re: Solution that is worth a try Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at 7:41 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by boom33 (1 messages posted) While I recognize this thread is ancient, I would just like to say thank you to this poster. Killing all but the essential processes made the installer pop up like magic. While I am sure that it was a specific process on my machine that started with a letter w, I am not in a position now to be more specific. I would say try this first before trying other solutions. On Tuesday, February 1, 2005 at 7:58 am, Otto Lodewijk wrote: >Here is how I solved the problem (it is a very cruel way, but at least it works): > >- First start the setup. Your system will be busy for a while, but then nothing seems >to happen. >- Look in Task Manager (press CTRL-ALT-DEL ) for your SETUP.EXE to be running. >(Note: Because you will be shutting down processes, you will then know immediately >if you shut down the correct process.) > >The next steps will be a bit tricky, and are at your own risk. (They worked perfectly >on ~10 computers to which I have done this) > >- You need to disable Norton AntiVirus (I had v2001) > >> For your safety: Disable your Internet connection to prevent accidentally downloading >of viruses !!! >- Start Task Manager ( CTRL-ALT-DELETE) >- Shut down all possible other processes EXCEPT for: > - svchost.exe > IMPORTANT: contains the services > - vsmon.exe > ZoneAlarm, can't be shut down > - csrss.exe > not sure, but it is a system process > - lsass.exe > same as csrss.exe > - services.exe > also some kind of service monitor > - winlogon.exe > seems obvious... > - the setup program of course > seems also obvious! > - explorer.exe > responsible for your desktop > - some others which you can't shut down > >The other processes should be disabled one by one. Look for processes that you recognise >(such as emule.exe or msnmsgr.exe) , it is obvious that these don't have to be disabled. > >But be careful: if you shut down too much, your system may work incorrectly. > >If you shut down some processes (Normally I have more than 70 running) you can also >notice your system will be running considerably faster! > >Eventually this SHOULD work. If it works: finish your install first. After that, >whether you have installed sucessfully or not: REBOOT YOUR SYSTEM !!! >There are much processes that are responsible for the security of your system, and >rebooting activates those programs again. > >Good luck, and if you any questions just send an email, but be aware that I don't >know every program, so maybe I don't know a solution. > >Programs which I have installed using this method: > - Game "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace" > - The Seti@home client > - PsiWin 2.3.3 (for syncing a Psion Series 7 pocketpc) > - Just before I wrote this: Game "Starfleet Command Orion Pirates" > - and some more which I have forgotten. > (generally any program which uses the 16-bit or 32-bit "Setup Launcher" from InstallShield. > >Everyone who has read this: Good Luck !! >--------- > > Written in response to: Solution that is worth a try (Otto Lodewijk: Tuesday, February 1, 2005 at 7:58 am) Responses to this message: re: Solution that is worth a try (christie: Saturday, April 25, 2009 at 12:10 pm) All messages in this thread [show all] It simply does not work / Set Up installshield (Enrique Sosa: Thu, Oct 31, 2002, 11:37 am) re: It simply does not work / Set Up installshield (JohnM: Fri, Nov 22, 2002, 9:35 am) re: It simply does not work / Set Up installshield (abductd: Wed, Dec 11, 2002, 8:36 pm) re: It simply does not work / Set Up installshield (LanceP: Sat, Dec 21, 2002, 10:07 pm) re: It simply does not work / Set Up installshield (CrookedRain: Sun, Mar 16, 2003, 10:30 am) re: It simply does not work / Set Up installshield (Maxime Abbey: Wed, Apr 30, 2003, 2:32 pm) re: It simply does not work / Set Up installshield (Kay: Thu, May 1, 2003, 12:43 pm) re: It simply does not work / Set Up installshield (Blair: Thu, May 8, 2003, 3:10 pm) re: It simply does not work / Set Up installshield (Mark: Mon, Jul 7, 2003, 3:42 pm) re: It simply does not work / Set Up installshield (Todd: Thu, Dec 4, 2003, 4:53 pm) re: It simply does not work / Set Up installshield (Ram: Tue, Jun 15, 2004, 3:35 am) re: It simply does not work / Set Up installshield (Philippe Vijghen: Thu, Jun 17, 2004, 12:04 pm) re: It simply does not work / Set Up installshield (craigp: Thu, Jul 8, 2004, 12:35 pm) re: It simply does not work / Set Up installshield (Philippe Vijghen: Fri, Jul 9, 2004, 2:03 am) re: It simply does not work / Set Up installshield (Kris: Tue, Aug 17, 2004, 3:45 am) re: It simply does not work / Set Up installshield (Philippe Vijghen: Sun, Jan 9, 2005, 6:16 am) Solution that is worth a try (Otto Lodewijk: Tue, Feb 1, 2005, 7:58 am) re-register Windows Installer (Kyle: Sun, Jan 15, 2006, 1:51 pm) 32-bit Setup Launcher Problems (Stuart Watson: Mon, Feb 20, 2006, 1:31 pm) re: Solution that is worth a try (AT: Wed, Feb 6, 2008, 11:09 pm) re: Solution that is worth a try (boom33: Wed, Feb 11, 2009, 7:41 pm) re: Solution that is worth a try (christie: Sat, Apr 25, 2009, 12:10 pm) re: Solution that is worth a try (HtotheF: Thu, Aug 6, 2009, 9:56 am) re: Solution that is worth a try (Wolfgang Schwieren: Tue, Oct 12, 2010, 12:56 am) re: It simply does not work / Set Up installshield (Edna Hummel: Mon, Nov 30, 2009, 8:14 pm) re: It simply does not work / Set Up installshield (Jim Keller: Wed, Mar 2, 2005, 10:23 pm) re: It simply does not work / Set Up installshield (Hugh Gray-Wallis: Thu, Aug 25, 2005, 1:16 pm) re: It simply does not work / Set Up installshield (SamuraiDave: Sun, Jun 8, 2003, 9:14 am) re: It simply does not work / Set Up installshield (Murray Hines: Tue, Jul 22, 2003, 6:04 pm) re: It simply does not work / Set Up installshield (josh: Mon, Mar 3, 2008, 2:27 am) re: It simply does not work / Set Up installshield (Ed: Wed, Nov 5, 2008, 8:01 am) re: It simply does not work / Set Up installshield (JCali: Sat, Jan 8, 2005, 6:02 pm) re: It simply does not work / Set Up installshield (jerome klotz: Thu, Feb 17, 2005, 6:52 am) re: It simply does not work / Set Up installshield (Josh: Thu, Feb 17, 2005, 9:20 pm) re: It simply does not work / Set Up installshield (Power User: Wed, Mar 2, 2005, 7:50 am) re: It simply does not work / Set Up installshield (Mike Stackhouse: Fri, Apr 8, 2005, 10:15 am) re: It simply does not work / Set Up installshield (Falcon: Fri, Apr 8, 2005, 11:46 am) re: It simply does not work / Set Up installshield (Brewster: Tue, Apr 12, 2005, 4:13 pm) re: It simply does not work / Set Up installshield (Debblr: Tue, May 10, 2005, 8:01 am) re: It simply does not work / Set Up installshield (Jack Yan: Mon, Aug 15, 2005, 2:57 pm) re: It's Microsoft AntiSpy - 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