Windows Installer Service

[jrp]

The Windows Installer Service is missing from my Windows
XP. How can I reinstall the engine. I've tried to "re-
register" the service via the registry with no luck. The
downloads for the engines I can find are not for Win XP.
Thanks for your input!

 

[S.Sengupta]

Hi!Jrp!
Click Start, and then click Run.
In the Open box, type cmd, and then click OK.
At the command prompt, type the following line, and then press ENTER,
where Drive is the drive where Windows is installed and where %Windir%
is the folder where Windows is installed:
attrib -r -s -h drive:\%Windir%\system32\dllcache

For example, type
attrib -r -s -h c:\windows\\system32\dllcache

At the command prompt, type the following lines, pressing ENTER after
each line:
ren msi.dll msi.old
ren msiexec.exe msiexec.old
ren msihnd.dll msihnd.old

At the command prompt, type exit, and then press ENTER.
Restart your computer.
Update the Windows Installer files on your hard disk to the latest
version. Windows Installer 2.0 is available for download from the
Microsoft Download Center:
Shut down your computer, and then restart it in standard mode.

Re:-Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 315346
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q315346

regards/
ssg MS-MVP
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