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re: Question about 'Windows Installer Appears Every Time I Start an Application' Monday, September 15, 2003 at 12:49 am Posted by RevRusty (11 messages posted) I'm having a similar yet much different Windows Installer problem -- with 98SE. I know this is the XP forum, I'm asking all you wonderful problem solvers to dusk off what you remember about 98 and read my post in that forum. I sure would appreciate your help. -- RevRusty On Saturday, September 13, 2003 at 6:56 am, Derek wrote: >Try leaving the installation CD in the drive the first time you run an OFFICE XP >Application. If it works for the first application, you will find that it has also >solved the problem for all other MS OFFICE applications you have installed. Remember >to be logged in as an administrator. > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Windows Installer Appears Every Time I Start an Application' Tuesday, March 16, 2004 at 3:34 am Posted by Pedro Pastor (1 messages posted) I am having the same problem - windows installer appearing every time I run an application of Office 2003. I would appreciate your help, thanks, Pedro [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Windows Installer Appears Every Time I Start an Application' Wednesday, March 24, 2004 at 8:04 pm Posted by Fitz (9 messages posted) I've had this problem for about two months. I have Windows XP Home and Office XP. Today I solved it by going into Control Panel, Add or Remove Programs, single-clicking on Microsoft Office XP and then choosing Change. I put my Office XP CD into the drive and let the Office XP repair utility do its work -- and four minutes later everything is back to normal. On Saturday, September 13, 2003 at 6:56 am, Derek wrote: >Try leaving the installation CD in the drive the first time you run an OFFICE XP >Application. If it works for the first application, you will find that it has also >solved the problem for all other MS OFFICE applications you have installed. Remember >to be logged in as an administrator. > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Windows Installer Appears Every Time I Start an Application' Thursday, May 6, 2004 at 8:38 pm Posted by Fitz (9 messages posted) Okay... it's less than two months from when I wrote the below comment -- and everything is back to the way it was before. I still am having the same problem others have reported. Any new suggestions? Microsoft still seems to not know anything about this problem. On Wednesday, March 24, 2004 at 8:04 pm, Fitz wrote: >I've had this problem for about two months. I have Windows XP Home and Office XP. > Today I solved it by going into Control Panel, Add or Remove Programs, single-clicking >on Microsoft Office XP and then choosing Change. I put my Office XP CD into the >drive and let the Office XP repair utility do its work -- and four minutes later >everything is back to normal. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Windows Installer Appears Every Time I Start an Application' Wednesday, July 7, 2004 at 7:17 pm Posted by geraldo de oliveira (1 messages posted) I am having the same problem...but the windows installer is trying to install other kinds of software i have already installed in the computer, like omnipage talk module and others. if anybody could help i woud appreciate..i am running windows xp (or, windows xproblem!!). On Thursday, May 6, 2004 at 8:38 pm, Fitz wrote: >Okay... it's less than two months from when I wrote the below comment -- and everything >is back to the way it was before. I still am having the same problem others have >reported. Any new suggestions? Microsoft still seems to not know anything about >this problem. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Windows Installer Appears Every Time I Start an Application' Friday, July 9, 2004 at 8:38 am Posted by Fitz (9 messages posted) Well -- it's now two months since I last wrote. I'm still having the exact same problem. I've found another pecularity, though: I have three accounts on my XP Home -- mine, the "Guest" account, and the administrator. If I shut down the computer and log into my account first, I cannot open any Office programs. However if I first log into the Administrator account and go through all of the "Windows Installer is preparing to install... (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook, etc.)," then I can access Office software from the other accounts. In other words -- first logging in as the Administrator is imperative to using this software. But this doesn't solve the original problem. This is one of the most aggravating problems I've ever dealt with on ANY OS -- mostly because Microsoft hasn't felt this is worth their time and effort to fix, and the problem seemingly only affects few people. If anyone has suggestions (or a solution!), please take a few minutes to let us know. Thanks!!! On Wednesday, July 7, 2004 at 7:17 pm, geraldo de oliveira wrote: >I am having the same problem...but the windows installer is trying to install other >kinds of software i have already installed in the computer, like omnipage talk module >and others. > >if anybody could help i woud appreciate..i am running windows xp (or, windows xproblem!!). > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Windows Installer Appears Every Time I Start an Application' Saturday, February 5, 2005 at 6:54 pm Posted by marko (2 messages posted) I'm enountering the exact same symptoms. Does anyone know how to correct this problem? If not, could someone tell me the directory location of all my email (in, out and personal folders) as well as contacts? Thanks in advance. On Friday, July 9, 2004 at 8:38 am, Fitz wrote: >Well -- it's now two months since I last wrote. > >I'm still having the exact same problem. I've found another pecularity, though: > I have three accounts on my XP Home -- mine, the "Guest" account, and the administrator. > If I shut down the computer and log into my account first, I cannot open any Office >programs. However if I first log into the Administrator account and go through all >of the "Windows Installer is preparing to install... (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook, >etc.)," then I can access Office software from the other accounts. In other words >-- first logging in as the Administrator is imperative to using this software. > >But this doesn't solve the original problem. > >This is one of the most aggravating problems I've ever dealt with on ANY OS -- mostly >because Microsoft hasn't felt this is worth their time and effort to fix, and the >problem seemingly only affects few people. > >If anyone has suggestions (or a solution!), please take a few minutes to let us know. > >Thanks!!! > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Windows Installer Appears Every Time I Start an Application' Monday, February 7, 2005 at 9:01 am Posted by Fitz (9 messages posted) Marko: I haven't had this problem occur since I installed the Windows XP SP2 update. I don't know why, but the problem appears to be solved (I hope!). If you haven't installed all of the Windows XP updates, go to the Windows Update site and get your computer caught up with all of the new patches. Good luck! Fitz On Saturday, February 5, 2005 at 6:54 pm, marko wrote: >I'm enountering the exact same symptoms. Does anyone know how to correct this problem? >If not, could someone tell me the directory location of all my email (in, out and >personal folders) as well as contacts? Thanks in advance. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Windows Installer Appears Every Time I Start an Application' Monday, February 7, 2005 at 11:47 am Posted by marko (2 messages posted) Fitz: Thanks for the reply and the well wishes. Seems I'm up that creek in need of a paddle. I did finally install SP2 hoping to make the problem go away. Well, the problem is still there and now, upon starting up, I get the following error: "Your SQL Server Installation is either corrupt of has been tampered with (Could not open SQLEVN70.RLL). Please uninstall then re-run setup to correct this problem." I never installed SQL Server. I do know that MS has a SQL engine, but I never had any problem with it. A few people suggested going back to a System restore point, which I did. That's when this error started to show up. And even with installing SP2 again, my original problem is still here and this sql error has joined the fair. Not sure what to do next... On Monday, February 7, 2005 at 9:01 am, Fitz wrote: >Marko: > >I haven't had this problem occur since I installed the Windows XP SP2 update. I >don't know why, but the problem appears to be solved (I hope!). > >If you haven't installed all of the Windows XP updates, go to the Windows Update >site and get your computer caught up with all of the new patches. > >Good luck! > > >Fitz > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Windows Installer Appears Every Time I Start an Application' Monday, May 9, 2005 at 12:26 pm Posted by Ken (1 messages posted) You can try using the windows installer cleanup utility. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;290301 The problem with using it is that it will remove the program entry in your add/remove programs in the control panel. You'd need to re-install the app to get it back in that list. It'll take care of that annoying installation problem though. On Monday, February 7, 2005 at 11:47 am, marko wrote: >Fitz: >Thanks for the reply and the well wishes. Seems I'm up that creek in need of a paddle. > >I did finally install SP2 hoping to make the problem go away. Well, the problem is >still there and now, upon starting up, I get the following error: "Your SQL Server >Installation is either corrupt of has been tampered with (Could not open SQLEVN70.RLL). >Please uninstall then re-run setup to correct this problem." > >I never installed SQL Server. I do know that MS has a SQL engine, but I never had >any problem with it. A few people suggested going back to a System restore point, >which I did. That's when this error started to show up. And even with installing >SP2 again, my original problem is still here and this sql error has joined the fair. >Not sure what to do next... > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Windows Installer Appears Every Time I Start an Application' Tuesday, May 24, 2005 at 11:04 am Posted by adrian (1 messages posted) With office, when a new user is put on a computer it has to create an office profile for it. You know first time you start word it asks you for name and initials. Well what is happening in each user is you probably need to put in the Office CD and let the installer go through. AFter that it should work. the SQL error same thing is happening to me. It seems to happen after you do a system restore. Im going to try reinstall business contact manager -which i had installed before the restore point -> maybe it uses sql or something. This is the setup for this problem is usually Office installed SP2 installed User does a system restore and it happends. I dont know how to fix this one yet im looking too. On Monday, May 9, 2005 at 12:26 pm, Ken wrote: >You can try using the windows installer cleanup utility. > >http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;290301 > >The problem with using it is that it will remove the program entry in your add/remove >programs in the control panel. You'd need to re-install the app to get it back in >that list. It'll take care of that annoying installation problem though. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Windows Installer Appears Every Time I Start an Application' Saturday, January 7, 2006 at 10:47 am Posted by Donald (1 messages posted) Hello marko: I just had the same problem - after installing a MS Security Update, "Your SQL Server Installation is either corrupt of has been tampered with (unknown package id). Please uninstall then re-run setup to correct this problem". Could you share with me your resolution? Thanks very much! Donald On Monday, February 7, 2005 at 11:47 am, marko wrote: >Fitz: >Thanks for the reply and the well wishes. Seems I'm up that creek in need of a paddle. > >I did finally install SP2 hoping to make the problem go away. Well, the problem is >still there and now, upon starting up, I get the following error: "Your SQL Server >Installation is either corrupt of has been tampered with (Could not open SQLEVN70.RLL). >Please uninstall then re-run setup to correct this problem." > >I never installed SQL Server. I do know that MS has a SQL engine, but I never had >any problem with it. A few people suggested going back to a System restore point, >which I did. That's when this error started to show up. And even with installing >SP2 again, my original problem is still here and this sql error has joined the fair. >Not sure what to do next... > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Windows Installer Appears Every Time I Start an Application' Sunday, March 5, 2006 at 2:05 am Posted by Andy Seabrook (1 messages posted) Been scouring the web for a fix on this "windows installer problem withh office 2003" without luck but i can tell you. its not just you guys using XP, I am on Win2000. In the administrator login its fine, but the user login sucks and I am going to be forced to go back to Office XP (gutted) but wasted enough time on this issue and cant afford the wait every time I open an app. Used the windows installer clean up tool (no fix) installed off a network drive, image still resides in the same location and is accessable to local office on the original path. Loaded SP2 (no fix) P***** off to say the least. On Saturday, January 7, 2006 at 10:47 am, Donald wrote: >Hello marko: > >I just had the same problem - after installing a MS Security Update, "Your SQL Server >Installation is either corrupt of has been tampered with (unknown package id). Please >uninstall then re-run setup to correct this problem". Could you share with me your >resolution? Thanks very much! > >Donald > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Windows Installer Appears Every Time I Start an Application' Sunday, March 5, 2006 at 11:22 am Posted by Fitz (9 messages posted) Andy: This issue has been one of the strangest that I've ever dealt with. As you can read from the older posts, I've had an issue with this multiple times. I don't know when the Windows Installer stopped popping up -- but I haven't had this problem for quite a while. And I don't think I've done anything specific to make it stop. I wish I could be of more help -- but hopefully your problem will also slowly fade away and not bother you any more. Cheers, Fitz On Sunday, March 5, 2006 at 2:05 am, Andy Seabrook wrote: >Been scouring the web for a fix on this "windows installer problem withh office 2003" >without luck but i can tell you. its not just you guys using XP, I am on Win2000. >In the administrator login its fine, but the user login sucks and I am going to be >forced to go back to Office XP (gutted) but wasted enough time on this issue and >cant afford the wait every time I open an app. Used the windows installer clean up >tool (no fix) installed off a network drive, image still resides in the same location >and is accessable to local office on the original path. Loaded SP2 (no fix) P***** >off to say the least. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Windows Installer Appears Every Time I Start an Application' Thursday, April 20, 2006 at 3:25 pm Posted by Fred (1 messages posted) Using the registry editor, navigate to 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Word. You will probably find the DWord UserData missing. Create it and give it a value of 1. That should fix your problem. Similar strategy is needed for Outlook etc. On Sunday, March 5, 2006 at 11:22 am, Fitz wrote: >Andy: > >This issue has been one of the strangest that I've ever dealt with. As you can read >from the older posts, I've had an issue with this multiple times. I don't know when >the Windows Installer stopped popping up -- but I haven't had this problem for quite >a while. And I don't think I've done anything specific to make it stop. > >I wish I could be of more help -- but hopefully your problem will also slowly fade >away and not bother you any more. > >Cheers, > >Fitz > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Windows Installer Appears Every Time I Start an Application' Thursday, April 20, 2006 at 4:07 pm Posted by Fitz (9 messages posted) Fred -- Therein lies a problem: I'm using Office 10.0, not 11.0. (And yes, my DWord user data is already set to 1.) Thanks for the tip anyway -- hope it helps someone! Fitz On Thursday, April 20, 2006 at 3:25 pm, Fred wrote: > >Using the registry editor, navigate to 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Word. >You will probably find the DWord UserData missing. Create it and give it a value >of 1. That should fix your problem. Similar strategy is needed for Outlook etc. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Windows Installer Appears Every Time I Start an Application' Sunday, July 30, 2006 at 4:40 pm Posted by Jonathan (1 messages posted) http://www.pctoday.com/Editorial/article.asp?article=articles/2004/t0210/20t10/20t10.asp&guid= One of the most annoying Windows problems involves the Windows Installer, a program that Windows uses to install, repair, or remove Microsoft software according to instructions included in the software's MSI files. Many Office users complain that Windows Installer appears each time they start Word, Excel, Outlook, or another Office program and asks for the Microsoft Office installation CD. One way to fix the problem is to reinstall Microsoft Office, and when you do, don't select the This Feature Will Be Installed When Required option for any of the components. Although it's possible this will remedy the problem, Windows Installer might still ask for the installation CD even if you instructed it not to by following these instructions. In this case, you can take another route to try to stop the Windows Installer. 1. Open the Start menu, click run, type gpedit.msc in the Open field, and click OK. 2. In the Group Policy dialog box, navigate to LOCAL COMPUTER POLICY\COMPUTER CONFIGURATION\ADMINISTRATIVE TEMPLATES\WINDOWS COMPONENTS\WINDOWS INSTALLER. (If Windows cannot find the Group Policy Editor, return to the Run dialog box, type mmc.exe in the Open box, and click OK. In the Console dialog box, open the File menu, click Add/Remove Snap-in, and then click the Add button in the dialog box that appears. Double-click the Group Policy Snap-in and click the Finish button in the Group Policy wizard. Click the Close button and then click OK.) 3. Double-click Disable Windows Installer in the right pane 4. Select the Enabled radio button 5. Choose Always from the Disable Windows Installer pull-down menu. 6. Click OK. This will disable the Windows Installer, so if any programs you try to install in the future return an error, you'll need to use the same process to enable the Installer. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Windows Installer Appears Every Time I Start an Application' Tuesday, August 5, 2008 at 11:51 am Posted by studlow (1 messages posted) Create a folder named XLStart in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11. Restart Excel and you should be good to go. -Stu On Thursday, April 20, 2006 at 4:07 pm, Fitz wrote: >Fred -- > >Therein lies a problem: I'm using Office 10.0, not 11.0. (And yes, my DWord user >data is already set to 1.) Thanks for the tip anyway -- hope it helps someone! > > >Fitz > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum