced Installer
• Installshield
• WiX Toolset
• Pace Suite
• Microsoft (VS Installer Projects)

• Quick Tool Overview
• Detailed Tool Comparison
• Current Technology Developments
• Multi Platform Installers

• Non-MSI Installer Tools
• Windows Installer Tools
• Sys-Admin Tools for Deployment

All Stackoverflow answers.

Below are some selected answers from stackoverflow.com, serverfault.com and superuser.com

• WiX Quick Start Link Collection
• Various ways to uninstall an MSI
• How can I find the product GUID of an installed MSI setup?
• About the tool WiX and also about the Complexity of Deployment
• What does deployment really entail? What do deployment specialists actually do?
• Windows Installer Transforms and about MSI anti-patterns

• Auto-GUIDs and settings file deployment
• How to deploy settings files successfully with MSI
• Flagging when to do re-copy of per user files
• Why is it a good idea to limit deployment of files to the user-profile or HKCU when using MSI?
• Application Launch Sequence
• Creating content folders per-user
• Make WIX installer place files in AppData
• Flagging changes done per machine for per user refresh

• Do not override the existing file when we install the .exe file
• Windows Installer Self-Repair - the scourge of society!

• How to find the product GUID for installed MSI files
• Dealing with write access denied for applications and deployment files
• How to deploy files with write access
• Writing to HKLM
• ActiveSetup
• Why you should avoid MSI for registry settings tweaking