re: How to correctly install Windows Installer
Monday, February 28, 2005 at 12:40 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by elezar
(1 messages posted)
Just wanted to add my experience and solution here... I had also noticed that the
service wasn't running, however I wasn't able to start it, on WinXP SP2. Whenever
I tried, I'd get an error saying that it hadn't started in a timely manner (After
about half a second). I finally set it to automatic, and even though I still couldn't
start it manually, once I rebooted, it was started, and I could then install stuff
again. I've seen about 200 solutions to this problem, so if you have the problem
good luck, and hopefully this solution will be the one that works for you.
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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