"Preparing to Install" window whenever I open My Computer, Recycle

[Guest]

Hi, my computer has been acting strange lately. Whenever I open My Computer,
My Documents, Control Panel, and Internet Explorer, I get a brief Windows
Installer window stating "preparing to install.." followed by the opening of
My Computer, My Documents, Control Panel, or Internet Explorer (whichever one
I opened). The "preparing to install" window remains very briefly and
everything opens in about a second. I haven't installed anything lately and I
was wondering why is it always like this? This happens every time I open
Windows based stuff. Other programs such as Firefox and Word don't have this
"preparing to install" window right before opening each respective
application. What could be the problem? Thanks a lot.

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Hi hangsterthemonster,

Start Eventvwr.msc and see if there are any MsiInstaller entries for that
date.

See here for detailed information:

Windows Installer: Dealing with installation failures:
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/68/1/Windows-Installer-Dealing-with-installation-failures.html


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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


message Hi, my computer has been acting strange lately. Whenever I open My
Computer,
My Documents, Control Panel, and Internet Explorer, I get a brief Windows
Installer window stating "preparing to install.." followed by the opening of
My Computer, My Documents, Control Panel, or Internet Explorer (whichever
one
I opened). The "preparing to install" window remains very briefly and
everything opens in about a second. I haven't installed anything lately and
I
was wondering why is it always like this? This happens every time I open
Windows based stuff. Other programs such as Firefox and Word don't have
this
"preparing to install" window right before opening each respective
application. What could be the problem? Thanks a lot.