from control panel, open administrative tools, then open services, you'll find a service called windows installer, right click on it, choose properties. a window will appear, in start type drop down box, choose disabled. that's all Note: if u want to install or uninstall any application that uses window installer, you have to turn the start type drop down box to automatic untill u finish installation.

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worked for me thanks


On Wednesday, November 27, 2002 at 6:09 pm, Diaa Sami wrote:
>from control panel, open administrative tools, then open services, you'll find a
>service called windows installer, right click on it, choose properties.
>a window will appear, in start type drop down box, choose disabled. that's all
>Note: if u want to install or uninstall any application that uses window installer,
>you have to turn the start type drop down box to automatic untill u finish installation.

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Do not disable the installer, if you do, you will be unable to run the automated updates (and will get viruses). Check the permissions on the registry key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MasterAggregatorForIPP\MSDAIPP to make sure the user can change this key. Also, look in the event logs for event source MsiInstaller for missing registry keys or invalid paths. If you still do not have a solution, enable installer logging (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;223300) you can lookup the error codes in this page (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/msi/setup/windows_installer_error_messages.asp) this will write the logs to the temp directory. Look for the entries that have the "Note:" to find the errors. Good luck!

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