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Everytime I sign on i get a window thatis a Window installer saying
Prepaieing to install. If I press alt-del-crl and force a end program, i
loose the desktop. This popup happens whenever I open a new progrqm and at
startup. Any help?
 
Hi Dover,

Which application is it trying to install? Meanwhile, check the following
link.

Windows Installer: Dealing with installation failures:
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/68/1/Windows-Installer-Dealing-with-installation-failures.html

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Everytime I sign on i get a window thatis a Window installer saying
Prepaieing to install. If I press alt-del-crl and force a end program, i
loose the desktop. This popup happens whenever I open a new progrqm and at
startup. Any help?
 
Thats the pont, I am not trying to install anything. If I openan application
the Windows installer comes up and the message is "Prepaining to install"
hit cances and within a minute it stops, the disk drive makes a noise and
then everything is ok until I open another application
 
I am not trying to install anything

Yes, I understand that. What I'm saying is that the Windows installer is
performing an on-demand installation for an application that's already
present in the system. BTW, did you check the link which I posted earlier?

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Thats the pont, I am not trying to install anything. If I openan
application
the Windows installer comes up and the message is "Prepaining to install"
hit cances and within a minute it stops, the disk drive makes a noise and
then everything is ok until I open another application
 
Ramesh,

I'm experiencing the same problem as "Dover 48."

I believe you're misinterpreting his (and my) problem. Windows Installer
activitates upon system boot and tries to install every process that loads in
the background. In addition, WI activates whenever an application is opened,
an IE tab is opened, etc.

Respectfully, your registry script does not solve our problem.

--Randy


Ramesh said:
Yes, I understand that. What I'm saying is that the Windows installer is
performing an on-demand installation for an application that's already
present in the system. BTW, did you check the link which I posted earlier?

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Thats the pont, I am not trying to install anything. If I openan
application
the Windows installer comes up and the message is "Prepaining to install"
hit cances and within a minute it stops, the disk drive makes a noise and
then everything is ok until I open another application

Ramesh said:
Hi Dover,

Which application is it trying to install? Meanwhile, check the following
link.

Windows Installer: Dealing with installation failures:
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/68/1/Windows-Installer-Dealing-with-installation-failures.html

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Everytime I sign on i get a window thatis a Window installer saying
Prepaieing to install. If I press alt-del-crl and force a end program, i
loose the desktop. This popup happens whenever I open a new progrqm and
at
startup. Any help?
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Click to expand...
 
Randy,

Yes. What does the event log contain?

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Ramesh,

I'm experiencing the same problem as "Dover 48."

I believe you're misinterpreting his (and my) problem. Windows Installer
activitates upon system boot and tries to install every process that loads
in
the background. In addition, WI activates whenever an application is opened,
an IE tab is opened, etc.

Respectfully, your registry script does not solve our problem.

--Randy


Ramesh said:
Yes, I understand that. What I'm saying is that the Windows installer is
performing an on-demand installation for an application that's already
present in the system. BTW, did you check the link which I posted earlier?

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Thats the pont, I am not trying to install anything. If I openan
application
the Windows installer comes up and the message is "Prepaining to install"
hit cances and within a minute it stops, the disk drive makes a noise and
then everything is ok until I open another application

Ramesh said:
Hi Dover,

Which application is it trying to install? Meanwhile, check the
following
link.

Windows Installer: Dealing with installation failures:
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/68/1/Windows-Installer-Dealing-with-installation-failures.html

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Everytime I sign on i get a window thatis a Window installer saying
Prepaieing to install. If I press alt-del-crl and force a end program,
i
loose the desktop. This popup happens whenever I open a new progrqm and
at
startup. Any help?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
The only fix i can find is to 1) Get a Mac and run OS 10.4, or @) Erase
(uninstall Windows Installer. The second choice does not stop the problem,
but diminishes it quite a bit.

Ramesh said:
Randy,

Yes. What does the event log contain?

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Ramesh,

I'm experiencing the same problem as "Dover 48."

I believe you're misinterpreting his (and my) problem. Windows Installer
activitates upon system boot and tries to install every process that loads
in
the background. In addition, WI activates whenever an application is opened,
an IE tab is opened, etc.

Respectfully, your registry script does not solve our problem.

--Randy


Ramesh said:
I am not trying to install anything
Click to expand...

Yes, I understand that. What I'm saying is that the Windows installer is
performing an on-demand installation for an application that's already
present in the system. BTW, did you check the link which I posted earlier?

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Thats the pont, I am not trying to install anything. If I openan
application
the Windows installer comes up and the message is "Prepaining to install"
hit cances and within a minute it stops, the disk drive makes a noise and
then everything is ok until I open another application

Ramesh said:
Hi Dover,

Which application is it trying to install? Meanwhile, check the
following
link.

Windows Installer: Dealing with installation failures:
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/68/1/Windows-Installer-Dealing-with-installation-failures.html

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Everytime I sign on i get a window thatis a Window installer saying
Prepaieing to install. If I press alt-del-crl and force a end program,
i
loose the desktop. This popup happens whenever I open a new progrqm and
at
startup. Any help?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
I can't remember but are you running Office 2007 B2TR? If so, I worked with
MS TS on a resolution. The only resolution is to uninstall Office 2007 B2TR,
clean-up with the WICU then reboot. You can then reinstall B2TR and you
should have no further problems unless a registry pointer becomes corrupted
again (the original cause of the problem).

Dover 48 said:
The only fix i can find is to 1) Get a Mac and run OS 10.4, or @) Erase
(uninstall Windows Installer. The second choice does not stop the problem,
but diminishes it quite a bit.

Ramesh said:
Randy,
In addition, WI activates whenever an application is opened, an IE tab is
opened, etc
Click to expand...

Yes. What does the event log contain?

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Ramesh,

I'm experiencing the same problem as "Dover 48."

I believe you're misinterpreting his (and my) problem. Windows Installer
activitates upon system boot and tries to install every process that loads
in
the background. In addition, WI activates whenever an application is opened,
an IE tab is opened, etc.

Respectfully, your registry script does not solve our problem.

--Randy


Ramesh said:
I am not trying to install anything

Yes, I understand that. What I'm saying is that the Windows installer is
performing an on-demand installation for an application that's already
present in the system. BTW, did you check the link which I posted earlier?

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Thats the pont, I am not trying to install anything. If I openan
application
the Windows installer comes up and the message is "Prepaining to install"
hit cances and within a minute it stops, the disk drive makes a noise and
then everything is ok until I open another application

:

Hi Dover,

Which application is it trying to install? Meanwhile, check the
following
link.

Windows Installer: Dealing with installation failures:
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/68/1/Windows-Installer-Dealing-with-installation-failures.html

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Everytime I sign on i get a window thatis a Window installer saying
Prepaieing to install. If I press alt-del-crl and force a end program,
i
loose the desktop. This popup happens whenever I open a new progrqm and
at
startup. Any help?
Click to expand...
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