Windows installer always there

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Whenever I go into my account on Windows XP the Windows Installer starts up.
I can't tell what it's trying to install. Also there is a process Winad
which hogs all the CPU at the start and I have to kill it off or the system
is just lagged.

Can anyone tell me how to stop Windows Installer starting and how to get rid
of the Winad thing.

Thanks
Pete

 

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Winad is Spyware/Adware. Here's a tidbit that may help explain:
http://www.2-spyware.com/remove-winad.html

You should grab a Spyware detection and removal program like: Spybot: Search
& Destroy here: http://www.spybot.safer-networking.de/en/index.html or
Ad-Aware from here: http://www.lavasoft.de/ . It's likely that you have
other spyware on your system as well, which may be useful to remove.

"Pete Fishwick" <Pete_Fishwick@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Whenever I go into my account on Windows XP the Windows Installer starts
> up.
> I can't tell what it's trying to install. Also there is a process Winad
> which hogs all the CPU at the start and I have to kill it off or the
> system
> is just lagged.
>
> Can anyone tell me how to stop Windows Installer starting and how to get
> rid
> of the Winad thing.
>
> Thanks
> Pete
>
>

 

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Pete Fishwick wrote:

> Whenever I go into my account on Windows XP the Windows
> Installer starts up. I can't tell what it's trying to install.
> Also there is a process Winad which hogs all the CPU at the
> start and I have to kill it off or the system is just lagged.
>
> Can anyone tell me how to stop Windows Installer starting
> and how to get rid of the Winad thing.
Hi

For the Windows Installer issue:

Most likely it is Windows Installer doing an on-demand installation...

See "Every time I launch my application, Windows Installer performs an
installation. How can I determine the cause of the on-demand installation?"
in the FAQ at

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/community/centers/management/msi_faq.mspx

To access the Application Log in the Event viewer,
run the following command from Start/Run:

eventvwr.msc


If you are running Windows XP (or have access to a Windows XP computer,
you can copy MSIZAP.EXE over to your Win2k computer):

If a product code is listed there and this product is not really installed,
MSIZAP.EXE is maybe able to fix this issue, it is included as a utility in
the support tools installation package (on your WinXP CD) with some
additional
documentation included in suptools.chm (installed by suptools.msi).

It will remove all Windows Installer entries for a product key that you feed
it with.

Note that if MSIZAP.EXE is used incorrectly it can affect other applications
on the machine.

Based on the documentation in
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/msi/setup/msizap_exe.asp

this is what you should run:

msizap T {product code}

an example:
msizap T {FFB37294-1155-17D3-A809-0250BAAFB1AB}


Alternatively, for a more user friendly interface to MSIZAP.EXE ,
take a look at this article:

Description of the Windows Installer CleanUp Utility
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;290301


--
torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/default.mspx