Process "msiexec.exe" hogging CPU time - Is this needed?

[Bob Hamilton]

Hi,
After installing MS Office 2007 Standard tonight (and the time adjust and
desktop search add-ons) my CPU was running close to 100% all the time and
noticed that a process called "msiexec.exe" is the culprit. It was set to
Priority Boost and after un-checking this Priority Boost, it is only taking
about 3-5%. What is this program for and could it be removed without
affecting other MS programs? I have since removed the Desktop Search add-on
but this msiexec.exe is still there. It resides in the Windows/System
folder.
Thanks, Bob

 

[MAP]

Hi,
After installing MS Office 2007 Standard tonight (and the time adjust
and desktop search add-ons) my CPU was running close to 100% all the
time and noticed that a process called "msiexec.exe" is the culprit.
It was set to Priority Boost and after un-checking this Priority
Boost, it is only taking about 3-5%. What is this program for and
could it be removed without affecting other MS programs? I have since
removed the Desktop Search add-on but this msiexec.exe is still
there. It resides in the Windows/System folder.
Thanks, Bob

msiexec.exe is the windows installer (a required item if you ever wish to
install something).
Have you tried rebooting? the installer should stop after the installation
was complete.

 

[Bob Hamilton]

Hello again,

Please ignore my first posting unless you really want to tell me what this
process is, BUT this process has disappeared and all is back to normal.
Windows does some weird and wonderful things at times.

Thanks, Bob

 

[Bob Hamilton]

Hi Mike,
Thanks for the quick reply and I thought it had something to do with MS
installer (anything with "msi") so I haven't removed it and it is not
running or affecting the CPU now.
Thanks, Bob