Windows Installer Failure

[Richard]

For tha past month or so I have been unable to install
anything on my computer that requires the OS installer
program. If a program has a third party installer it will
work fine, but not if it needs the windows installer. How
can I repair this so I can upgrade and install programs?

 

[Torgeir Bakken (MVP)]

For tha past month or so I have been unable to install
anything on my computer that requires the OS installer
program. If a program has a third party installer it will
work fine, but not if it needs the windows installer. How
can I repair this so I can upgrade and install programs?

Hi

Try the methods one by one outlined here to fix Windows Installer problems in
Win2k and NT4:

PRB: Incorrect Default DCOM Settings Cause Windows Installer to Stop Responding

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;319624


After running through the four points above, also try this from Start/Run:

msiexec /regserver


If that doesn't solve your problem, and you have MSI 2.0 installed, downgrade
to version 1.1 (somewhat messy), and then install MSI 2.0 again:

Downgrading Windows Installer (Win2k):
http://desktopengineer.com/article.php?story=20020710141950674