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Message: [QUOTE="Naren, post: 4639319"] I have also noticed that MSI creates these __ components for each component in your installer.Not sure why though. The (s) stands for server. For actions in the UI sequence you will see a (c) that stands for client.MSI launches the installer in the user context and for the "actual install" part where the system is changed, it passes off control to the service that could run with elevated privileges. You may also sometimes see a (N) which stands for nested install. This will happen if your MSI launches another msi as a nested installer. Most commonly you will see this if you are doing a major upgrade and the previous version needs to be uninstalled as part of your current install. I am guessing the (18:34) is some kind of process or thread id. Naren [/QUOTE]