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BG41
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      13th Oct 2008
Can somebody tell me why I can Install or uninstall anything? I am trying to
uninstall WinDbg and it keeps giving me ERROR. Saying A previous Installation
for this product is in progress. You Must Undo the changes made by that
installation to continue. Do you want to undo those changes?" And I click
YES than I get gathering information, then Installer Stopped Prematurely. I
click OK then I get Fatal Error during Installation.

So I tried to uninstall PerfectDisk and the same thing happens!!

Also I have been getting msiexec.exe errors when I boot up.

I tried to download a program that said it would fix msiexe.exe errors but
I get the that same thing about a previous version of Windbg, and I must undo
those changes. Can anyone tell me what is wrong?
 
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nass
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      13th Oct 2008


"BG41" wrote:

> Can somebody tell me why I can Install or uninstall anything? I am trying to
> uninstall WinDbg and it keeps giving me ERROR. Saying A previous Installation
> for this product is in progress. You Must Undo the changes made by that
> installation to continue. Do you want to undo those changes?" And I click
> YES than I get gathering information, then Installer Stopped Prematurely. I
> click OK then I get Fatal Error during Installation.
>
> So I tried to uninstall PerfectDisk and the same thing happens!!
>
> Also I have been getting msiexec.exe errors when I boot up.
>
> I tried to download a program that said it would fix msiexe.exe errors but
> I get the that same thing about a previous version of Windbg, and I must undo
> those changes. Can anyone tell me what is wrong?



Common Windows Installer Problems
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=555175

Windows Installer CleanUp Utility
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301
Reboot your machine and try to uninstall/install any programs, does it help?

Error 1704 Cleanup Utility 2
http://www.chrismillard.com/mambo/in...id=17&Itemid=2

Run a thorough scan by doing the following steps:
1... First, try to clean up your caches, Internet files and delete cookies
by doing this:
Click Start >> Control Panel >> Double click Network and Internet
Connections >> Double click Internet Options.
On the IE properties windows you will see these Tabs:
General | Security | Privacy | Content | Connections | Programs |
Advanced
Under General Tab clear your History, Internet Files and Cookies.
Then click on Advanced tab and scroll down to under the Browsing Option:
[&] Browsing
[ ] Enable Third-Party browser extensions (Req Rest) uncheck this box.
Then click on Programs Tab and click Manage Add-Ons and Disable all non
Verified Add-Ons (You should Renable them later one-by-one and see the
culprit and update it or remove it.
How to manage Add-Ons:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/883256
Scan for malware from here:

http://www.malwarebytes.org/rr-update/rr-free-setup.exe
http://onecare.live.com/site/en-gb/d....htm?s_cid=sah

Run disk clean up on your drives.
Run this command:
sfc /scannow
HTH,
nass
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http://www.nasstec.co.uk

 
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BG41
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      13th Oct 2008
Thanks Alot, but I think I got it fixed. I kept searching the Internet and
found that Microsoft had a Hotfix for the Windows Installer. First I disabled
DEP on the Installer, then I got the msiecex or whatever error, so I kept
searching and found the hotfix and it worked. I was finally able to uninstall
what I wanted and install new drivers.

"nass" wrote:

>
>
> "BG41" wrote:
>
> > Can somebody tell me why I can Install or uninstall anything? I am trying to
> > uninstall WinDbg and it keeps giving me ERROR. Saying A previous Installation
> > for this product is in progress. You Must Undo the changes made by that
> > installation to continue. Do you want to undo those changes?" And I click
> > YES than I get gathering information, then Installer Stopped Prematurely. I
> > click OK then I get Fatal Error during Installation.
> >
> > So I tried to uninstall PerfectDisk and the same thing happens!!
> >
> > Also I have been getting msiexec.exe errors when I boot up.
> >
> > I tried to download a program that said it would fix msiexe.exe errors but
> > I get the that same thing about a previous version of Windbg, and I must undo
> > those changes. Can anyone tell me what is wrong?

>
>
> Common Windows Installer Problems
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=555175
>
> Windows Installer CleanUp Utility
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301
> Reboot your machine and try to uninstall/install any programs, does it help?
>
> Error 1704 Cleanup Utility 2
> http://www.chrismillard.com/mambo/in...id=17&Itemid=2
>
> Run a thorough scan by doing the following steps:
> 1... First, try to clean up your caches, Internet files and delete cookies
> by doing this:
> Click Start >> Control Panel >> Double click Network and Internet
> Connections >> Double click Internet Options.
> On the IE properties windows you will see these Tabs:
> General | Security | Privacy | Content | Connections | Programs |
> Advanced
> Under General Tab clear your History, Internet Files and Cookies.
> Then click on Advanced tab and scroll down to under the Browsing Option:
> [&] Browsing
> [ ] Enable Third-Party browser extensions (Req Rest) uncheck this box.
> Then click on Programs Tab and click Manage Add-Ons and Disable all non
> Verified Add-Ons (You should Renable them later one-by-one and see the
> culprit and update it or remove it.
> How to manage Add-Ons:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/883256
> Scan for malware from here:
>
> http://www.malwarebytes.org/rr-update/rr-free-setup.exe
> http://onecare.live.com/site/en-gb/d....htm?s_cid=sah
>
> Run disk clean up on your drives.
> Run this command:
> sfc /scannow
> HTH,
> nass
> ---
> http://www.nasstec.co.uk
>

 
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nass
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      13th Oct 2008

Thanks for your feedback and glad you got it sorted.
Good luck.
nass
---
http://www.nasstec.co.uk

"BG41" wrote:

> Thanks Alot, but I think I got it fixed. I kept searching the Internet and
> found that Microsoft had a Hotfix for the Windows Installer. First I disabled
> DEP on the Installer, then I got the msiecex or whatever error, so I kept
> searching and found the hotfix and it worked. I was finally able to uninstall
> what I wanted and install new drivers.
>
> "nass" wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > "BG41" wrote:
> >
> > > Can somebody tell me why I can Install or uninstall anything? I am trying to
> > > uninstall WinDbg and it keeps giving me ERROR. Saying A previous Installation
> > > for this product is in progress. You Must Undo the changes made by that
> > > installation to continue. Do you want to undo those changes?" And I click
> > > YES than I get gathering information, then Installer Stopped Prematurely. I
> > > click OK then I get Fatal Error during Installation.
> > >
> > > So I tried to uninstall PerfectDisk and the same thing happens!!
> > >
> > > Also I have been getting msiexec.exe errors when I boot up.
> > >
> > > I tried to download a program that said it would fix msiexe.exe errors but
> > > I get the that same thing about a previous version of Windbg, and I must undo
> > > those changes. Can anyone tell me what is wrong?

> >
> >
> > Common Windows Installer Problems
> > http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=555175
> >
> > Windows Installer CleanUp Utility
> > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301
> > Reboot your machine and try to uninstall/install any programs, does it help?
> >
> > Error 1704 Cleanup Utility 2
> > http://www.chrismillard.com/mambo/in...id=17&Itemid=2
> >
> > Run a thorough scan by doing the following steps:
> > 1... First, try to clean up your caches, Internet files and delete cookies
> > by doing this:
> > Click Start >> Control Panel >> Double click Network and Internet
> > Connections >> Double click Internet Options.
> > On the IE properties windows you will see these Tabs:
> > General | Security | Privacy | Content | Connections | Programs |
> > Advanced
> > Under General Tab clear your History, Internet Files and Cookies.
> > Then click on Advanced tab and scroll down to under the Browsing Option:
> > [&] Browsing
> > [ ] Enable Third-Party browser extensions (Req Rest) uncheck this box.
> > Then click on Programs Tab and click Manage Add-Ons and Disable all non
> > Verified Add-Ons (You should Renable them later one-by-one and see the
> > culprit and update it or remove it.
> > How to manage Add-Ons:
> > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/883256
> > Scan for malware from here:
> >
> > http://www.malwarebytes.org/rr-update/rr-free-setup.exe
> > http://onecare.live.com/site/en-gb/d....htm?s_cid=sah
> >
> > Run disk clean up on your drives.
> > Run this command:
> > sfc /scannow
> > HTH,
> > nass
> > ---
> > http://www.nasstec.co.uk
> >

 
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