msiexec.exe Startsup at boot and stays in background

[Ninth]

I dont know why but every time I boot I see the
msiexec.ese appliction open and close then it reamins in
my System Processes for a while doing nothing but takking
3megs of ram.

It always starts at boot even after 2 system restores,
and I can access my computer till the program has
executed which happens 1/2min after the boot.

How can I fix this?

 

[Torgeir Bakken (MVP)]

I dont know why but every time I boot I see the
msiexec.ese appliction open and close then it reamins in
my System Processes for a while doing nothing but takking
3megs of ram.

It always starts at boot even after 2 system restores,
and I can access my computer till the program has
executed which happens 1/2min after the boot.

How can I fix this?

Hi

It's can be Windows Installer doing an on-demand installation...

See "Every time I launch my application, Windows Installer performs an
installation. How can I determine the cause of the on-demand installation?"
in the FAQ at

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/community/centers/management/msi_faq.mspx

To access the Application Log in the Event viewer,
run the following command from Start/Run:

eventvwr.msc


If you are running Windows XP (or have access to a Windows XP computer,
you can copy MSIZAP.EXE over to your Win2k computer):

If a product code is listed there and this product is not really installed,
MSIZAP.EXE is maybe able to fix this issue, it is included as a utility in
the support tools installation package (on your WinXP CD) with some additional
documentation included in suptools.chm (installed by suptools.msi).

It will remove all Windows Installer entries for a product key that you feed
it with.

Note that if MSIZAP.EXE is used incorrectly it can affect other applications
on the machine.

Based on the documentation in
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/msi/setup/msizap_exe.asp

this is what you should run:

msizap T {product code}

an example:
msizap T {FFB37294-1155-17D3-A809-0250BAAFB1AB}

 

[Guest]

-----Original Message-----


Hi

It's can be Windows Installer doing an on-demand installation...

See "Every time I launch my application, Windows Installer performs an
installation. How can I determine the cause of the on- demand installation?"
in the FAQ at

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/community/centers/ma nagement/msi_faq.mspx

To access the Application Log in the Event viewer,
run the following command from Start/Run:

eventvwr.msc


If you are running Windows XP (or have access to a Windows XP computer,
you can copy MSIZAP.EXE over to your Win2k computer):

If a product code is listed there and this product is not really installed,
MSIZAP.EXE is maybe able to fix this issue, it is included as a utility in
the support tools installation package (on your WinXP CD) with some additional
documentation included in suptools.chm (installed by suptools.msi).

It will remove all Windows Installer entries for a product key that you feed
it with.

Note that if MSIZAP.EXE is used incorrectly it can affect other applications
on the machine.

Based on the documentation in
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en- us/msi/setup/msizap_exe.asp

this is what you should run:

msizap T {product code}

an example:
msizap T {FFB37294-1155-17D3-A809-0250BAAFB1AB}


--
torgeir
Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of the 1328 page
Scripting Guide: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter


.

How do I find the applictions Product code? I looked in
the event viewer and I can see that everytime I restart a
number of norton internet security removals occur every
restart. But no Product code is listed.

 

[Torgeir Bakken (MVP)]

How do I find the applictions Product code? I looked in
the event viewer and I can see that everytime I restart a
number of norton internet security removals occur every
restart. But no Product code is listed.

Hi

If it is not listed in the event viewer, then I don't know.