re: Question about 'Windows Installer Appears Every Time I Start an Application'
Thursday, May 31, 2007 at 5:51 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Tom
(7 messages posted)
You'll have to uninstall Office XP from the Add/Remove Programs, then re-install
it from CD/installation source to get that working again - the Cleanup utility is
not the way to go for Office issues, since you just end up having to uninstall, re-install,
re-activate, and re-update Office, anyway.
As for your "Network Neighborhood" issue, by which I think you mean "Network Connections",
that might get fixed with an Office re-install. If you aren't seeing icons there,
try http://support.microsoft.com/kb/825826.
You can also try steps at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315346 to re-install Windows
Installer, or update it at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/893803.
Unfortunately, I've done all the above and still have an issue with the Windows Installer
starting whenever I launch an Office 2003 product, but I'm gonna try the gpedit.msc
fix on this site. Meanwhile, those things above might be a help to you.
On Sunday, March 18, 2007 at 7:09 pm, Sue wrote:
>I have a question about Windows
>Installer Appears Every Time I Start an Application:
>Well, I've got the same problem. Unfortunately, none of the fixes have worked so
>far. It appears when I click on Network Neighborhood, to install Publisher. It also
>appears at random apps.
>I used the windows installer cleanup utility, which disabled officeXP of course.
>When I went to reinstall it, I couldn't. I got error messages saying something about
>can't install; something about patch. I tried again, gave up and did a system restore.
>This is with Office XP, windows XP home, all patches and security updates on office
>and xp, and no spyware, adware, trojan or virus has ever graced this machine.
>Right now I've got it disabled, but if I click on network neighborhood, it still
>appears, flashes several times before going away. Before I couldn't even make it
>go away without the three finger salute, done several times.
>Anyone have any suggestions? Oh, and I have done a repair install of xp also, just
>in case.
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