re: Question about 'Windows Installer Appears Every Time I Start an Application' in WinXP with OfficeXP
Monday, April 19, 2004 at 9:01 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by RichInAZ
(1 messages posted)
I've had this problem ever since I upgraded from ME to XP Home (I run Office 2000).
The download in article 295823 did not work in my case. A buddy who's a certified
MS tech said once ME is in the registry, you will always have these problems with
Installer, and the only way to get rid of this problem is to do a clean install of
XP (wipe out the registry). I can Use Office programs while logged on as administrator,
but if I attempt to open an Office program as a guest or other user, I get the "This
patch package could not be opened..." message. I'm almost at the point to do a format
and clean install of XP.
On Wednesday, March 10, 2004 at 3:00 pm, John Burton wrote:
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>I can't follow Knowledge Base article 295823 which refers to using the msicuu2.exe
>Installer Cleanup Utility to solve the problems referred to here. I can't install
>msicuu2.exe because I get "Error 1500. Another installation is in progress".
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>No other installation is in progress, I have re-booted n times, I have swept for
>viruses and spyware, I have followed the tips in the MS kb for manually removing
>particular keys.
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>I do not have a registry key at HKEY_Local_Machine\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Installer\InProgress.
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>kb article 236456 says of "Error 1500. Another installation is in progress" that
>"Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are
>listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft
>Office 2000 SR-1/SR-1a"
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>Was it? What else is there to do?
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>John Burton
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