Persistent Windows Installer pop-up... Now a secondary problem

[Guest]

Hello!

I have been beating my head over this prob for over a week now. I have the
common issue of Windows Installer constantly running for no apparent reason.

==I've tried looking at the registry: I have all the keys recommended.
==I've tried disabling Installer thru Services.msc/mmc. No difference.
==Editing Group Policy (according to an internet help page) is for XP Pro..
I have Home.
==Double checked MSIEXEC version... I have 3.0, the latest.
==I've tried SP2 SDK... did nothing.
==From reading this board, I downloaded/installed the Installer Cleanup:
Made no noticable difference in anything. I'm still wondering the point of
this.
==I've tried various CMD prompts with msiexec in an attempt to toubleshoot...

....but now that I've turned the logging on, I can't turn it off and now it's
cluttering my TEMP files.

1. I need to turn logging off ASAP. Anyone know how? This would make me
happiest at the moment.
2. Short of reinstalling Windows XP Home, are there other fixes I haven't
tried?
Will reinstalling SP2 cause problems? Is that a viable option without
starting all over again?

Thank you thank you thank you! I'm frustrated beyond belief and cannot
fathom redoing my system.

 

[barry]

Hello!

I have been beating my head over this prob for over a week now. I have the
common issue of Windows Installer constantly running for no apparent reason.

==I've tried looking at the registry: I have all the keys recommended.
==I've tried disabling Installer thru Services.msc/mmc. No difference.
==Editing Group Policy (according to an internet help page) is for XP Pro..
I have Home.
==Double checked MSIEXEC version... I have 3.0, the latest.
==I've tried SP2 SDK... did nothing.
==From reading this board, I downloaded/installed the Installer Cleanup:
Made no noticable difference in anything. I'm still wondering the point of
this.
==I've tried various CMD prompts with msiexec in an attempt to toubleshoot...

...but now that I've turned the logging on, I can't turn it off and now it's
cluttering my TEMP files.

1. I need to turn logging off ASAP. Anyone know how? This would make me
happiest at the moment.
2. Short of reinstalling Windows XP Home, are there other fixes I haven't
tried?
Will reinstalling SP2 cause problems? Is that a viable option without
starting all over again?

Thank you thank you thank you! I'm frustrated beyond belief and cannot
fathom redoing my system.

In my case it was the .net security patch that was causing this
problem. I uninstalled the patch via control panel then re-installed
via windows update and it was fixed.

 

[Guest]

Well I don't have .NET installed. I installed it breifly a little over a
month ago but didn't like the bulk of it; so I uninstalled it within a few
days. Well before my Installer issue.

But to make sure, I did a search on this site, and quite frankly, with how
unintuitive & massively bulky this site is, I couldn't find a darned thing
related to a .NET security patch.

So I'm shamelessly bumping this. I hope someone may have any other ideas.

Thanks!

(ps... I still desperately need to turn the "msiexec /log" off. The /help
file was of no help. )