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re: How to correctly install Windows Installer
Monday, November 15, 2004 at 6:29 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Edward
(1 messages posted)
Brandon! You fixed it! Thank God... I just bought a new printer and I thought I'd
have to take it back. You saved me a lot of time. I'm glad I found this first!
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
>
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