solution to 'Windows Installer' problem Thursday, September 23, 2010 at 10:02 am Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Carl (1 messages posted) The solution for me was an adaptation of Method 4 listed at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555175 Method 4 says: 1. Go to "Start" -> "Run", type "services.msc" and press Enter. 2. Double-click on "Windows Installer". 3. Check the value in the "Startup type:" field. It was set for "Manual". I clicked on Manual and changed it in the dropdown box to "Disabled". Be sure to keep these instructions handy because you may need to reset it to "Automatic" or "Manual" in order for Windows Update installations to be successful instead of failing. FYI, I was having the Windows Installer problem because I am using Office 2003 Pro and do not need or want to upgrade to Office 2007. Written in response to: re: Question about 'Windows Installer Appears Every Time I Start an Application' (vasudev: Friday, May 8, 2009 at 10:52 am) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] Question about 'Windows Installer Appears Every Time I Start an Application' (Nick: Sat, Sep 6, 2003, 1:30 am) re: Question about 'Windows Installer Appears Every Time I Start an Application' (Lare: Sat, Sep 6, 2003, 5:47 am) re: Question about 'Windows Installer Appears Every Time I Start an Application' (Pavel: Sat, Nov 15, 2003, 8:48 am) re: Question about 'Windows Installer Appears Every Time I Start an Application' (Aimee: Wed, Dec 3, 2003, 8:22 pm) re: Question about 'Windows Installer Appears Every Time I Start an Application' (Mike King: Wed, Dec 15, 2004, 7:34 am) re: Question about 'Windows Installer Appears Every Time I Start an Application' (louis marotta: Mon, Aug 13, 2007, 10:42 pm) re: Question about 'Windows Installer Appears Every Time I Start an Application' (vasudev: Fri, May 8, 2009, 10:52 am) solution to 'Windows Installer' problem (Carl: Thu, Sep 23, 2010, 10:02 am) re: Question about 'Windows Installer Appears Every Time I Start an Application' (Supermatter: Fri, May 6, 2005, 11:52 am) re: Question about 'Windows Installer Appears Every Time I Start an Application' (kornflames: Sun, Nov 20, 2005, 4:40 pm) re: Question about 'Windows Installer Appears Every Time I Start an Application' (Lila: Mon, Dec 19, 2005, 11:22 pm) re: Question about 'Windows Installer Appears Every Time I Start an Application' (Plain: Fri, Jan 20, 2006, 12:52 pm) re: Question about 'Windows Installer Appears Every Time I Start an Application' (Mark: Wed, Aug 9, 2006, 8:25 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum