Windows Installer

[Greg Z]

I have a W2K server and when i log on for the first time
after a reboot windows installer comes up and tries to
install something. It says up for a couple seconds and
then goes away. Is there any place that i can look to see
what it is trying to install. Somewhere in the registry.
It has been doing it all the time after i first logon
after a reboot or start any programs.

Thanks

Greg Z

 

[Torgeir Bakken (MVP)]

I have a W2K server and when i log on for the first time
after a reboot windows installer comes up and tries to
install something. It says up for a couple seconds and
then goes away. Is there any place that i can look to see
what it is trying to install. Somewhere in the registry.
It has been doing it all the time after i first logon
after a reboot or start any programs.

Hi

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.

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}