>>Installer Is Not Correctly Installed<<

[Wayne B.]

I am trying to install McAfee off of my CD that I have
used MANY TIMES before, last time about a week ago on my
other system. But everytime I try I keep getting this
message,..>> The Windows Installer Service could not be
accessed. This can occur if you are running
Windows in safe mode, or if the Windows Installer is not
correctly installed. Contact your support personnel for
assistance.<< In the Event Viewer under Applications it
says >>Event ID 1015<< Description->> "Failed to connect
to server. Error:0x80040154"

I have been installing other things all day, the Mcafee is
the only one that I'm having problems with. I haven't the
faintest idea why I'm getting this message.

If anyone out there knows what's going on with this thing,
could you PLEASE let me know what you know. I have just
gotten cable internet on this thing today and I will
Definely Need my McAfee, firewall and all.

THANX N ADVANCE The Rookie/Wayne B.

 

[ramesh]

hi,

u didn't specified ur service pack version. installations requrie
microsoft installer .msi support. this u will get it in service pack 4
update ur system to sp4 then u will get it .

bye
(e-mail address removed)

rames

 

[Wayne B.]

Hi Ramesh. I installed SP4 a little bit before this
happened. I've installed other applications since I've
installed the SP and had no problem with those, just
McAfee. Haven't updated it yet, but the Service Pack is
installed. Wayne B.

 

[Torgeir Bakken (MVP)]

I am trying to install McAfee off of my CD that I have
used MANY TIMES before, last time about a week ago on my
other system. But everytime I try I keep getting this
message,..>> The Windows Installer Service could not be
accessed. This can occur if you are running
Windows in safe mode, or if the Windows Installer is not
correctly installed. Contact your support personnel for
assistance.<<

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 steps in the URL 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