Windows Installer asks me to insert Disk for no reason

[Guest]

Starting a few days ago, and not caused by anything, as far as I can
remember, My IBM T30 has been asking me to put in the XP installation disk
whenever I restart the computer or open MS Word. The "Windows Installer"
dialogue pops up to deliver this message at which point I click "cancel" and
everything seems to run fine from then on. I have downloaded and installed
all operating system updates and I'm afraid that if I put the disk in it'll
lead to a total reinstallation, which I'd like to avoid. Any thoughts on why
this would happen and what I should do?
Thanks.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Windows Installer Appears Every Time a Program Is Started
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;265194

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| Starting a few days ago, and not caused by anything, as far as I can
| remember, My IBM T30 has been asking me to put in the XP installation disk
| whenever I restart the computer or open MS Word. The "Windows Installer"
| dialogue pops up to deliver this message at which point I click "cancel" and
| everything seems to run fine from then on. I have downloaded and installed
| all operating system updates and I'm afraid that if I put the disk in it'll
| lead to a total reinstallation, which I'd like to avoid. Any thoughts on why
| this would happen and what I should do?
| Thanks.

 

[Mike G]

Every once in a while, for no reason to me, my computer does the same thing.
I now just put in the XP install disk like it asks for and in less than a
minute, 'it' finishes and everything returns to normal again.

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE]

Starting a few days ago, and not caused by anything, as far as I can
remember, My IBM T30 has been asking me to put in the XP installation
disk whenever I restart the computer or open MS Word. The "Windows
Installer" dialogue pops up to deliver this message at which point I
click "cancel" and everything seems to run fine from then on. I have
downloaded and installed all operating system updates and I'm afraid
that if I put the disk in it'll lead to a total reinstallation, which
I'd like to avoid. Any thoughts on why this would happen and what I
should do?
Thanks.

Windows Installer CleanUp Utility
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301

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[Guest]

I remember now what must've prompted this problem: I tried to install the
Japanese dictionary in Word, but couldn't get it to work. Before I dive into
trying these solutions, I want to know if they are still appropriate for my
problem?
Thanks so much to everyone.

 

[JR K Yoshikawa]

What is Japanese dictionary?
Is that microsoft office proofing tools 2003?
Do your Windows XP Enabled East Asian Language?

If you didn't finsh proccess of that,
Follow instruction below, and enable East Asian Language and install Japanese font and IME.

Installing East Asian Language Support Under Windows XP
http://newton.uor.edu/Departments&P...pt/Language/asianlanguageinstallation_XP.html

"Jeremy" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...

 

[Guest]

With regard to Japanese dictionary, I changed the language bar to "JP" for
Japanese, then clicked "Tools" then clicked "Dictionary Tool." I think I
tried to install a dictionary, or something, but I couldn't figure out what
was going on, and since then I've had this problem.
~Jeremy