Windows Installer Problem.

[Gene K]

Within the past several days, the Windows Installer has began to hang at a
point in the process. When setting a new restore point is required by the
software being installed, it will hang at that point and will not proceed
further. When no restore point is required, it will proceed to about 80% and
hang right there. Searching for a solution, I found several statements
relating to fouled up registry keys causing the problem. Does anyone know
which keys are involved and the corrective action? Uninstalling IE7 is where
it all began.

 

[Poprivet]

Within the past several days, the Windows Installer has began to hang
at a point in the process. When setting a new restore point is
required by the software being installed, it will hang at that point
and will not proceed further. When no restore point is required, it
will proceed to about 80% and hang right there. Searching for a
solution, I found several statements relating to fouled up registry
keys causing the problem. Does anyone know which keys are involved
and the corrective action? Uninstalling IE7 is where it all began.

Failing more educated input:

This is a guess, but you might try locating and downloading Installer 3.1.
AFAIK that's the latest version and should re-write the necessary registry
entries.

You also might try uninstalling IE7 via Add/Remove and see if the problem
goes away. Maybe something glitched during the install. AV sometimes gets
in the way of installs, too.

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