re: How to correctly install Windows Installer Tuesday, February 10, 2004 at 10:36 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Phil Cazella (1 messages posted) This fix worked for me as well. Win2k Pro, My Windows Installer Service was Disabled. On Monday, January 12, 2004 at 8:54 pm, Brandon Bostian wrote: >Hi, Josibel, I had a similar problem (the error about Windows Installer not being >installed) just now and the issue was a LOT more simple than I imagined, and much >simpler to fix than other replies to this forum would make it sound. > >I'm running Windows 2000 and I found out that the problem is the Windows Installer >service was in fact installed just fine, but it was not configured to start automatically! >In other words, I had to manually start this service, and then it worked fine. The >process took about five minutes. > >To start a service in Windows 2000, go to Start > Settings > Control Panel > Administrative >Tools > Services. In the box that opens, you'll see a long list of available services. >Scroll to find the Windows Installer service. If the status column does not say this >service is started, then press the play button on the top toolbar to start it. > >I did this on my system, and then tried to install my program again and it worked >perfectly. I hope this helps! > >Brandon > > Written in response to: re: How to correctly install Windows Installer (Brandon Bostian: Monday, January 12, 2004 at 8:54 pm) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] How to correctly install Windows Installer (Ryan Mirk: Thu, Sep 18, 2003, 7:58 pm) re: How to correctly install Windows Installer (MOSES CLIVE: Thu, Sep 18, 2003, 8:30 pm) How to correctly install Windows Installer in win2k?? Is it the same procedure?? (rahul: Fri, Nov 21, 2003, 6:52 am) How to correctly install Windows Installer in win2k?? 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