Installer keeps on running

[John]

Hi,

I have just been setting up a new PC with Vista Ultimate. Adding my
application software was going OK but now every time I re-boot, put a CD/DVD
in the drive windows Installer pops up and comes up with "Preparing to
install" and then waits a few secs and stops. There is no clue what it is
trying to install.

I Googled this problem and checked out a few web sites, notably ask Leo at
http://ask-leo.com/windows_installer_runs_on_every_reboot_why.html and then
tried to use the Windows Installer Cleanup but again it is just not clear
what software is causing this. I have also used Max Registry Cleaner but
this does not seem to fix the problem.

The only solution I can think of is to unload all software, reinstall
windows and start over. But it has taken me 2 days to get this far so I am
reluctant to do so

Any ideas will be very welcome!

John

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

Try this: Click start, type CMD and right click the entry in the start menu,
choose 'run as administrator'. Click continue on the UAC prompt. From the
command prompt, run these commands, hitting <enter> between each:

msiexec /unregister
msiexec /regserver
exit

The reboot and check to see that the behavior has stopped.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

 

[Peter Foldes]

Use this tool to fix the Installer issue

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301

 

[John]

Hi Rick,

Tried your suggestion but no luck! Any other thoughts?

John

 

[John]

Peter,

I have already tried that - I got it from Ask Leo site.

The problem is I have no idea what software is causing the problem, so is
the only way forward to use the tool to delete all the install info and then
start again?

John



Use this tool to fix the Installer issue

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301

 

[John]

Rick,

Thanks for this, I tried it but it has not cured the problem. Any other
ideas?

John

 

[John]

Peter,

I had tried this earlier but without knowing what the offending software is,
I would have tounistall everything and reinstall later. Any other thoughts
before I go down that road?

John

Use this tool to fix the Installer issue

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi John,

Best thing to do is run the utility and start backwards. IE: Start with the
most recently installed program.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com