re: How to correctly install Windows Installer Sunday, February 15, 2004 at 8:47 am Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Tom (2 messages posted) Thanks A LOT. I was having this problem, too. The funny thing is, I just installed Firebird via the Microsoft Installer package about four days ago. 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?? 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