"windows Installer" And Can It Be Fixed?
Jun 25, 2006
i am working on a very troubled IBM-pen3-(XP-over-WIN2000) laptop(actually have another thread ongoing). This post is about the "windows installer" issues i can not get online nor get system restore,nor safe mode working
Via the laptop's CD drive, i have able to install some utilities, but some utilities will not run with a error message about "windows installer" problems. what is windows installer, is there a way of repairing that? i do have a second computer(this one) i can get online with.
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Jan 28, 2009
I lob this outta the window Im running a windows xp desktop and having troubles when trying to play yahoo games,after downloading java i had two probs one was i was running in safe mode,im now out of safe mode and running the comp normally the other thing was it says i might need to do is run windows installer again. heres where i have the problem! where or how do i run windows installer? im using firefox
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Dec 14, 2004
I have a problem !Evertime I open anythinh Windows Installer pops up.
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Aug 25, 2008
Computer handed to me for problem fixing (here fix) - had a virus of some kind (unknown) someone else tried to resolve unsuccessfully.Windows XP SP2 (HP Pavilion Media Center Pc I've started to investigate...Windows installer problem unable to load / unload some programs.Specifically as a test I'm tryin gto remove Windows Defender from the Add/Remove programs - unsuccessful get message...The Windows installer Service could not be accessed.
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Aug 10, 2007
I 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."
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Sep 25, 2008
I try to install something using windows installer, I get the "preparing to install" screen and then it says that windows installer couldn't be accessed. I'm not running in safe mode, and I didn't do anything to change this. I looked online and it said to go into the registry and check the msiexec file to make sure its in the system folder, and it is. I've tried re installing and even though it says it successfully reinstalled, it still wont work.
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May 7, 2007
Right, I've uninstalled Windows Installer and installed the latest version, but it didnt install properly and I have no add/remove programs and cannot install the Windows Installer.
I've tryed reinstalling in safe mode, rebooting about 9 times and I cannot install it
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Mar 26, 2010
When i install windows,it says windows could not load the installer for disk dr
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May 24, 2010
I keep on getting a pop up saying windows installer preparing to install?? i cant get rid of it help please
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Mar 4, 2007
I'd like help please. When I try to install windows installer 3.1, it fails about half way through. I get an error msg saying "access denied", and it aborts completely.I'm not sure that matters for windows installer itself, but until I successfully install that, I dont' think I'm getting access to any other windows updates I DO need.
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Sep 27, 2009
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Dec 15, 2004
When i try to install a program i had downloaded from the web, i get a box saying: Windows Installer
The Windows Installer device could not be accessed. This can occur if you are running windows in safe mode, or if the windows installer is not correctly installed. My OS is Windows XP with sp2. I am not running windows in safe mode.
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Oct 8, 2005
When I turn my computer on there is a long pause/ delay before windows initiates at start up. It lasts about 1 min until Windows finally boots. Immediately after Windows starts up a window pops up titled: Windows Installer - Preparing to install. This started all of the sudden tonight, not really sure why or what caused it but has anyone ever heard of either of these errors? I have ran an updated version of Adaware6, AVG Anti Virus, Ccleaner, CWShredder, Ewido, RegCleaner, Spware Blaster, Spybot. Also, I have been using Avg Free Editon Virus Scan and Windows Firewall and still managed to get 2 viruses today while they were running. Can you recommend a top of the line virus scan and firewall. I have been told that Pc-Cillin is a good virus scan because it has an integrated virus scan and firewall.
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Jun 25, 2005
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Apr 8, 2008
I'm having two problems with my computer. I'm getting the windows installer screen always coming up at startup and staying on the monitor until I press cntl + alt + delete and then i'm getting that window in the background or bottom of the screen toolbar.
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Dec 26, 2008
I only have a 70GB hard drive and having recently used "treesize" have found that the reason I was always running out of space appears to be down to the 55GB of Windows INstaller Patches that are on the computer. I am sure that most of these are not required but have no idea what they are, what they do, or if they need to be there or not. As their individual sizes range from a few KB to hundreds of MB, I would like to delete as many as ppossible but need advice as to what / how
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May 23, 2005
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May 7, 2008
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May 13, 2007
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Apr 11, 2005
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Aug 11, 2007
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May 15, 2006
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Jul 26, 2008
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Sep 12, 2005
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Aug 25, 2006
windows installer keeps asking me to install something I don't want installed!
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Oct 30, 2009
when I try to download some programs I get a message that says "windows installer could not be accessed. Contact your support personnel to verify thay the windows installer is properly registered."
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Aug 20, 2005
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