Every time I try to uninstall any program, Windows XP tells me that I need the installation package ("installer.msi" or "programname.msi"). I searched on my hard drive, and can't find any of these .msi files. This seems very dumb. I have been able to search on the internet and find some of the .msi files that I need. When I find the right one, XP accepts it and uninstalls the program.
View 4 RepliesI have finally decided that my problems with uninstalling are related to the Windows Installer being corrupt.I reregistered this in Safe Mode but it didn't fix the problem. So I ran SFC but when it asked to insert the CD which I did, I got a message "The CD you have provided is the wrong CD. Please insert the Windows XP Professional Cd-ROM..."I only have the one CD - it came with the computer and is " Windows XP Professional includes Service Pack 2."
View 6 Replies View RelatedWhen I double click -or select 'open'- HDD D: I get asked "Choose a program to open this file", with a list of programs displayed. This happens only in my computer - opening it from within an app, or from the drop down list of the address bar works fine. Now, 'explorer.exe' is not in the list, and also since the "always use the selected program..." option is grayed out, it doesn't help to manually navigate to explorer.exe & select it.
View 6 Replies View RelatedI am running XP Pro on a laptop loaded with programs and files.When I recently started it up, instead of loading with the familiar Compaq logo, it started in a DOS program (Phoenix BIOS) with a warning
that "it had not been shut down correctly last time." I think I did shut it down correctly last time. The BIOS offered me two options. 1) Hit F1 to Boot or 2) Hit F10 to continue. I hit F10. That took me to a screen where I had to guess what to choose. Did I want to Save and Exit? Did I want to Escape and abandon changes? etc. I didn't know what to do but it seems I had not made any changes so I said "abandon changes and boot
i have a lniksys wireless network monitor installed. this program was then updated i installed the new version, but i cant uninstall the old version. when i use the change or remove program's it says " an installation support file could not be installed the system cannot find the file specified" how can i remove this program i have tried various uninstaller programs
View 13 Replies View RelatedI was uninstalling a prog that had a trojan in it. I deleted the registry keys and such;manuelling removing it because the Explorer.exe would shut down every time I tried to do it the old fasion way Wink So, I was going through, and I accidentally deleted the Uninstall registry key Which has led all the installed progs to not show up in the Add/Remove Programs gui that's in Control Panel.And so, I am wondering if I have to wait until tommorow to do this, when I have the windows cd. Or if I'm able to just do some other recovery.I restarted and held down F8, and did the "Last known good configuration" thing, but it said I had to replace hal.dll.
View 14 Replies View Relatedi am on an XP operating system on a dell. everytime one of the users logs off, we get the window that says "ending program sprtcmd.exe", and then we have to go and end program manually every time we log off. i read a similar post on here where someone was having that problem, and was told it was related to the dell support center, and they were advised to uninstall it. i tried to uninstall the dell support center, and this message pops up: "Error 1306. Another application has exclusive access to the file c:/Documents and settingsBarbLocal SettingsApplication DataSupport SoftDell Support CenterBarbstate logssprtcmd.log.
Please shut down all other applications then click Retry"
It will not let me click retry, i have to close out the little window or hit cancel, then it goes through a little more of the "windows configuring", and then i get a little window for "add or remove programs" that says "fatal error during installation" and then that's that. it won't let me uninstall the program! i know this isn't a major problem or anything, but still having to manually click that window everytime i log off is quite aggrivating.
The day I uninstalled IconPackager, this probelm comes out.. because one by one, my icons are going corrupted, they're going blank. I'll attach and image on this post so you'll see what my icons look like.First, the ".txt" and ".jpg" files are the only blank icons, and now, there's some icons on the control panel that are going blank, "Scheduled Tasks", "Printers and Faxes", "Network Connections", "Fonts", and "Administrative Tools".
View 14 Replies View Relatedi was trying to install an application from its installer. And i accidentally went to "open with" and selected another program, thus the installer package always opens in the other progam and does not run. I was wondering if there is a way to undo this process
View 1 Replies View RelatedThe windows installer on my computer keeps popping up every now and then wanting to install a program I had downloaded on the net but do not want anymore. I have deleted the downloaded program file but windows installer still keeps popping up wanting to install the program.
How can I stop windows installer from popping up?
I have tried to install adobe reader 9 but as i get to the end of the process i get the following message The windows installer could not be accessed.this can occure if you are running windows in safe mode or if windows installer is not correctly installed.
View 1 Replies View RelatedTried to open Control Panel to uninstall and start using Office XP Small Business -- message: "error occurred while windows was working with...CoPM.cpl in System 32." Microsoft tech suport referred me to start/run appwiz, and remove Visual IP InSight -- but that file wasn't on the list of programs. I removed an un-named installer from the top of the list, thinking that was the culprit.Since then, Windows Installer dialog box pops up whenever I open Explorer or any other program. Microsoft tech support referred me to Article 261594 (Modify the Registry). Can now load Ofice 2000 without the installer popping up.
This is an odd problem that just won't go away, I have a friends computer who has win XP sp-2 they had Norton 2005 on it and uninstalled it cause it is just junk anyway. But the problem is that any program that needs to be installed or updated now gives the message that you need to install the norton disk in CD drive for unknownname install.In event viewer is says "Source: MsiInstaller, Type: Warning, Category: none, Event ID: 1001, Description: Detection of product '{C6F5B6CF-609C-428E-CA83176C021B}', feature 'Complete' failed during request for component'{A07EA0AF-E117-4A34-8D54-5D826F12988C}' for more help & support" blah, blah no help at web link.Also I cannot get windows update site to even load with anything in it all no message just blank, other websites seem fine.
View 7 Replies View RelatedI am running XP pro with SP1a installed on it. I have a bought copy of XP Pro and i slip streamed SP 1a onto a cd to ease installation and that is what i use. When i run SFC on this machine it continously asks for my CD regardless of whether it is my original disc or my slipstreamed with sp1a disc.I dont understand why it will not acknowledge these cd's.
View 20 Replies View RelatedI've been stupid and messed up whilst trying to get my bluetooth to work. I have windows XP Pro and did something in the bluetooth settings that needed me to restart my computer. When I did it had a screen with guest 1 showing and asking for a password. I haven't ever put one on so now I am gutted as I don't know what to do. I tried to start in safe mode and do a roll back but it wanted me to log on first. computer on which to ask as it is a wireless broadband connection
View 4 Replies View RelatedI tried booting it up and it asks for the windows password, I tried every password I could think of and nothing works! Is there any way I can get around this or it it useless now? The old job is long gond so can't get into that domain anyymore! It is running Windows XP, I am thinking there must be a way to get into this thing, I tried safe mdoe but it still asks for the login password.
View 1 Replies View Relatedwhen I turn it on it asks for a power on password and I have no idea what it is-How do I get around it? I have pushed every button I can think of. It has windows xp home.
View 3 Replies View RelatedSo I had XP Home and had one user "Quinn". I upgraded to XP Pro and for some reason, I was now prompted with a popup log in (similar to the one most people have and that I have at work) asking for a password for a user "Matthew". I don't recall setting up this user (my name) and had no password, but if I hit OK I was logged in with no problems.I looked into the User Accounts and saw that Quinn was still the administrator and that Matthew was a user. So I figured I'd keep it simple and got rid of Matthew since , well, I was Quinn and had no password for that account either.Now, when I boot up, I get a prompt for Matthew but by entering no password, I can't get in. The same happens when I try with Quinn.So after all of that here's where I'm at: I need to find a way to get into my computer and bypass the logins since I don't have passwords for wither account.
View 9 Replies View RelatedEven if I haven't set any password for my user account, all of a sudden the system started to ask for a user password to access windows XP.. I only have 2 users, me (the administrator) and guest. Recently I have unpurposely added a passport .NET account, which I don't want and I want to erase, can it depend on it?
View 5 Replies View RelatedI was cleaning my computer of some malware and when I rebooted the computer asked for a password. I never had a password before. No matter what I enter it will not allow me to log in,even in safe mode it asks for a password! I do not want to re-install and lose all of my data. Is there any way to bypass the password and get into xp. I am running XP SP2 on a Dell laptop with a celeron M processor.
View 6 Replies View RelatedI read elsewhere that I should initiate a repair of the OS with the original CD. The problem is to do that it is asking me for an admin password I never set
Keep in mind:I have no access to reboot with the original motherboard(fried) I have 4 Legal copies of XP on 4 computers (including the fried one) I have lost the disk and the XP serial number for that machine. I still have 2 OEM and one Upgrade XP disks So Eventually I am going to have to deal with the serial number issue I think (hope not) System 7 is not an option I need to fix this now and I do not want and illegal copy of the beta
I got a new computer so I wiped hard drive on old one to donate. On re-installation it asks for any micro soft disk. The xp was an upgrade and I got rid of the 98se disk after getting new comp.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI got a new computer, and when trying to set it up (it doesnt have windows on it yet) it asks for a copy of a system disk. What is the system disk? is it the windows disk? Sorry if this is a stupid question, but i've never set up a computer without an OS on it before.
View 5 Replies View RelatedI am not a newb with windows XP SP2 but this is starting to really annoy me First Generic Host Prosses 32 has an error and asks me to send a error report then My sound cuts out and when i go into Sounds and Audio Devices my soundcard isent there it says i have none and i to reboot This just started happening and its a clean install of windows.
View 1 Replies View RelatedWhen I receive an email in Outlook and it has jpeg's attached, I have to answer a warning msg each time I open the pic to view it.On my spouse's system (same as mine), she just clicks on it and it opens with no warning.How can I surpress the warning that asks "do you want to open this file?"It says the file type is "unknown" and that the publisher is "unknown".This is not a critical complaint, but I would like to find out the answer.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI am using Windows XP with Thunderbird for e-mail. I have never had a single problem with Thunderbird until last night. When I clicked "send" a message opened saying "Please submit your password". I have no idea what this is. I have never seen it before, but I know I can't send e-mail
View 2 Replies View RelatedEvery time I start my computer, the Cakewalk Pro Audio Setup appears, and says that Microsoft DirectShow 5 has been installed on my system. Then it needs to reboot to continue the installation. This is all fine except that after reboot it would show me the same prompt all over again. Is there any way to stop this from happening? (I don't want to install Cakewalk anymore). My OS is WinXP SP2.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI'm starting up Outlook 2003 for the first time on my son's computer we put a new hard drive into, the old HD is hooked up through USB to an external HD case.When Outlook starts it asks for a location of the .pst file and I direct it to the external HD (F drive) thinking it will automatically import the old 85 meg pst file so we can save all the old emails, contacts etc. Unfortunately what it did was create a new where I directed it deleting the old .pst file completely, AARRGGHH, My question is, is there any way to recover all the lost files? I checked the recycle bin, no luck and am currently doing a search of the (external) F drive looking for the file.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI am trying to do what so many others prefer...install XP on a new notebook with Vista. I have had some problems thanks to the SATA controller driver. Even the bios has no option to turn the off the controller which has worked for me. So I slipstreamed the driver that seemed to be the one (read on another site) and started the install. Got to where the install asks to specify the RAID type/brand. I select what I think is the one (HP) and then a screen comes up which reads "please insert Windows XP Professional Setup Disk #4 into your CD ROM drive and press Enter when ready". I know of floppy number four, but this is asking for CD number four?
View 1 Replies View RelatedI installed a second version of Windows XP on my computer. If memory serves, I installed it on the same directory as my original operating system. I uninstalled it shortly thereafter however, every time I boot up, the computer asks me which copy of XP I want to use. This despite the fact that I have since totally reinstalled windows and even replaced the physical hard drive.How can I get it to stop asking for an operating system that no longer exists?
View 8 Replies View RelatedI have this problem trying to connect to my laptop or desktop (both ways).I am able to see the shared folders, but if I want to access them I get a password prompt. It asks me for a password and nothing works, I've tried enable/disable guest account.
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