Windows Installer Service Problem

[Connie]

I am having a proble with my windows installer. It
keeps giving me a error 5 Wheni try to install something.
Can anyone help me with this problem??

 

[Bill Peele [MS]]

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From: "Connie" <[email protected]>
Subject: Windows Installer Service Problem
Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2004 06:38:31 -0800
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.win2000.applications

I am having a proble with my windows installer. It
keeps giving me a error 5 Wheni try to install something.
Can anyone help me with this problem??

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Connie,

Error 5 is normally an Access Denied. I would start by checking the permissions on the files MSI.DLL, MSIEXEC.EXE and
MSIHND.DLL. If these check out I would use Filemon and Regmon from http:\\www.sysinternals.com to see if we can find
out where we are getting the Access Denied at.

Bill Peele
Microsoft Enterprise Support

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