Another Solution Wednesday, November 27, 2002 at 6:09 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Diaa Sami (1 messages posted) from control panel, open administrative tools, then open services, you'll find a service called windows installer, right click on it, choose properties. a window will appear, in start type drop down box, choose disabled. that's all Note: if u want to install or uninstall any application that uses window installer, you have to turn the start type drop down box to automatic untill u finish installation. Responses to this message: re: Another Solution (roger: Monday, June 13, 2005 at 8:37 pm) All messages in this thread [show all] Another Solution (Diaa Sami: Wed, Nov 27, 2002, 6:09 pm) re: Another Solution (roger: Mon, Jun 13, 2005, 8:37 pm) re: Another Solution (dancingdan: Tue, Mar 21, 2006, 7:58 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum