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re: How do I stop Windows Installer from loading? Wednesday, July 9, 2003 at 10:53 am Posted by Duncan (1 messages posted) Try this link and download microsofts installer clean up utility (msicuu) http://download.microsoft.com/download/office2000pro/util20/1/NT4/EN-US/msicuu.exe Ive got a similar problem and I am just about to try it myself. On Wednesday, April 16, 2003 at 10:52 am, Wayne Severson wrote: > > Whenever I boot Windows,"Windows Installer" appears on >my screen and attempts to modify Microsoft Word 2000 SR-1, a program I don't have >or want. How do I stop it from loading? This annoyance started after I loaded the >Dell Active-Sync program for my Axim PDA. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How do I stop Windows Installer from loading? Saturday, May 29, 2004 at 8:44 am Posted by Gus (1 messages posted) I had the same problem, everytime I open any application and even when I click anything in an application I'd get the window isntaller pop-up. I downloaded a clean windown installer and just reinstalled it and the problem was taken care of. http://www.petri.co.il/download_windows_installer_2.htm Good Luck! On Wednesday, July 9, 2003 at 10:53 am, Duncan wrote: >Try this link and download microsofts installer clean up utility (msicuu) > >http://download.microsoft.com/download/office2000pro/util20/1/NT4/EN-US/msicuu.exe > >Ive got a similar problem and I am just about to try it myself. > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How do I stop Windows Installer from loading? Wednesday, February 8, 2006 at 4:58 pm Posted by James Salter (1 messages posted) Indeed the msicuu solved the problem for me . . . thanks! Upon executing the utility I got a list of applications that had originally installed via Microsoft Installer. I recognised among them one that I recall did not properly install earlier. So I chose that one to remove, and it fixed the problem. J On Wednesday, July 9, 2003 at 10:53 am, Duncan wrote: >Try this link and download microsofts installer clean up utility (msicuu) > >http://download.microsoft.com/download/office2000pro/util20/1/NT4/EN-US/msicuu.exe > >Ive got a similar problem and I am just about to try it myself. > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How do I stop Windows Installer from loading? Tuesday, May 29, 2007 at 7:00 am Posted by Andrew (1 messages posted) Link is Dead try http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301 On Wednesday, July 9, 2003 at 10:53 am, Duncan wrote: >Try this link and download microsofts installer clean up utility (msicuu) > >http://download.microsoft.com/download/office2000pro/util20/1/NT4/EN-US/msicuu.exe > >Ive got a similar problem and I am just about to try it myself. > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How do I stop Windows Installer from loading? Monday, June 18, 2007 at 11:01 am Posted by Another User (1 messages posted) Clean up utility worked for me... "Preparing to install" popped up every time I opened Outlook 2003. Problem solved. On Tuesday, May 29, 2007 at 7:00 am, Andrew wrote: >Link is Dead try http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301 > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How do I stop Windows Installer from loading? Saturday, March 1, 2008 at 5:41 am Posted by Paula (1 messages posted) I can't download the Cleanup utility because an installation (that I don't want and can't stop) is in process. I keep hitting cancel, but it keeps coming back. I can't install/uninstall anything while the unwanted .msi program is trying to load. HELP!! On Tuesday, May 29, 2007 at 7:00 am, Andrew wrote: >Link is Dead try http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301 > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How do I stop Windows Installer from loading? Thursday, April 17, 2008 at 7:39 am Posted by Chris (1 messages posted) Run services.msc find the windows installer service and stop that then install the windows cleanup if that doesn't work open start the windows installer service again and then end the msiexec.exe process then install the cleanup utility. On Saturday, March 1, 2008 at 5:41 am, Paula wrote: >I can't download the Cleanup utility because an installation (that I don't want and >can't stop) is in process. I keep hitting cancel, but it keeps coming back. I can't >install/uninstall anything while the unwanted .msi program is trying to load. HELP!! > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How do I stop Windows Installer from loading? Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 7:35 pm Posted by mary (1 messages posted) I'm trying to use this program, but whenever I install it and hit "run" a Windows Script Host error comes up with the following information: Script: C:/DOCUME... Line: 2 Char: 1 Error: ActiveX component can't create object: 'WScript.Shell' Code: 800A01AD Source: Microsoft VBScript runtime error How can i fix this? On Thursday, April 17, 2008 at 7:39 am, Chris wrote: > >Run services.msc find the windows installer service and stop that then install the >windows cleanup if that doesn't work open start the windows installer service again >and then end the msiexec.exe process then install the cleanup utility. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How do I stop Windows Installer from running everytime I reboot? Friday, June 13, 2008 at 6:29 am Posted by Al Menna (1 messages posted) Whenever I boot computer, windows installer runs for several minutes & then finally ends. In the meantime I cannot run my programs until the windows installer finishes. I cannot tell what it tries to install since there is no information provided. I am not sure but it seems to try to connect to Internet. How do I stop this? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How do I stop Windows Installer from running everytime I reboot? Thursday, June 4, 2009 at 9:10 pm Posted by G Vance (1 messages posted) Windows Installer trying to Load - This is a problem for many people. I am running Windows XP and installed Office 2007 when I started to get Windows Installer problems. I tried everything that is listed on the internet. Reloading/Windows Installers/Cleaners/Updates and fixes of every type. Nothing solved the problem. I then searched my computer for Windows Installer and found it sitting in software that I had downloaded into my download file. The software had been sitting there for some time and only interferred when I updated to Windows 2007. I deleted the installer file and have not had a problem since. I hope that this may assist some people. On Friday, June 13, 2008 at 6:29 am, Al Menna wrote: >Whenever I boot computer, windows installer runs for several minutes & then finally >ends. In the meantime I cannot run my programs until the windows installer finishes. > I cannot tell what it tries to install since there is no information provided. >I am not sure but it seems to try to connect to Internet. How do I stop this? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How do I stop Windows Installer from running everytime I reboot? Thursday, September 24, 2009 at 1:22 pm Posted by Phil feinberg (2 messages posted) It is driving me crazy and I have tried to use the MS clean up utility but I still get the annoying messages. Can you tell me what file name you searched for? I didn't find anything. On Thursday, June 4, 2009 at 9:10 pm, G Vance wrote: >Windows Installer trying to Load - This is a problem for many people. I am running >Windows XP and installed Office 2007 when I started to get Windows Installer problems. >I tried everything that is listed on the internet. Reloading/Windows Installers/Cleaners/Updates >and fixes of every type. Nothing solved the problem. >I then searched my computer for Windows Installer and found it sitting in software >that I had downloaded into my download file. The software had been sitting there >for some time and only interferred when I updated to Windows 2007. >I deleted the installer file and have not had a problem since. I hope that this >may assist some people. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How do I stop Windows Installer from running everytime I reboot? Friday, October 16, 2009 at 2:03 pm Posted by Ed (659 messages posted) Any reply Vance might give you is unlikely to help you, because he is running Windows XP, and has posted in the WRONG forum. A solution which works for Windows XP is not likely to work for Windows ME. By going to START > RUN and typing MSCONFIG then clicking OK you can run the System Configuration Utility. Its STARTUP tab allows you to switch off some (though not all) of the functions which run at startup. There are many locations in the Windows registry which run programs at Startup. If MSCONFIG doesn't solve your problem, you might try buying the (inexpensive) program System Mechanic from http://www.iolo.com which provides an easy to use interface that lets you switch off functions which load from the Windows registry at startup - without you having to edit the registry manually. Ed On Thursday, September 24, 2009 at 1:22 pm, Phil feinberg wrote: >It is driving me crazy and I have tried to use the MS clean up utility but I still >get the annoying messages. Can you tell me what file name you searched for? I didn't >find anything. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How do I stop Windows Installer from running everytime I reboot? Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 8:21 pm Posted by Phil feinberg (2 messages posted) I am using Windows XP also but there doesn't appear to be any closely called Windows Installer. Can someone advise me what program name I should be looking for? Thanks On Friday, October 16, 2009 at 2:03 pm, Ed wrote: >Any reply Vance might give you is unlikely to help you, because he is running Windows >XP, and has posted in the WRONG forum. A solution which works for Windows XP is not >likely to work for Windows ME. > >By going to START > RUN and typing MSCONFIG then clicking OK you can run the System >Configuration Utility. Its STARTUP tab allows you to switch off some (though not >all) of the functions which run at startup. > >There are many locations in the Windows registry which run programs at Startup. If >MSCONFIG doesn't solve your problem, you might try buying the (inexpensive) program >System Mechanic from http://www.iolo.com >which provides an easy to use interface that lets you switch off functions which >load from the Windows registry at startup - without you having to edit the registry >manually. > >Ed > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: How do I stop Windows Installer from running everytime I reboot? Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 3:25 pm Posted by Rich21 (1 messages posted) Please tell us how and what you searched for to find the windows installer. It could help a lot of people On Thursday, June 4, 2009 at 9:10 pm, G Vance wrote: >Windows Installer trying to Load - This is a problem for many people. I am running >Windows XP and installed Office 2007 when I started to get Windows Installer problems. >I tried everything that is listed on the internet. Reloading/Windows Installers/Cleaners/Updates >and fixes of every type. Nothing solved the problem. >I then searched my computer for Windows Installer and found it sitting in software >that I had downloaded into my download file. The software had been sitting there >for some time and only interferred when I updated to Windows 2007. >I deleted the installer file and have not had a problem since. I hope that this >may assist some people. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows Me Discussion Forum