Windows installer package wont work

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Cant use Microsoft Update as Windows Installer Package wont open. Google
search reveals that there are several WI's - 2.0, 3.0, etc. Should I try
downloading one of those and installing and if so , which one?
Thanks
 
System Requirements:
Windows 2000 Service Pack 3; Windows 2000 Service Pack 4; Windows Server 2003;
Windows XP; Windows XP Service Pack 1; Windows XP Service Pack 2

Windows Installer 3.1 Redistributable supports Windows 2000 with Service Pack 3 or
later, Windows XP, Windows XP Service Pack 1, Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows
Server 2003. Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 contains Windows Installer 3.1 and
therefore can't be installed or upgraded by this redistributable.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...fc-5f56-4a38-b838-de776fd4138c&displaylang=en
Or: http://snipurl.com/e4ec



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Please give me a break. The attitude is directed at an extremely frustrating
and time consuming situation that I have been facing. I don't know why we
have to get sidetracked like this.
 
Thankyou. However, one of the previous posts states that the Installer is an
integral part of SP2 and I can't download a replacement. So, which is
correct? (I am not an expert on this business so I don't want to mess things
up by trying to do something that will only make it worse).
 
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...FC-5F56-4A38-B838-DE776FD4138C&displaylang=en
(TinyURL = http://tinyurl.com/db98v)

System Requirements
Supported Operating Systems: Windows 2000 Service Pack 3; Windows 2000
Service Pack 4; Windows Server 2003; Windows XP; Windows XP Service Pack 1;
Windows XP Service Pack 2
Windows Installer 3.1 Redistributable supports Windows 2000 with Service
Pack 3 or later, Windows XP, Windows XP Service Pack 1, Windows XP Service
Pack 2 and Windows Server 2003. Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 contains
Windows Installer 3.1 and therefore can't be installed or upgraded by this
redistributable.
 
I was able to download Installer ....v2-x86.exe. I then opened it and got
message " you have successfully completed ...Setup Wizard".
I assume that it is installed. Is that correct? I then went to Windows
Update and after I accessed that site, it said "get the latest Windows Update
Software" . Tried but got message "install failed with error 0x80070020"
Thanks for your continued help.
 
Did you try the download at the link I gave you? It doesn't use Windows
Update installer, it's a stand-alone installer. I've see cases where getting
the Installer 3.1 didn't work from Windows Updates but succeeded with the
stand-alone version.
 
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