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zed77ultra

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On my Windows 8 laptop, Windows Installer has stopped working, without warning. When installing programs that do not need it, everything goes well, but when I try to open a setup that uses Windows Installer, nothing happens. Not even an error message.
 
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Hjgrove
Your computer create a Restore point every once and a while.
It basically saves all the configurations and data that was on windows before.
So you can change your current configuration to that restore point.
Resulting in you hopefully having a windows installer that works.
More information here: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows-8/restore-refresh-reset-pc
At the bottom select the blue text that says "Restoring your PC to an earlier point in time"
And follow the instructions.
Hope this helps!
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Hjgrove

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Hi there,
If the windows installer was working previously try rolling back the computer.
This will only delete a few drivers and reset some programs and no personal files will be touched.
Hope this helps!
 
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zed77ultra

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what do you mean by roll back?
 
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Hjgrove

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Your computer create a Restore point every once and a while.
It basically saves all the configurations and data that was on windows before.
So you can change your current configuration to that restore point.
Resulting in you hopefully having a windows installer that works.
More information here: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows-8/restore-refresh-reset-pc
At the bottom select the blue text that says "Restoring your PC to an earlier point in time"
And follow the instructions.
Hope this helps!
 
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