Starting AntiSpyware also starts WIN Installer, wanting
to install Easy CD Creator. Only way to get rid of
Installer is Task Manager.
I've run Installer Cleanup app, but no help

Hmm--you ran the installer cleanup tool--what did you tell it to do?

This is my "picture" of this situation--I'm not sure it is perfectly
accurate, but it seems to work for most cases I've seen so far.

The Windows installer believes that X product--in your case EZ CD Creator,
it not fully installed.

Why running (or installing) Microsoft Antispyware triggers the Installer
into remembering this detail I don't know, but I've seen other apps do this
too--notably Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.x.

There appear to me to be two fixes. Fix 1, if the app is something known to
you and that you desire to have installed on your machine--is to reinstall
the application involved. A variant of that, if you have the install media
but don't want the app installed--is to reinstall it and then uninstall it.

Fix 2 is to use the Windows Installer cleanup tool--and remove the items
related to the specific application involved. You should only do this if
you don't want the app installed, and don't have access to the installation
media--and maybe even can't identify what the app is or where it came from.
You must be able to identify it well enough to pick it from the list the
Cleanup tool provides, of course.

So--are you saying that you removed the item related to your issue, via the
Windows Installer cleanup tool, and that it didn't change what happens?


--
FAQ for Microsoft Antispyware:
http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm

"George Harding" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:072001c53488$c8e9a880$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Starting AntiSpyware also starts WIN Installer, wanting
> to install Easy CD Creator. Only way to get rid of
> Installer is Task Manager.
> I've run Installer Cleanup app, but no help

The Installer cleanup app didn't give me a list, as you
seem to imply it does. It ran to completion, but
apparently doesn't have any effect on the problem. After
the license agreement, it appears to enter some
shortcuts, then proceeds to the Finish page.

Antispyware says it has found one spyware item, but the
app won't open at all now.

I can't seem to find my copy of Easy CD Creator, so I
don't really want to uninstall it. At this point, I think
my only choice is to uninstall AntiSpyware.

George
>-----Original Message-----
>Hmm--you ran the installer cleanup tool--what did you
tell it to do?
>
>This is my "picture" of this situation--I'm not sure it
is perfectly
>accurate, but it seems to work for most cases I've seen
so far.
>
>The Windows installer believes that X product--in your
case EZ CD Creator,
>it not fully installed.
>
>Why running (or installing) Microsoft Antispyware
triggers the Installer
>into remembering this detail I don't know, but I've seen
other apps do this
>too--notably Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.x.
>
>There appear to me to be two fixes. Fix 1, if the app
is something known to
>you and that you desire to have installed on your
machine--is to reinstall
>the application involved. A variant of that, if you
have the install media
>but don't want the app installed--is to reinstall it and
then uninstall it.
>
>Fix 2 is to use the Windows Installer cleanup tool--and
remove the items
>related to the specific application involved. You
should only do this if
>you don't want the app installed, and don't have access
to the installation
>media--and maybe even can't identify what the app is or
where it came from.
>You must be able to identify it well enough to pick it
from the list the
>Cleanup tool provides, of course.
>
>So--are you saying that you removed the item related to
your issue, via the
>Windows Installer cleanup tool, and that it didn't
change what happens?
>
>
>--
>FAQ for Microsoft Antispyware:
>http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm
>
>"George Harding" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:072001c53488$c8e9a880$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Starting AntiSpyware also starts WIN Installer, wanting
>> to install Easy CD Creator. Only way to get rid of
>> Installer is Task Manager.
>> I've run Installer Cleanup app, but no help
>
>
>.
>

Hmm - the underlying issue will continue to exist, and may pop up with some
other application which uses the Windows Installer. I'll post my link to
the cleaner in case you tried something different:

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;290301

I'm wondering whether your experience with the cleaner app relates to the
same issue--it is possible to reinstall the Windows Installer, as well.


--
FAQ for Microsoft Antispyware:
http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm

"George Hardng" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:102c01c534f1$691ce070$(E-Mail Removed)...
> The Installer cleanup app didn't give me a list, as you
> seem to imply it does. It ran to completion, but
> apparently doesn't have any effect on the problem. After
> the license agreement, it appears to enter some
> shortcuts, then proceeds to the Finish page.
>
> Antispyware says it has found one spyware item, but the
> app won't open at all now.
>
> I can't seem to find my copy of Easy CD Creator, so I
> don't really want to uninstall it. At this point, I think
> my only choice is to uninstall AntiSpyware.
>
> George
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Hmm--you ran the installer cleanup tool--what did you
> tell it to do?
>>
>>This is my "picture" of this situation--I'm not sure it
> is perfectly
>>accurate, but it seems to work for most cases I've seen
> so far.
>>
>>The Windows installer believes that X product--in your
> case EZ CD Creator,
>>it not fully installed.
>>
>>Why running (or installing) Microsoft Antispyware
> triggers the Installer
>>into remembering this detail I don't know, but I've seen
> other apps do this
>>too--notably Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.x.
>>
>>There appear to me to be two fixes. Fix 1, if the app
> is something known to
>>you and that you desire to have installed on your
> machine--is to reinstall
>>the application involved. A variant of that, if you
> have the install media
>>but don't want the app installed--is to reinstall it and
> then uninstall it.
>>
>>Fix 2 is to use the Windows Installer cleanup tool--and
> remove the items
>>related to the specific application involved. You
> should only do this if
>>you don't want the app installed, and don't have access
> to the installation
>>media--and maybe even can't identify what the app is or
> where it came from.
>>You must be able to identify it well enough to pick it
> from the list the
>>Cleanup tool provides, of course.
>>
>>So--are you saying that you removed the item related to
> your issue, via the
>>Windows Installer cleanup tool, and that it didn't
> change what happens?
>>
>>
>>--
>>FAQ for Microsoft Antispyware:
>>http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm
>>
>>"George Harding" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>news:072001c53488$c8e9a880$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> Starting AntiSpyware also starts WIN Installer, wanting
>>> to install Easy CD Creator. Only way to get rid of
>>> Installer is Task Manager.
>>> I've run Installer Cleanup app, but no help
>>
>>
>>.
>>

>-----Original Message-----
>Starting AntiSpyware also starts WIN Installer, wanting
>to install Easy CD Creator. Only way to get rid of
>Installer is Task Manager.
>I've run Installer Cleanup app, but no help
>.
>