Drivers and Software get reinstalled/configured every time I try to use them.

[busy bee]

I basically have two annoying things happening.
1. Whenever I try to use my Office 2000 Small Business a
message comes up that says 'Please wait while Windows
configures Microsoft Office 2000 Small Business'.

2. Every time I try to use my Epson Stylus 600 (I know
it's old, but it still works great), Windows reinstalls
the XP printer driver twice.

Any help to get rid of these annoying things would be
appreciated.

Thanks,

BusyBee

 

[Mack]

I have an Epson 660 installed using the Windows 2000
drivers from the Epson web site, but XP will always detect
and install using it's generic drivers, so I have 2
instances of the printer installed. If this is what you
mean I don't think there's anything you can do about it -
just ignore it like I do!!

Mack

 

[Torgeir Bakken (MVP)]

I basically have two annoying things happening.
1. Whenever I try to use my Office 2000 Small Business a
message comes up that says 'Please wait while Windows
configures Microsoft Office 2000 Small Business'.

2. Every time I try to use my Epson Stylus 600 (I know
it's old, but it still works great), Windows reinstalls
the XP printer driver twice.

Any help to get rid of these annoying things would be
appreciated.

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