Windows Installer

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Out of the blue, everytime I fire up my browser (or any program) I see the MS
Installer fires up. It goes real fast. It took awhile to determine what the
program was. It's in task manager. I can kill it, soon as I fire up a
program--it's back.
I have WinXP SP2. 1 gig ram. An AMD XP3000.
Thanks
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JPB

 

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Go to run,type:services.msc In msc scroll down to windows installer,double
click on it,in properties,set to manual start,then close out msc.

"J.P. Biddle" wrote:

> Out of the blue, everytime I fire up my browser (or any program) I see the MS
> Installer fires up. It goes real fast. It took awhile to determine what the
> program was. It's in task manager. I can kill it, soon as I fire up a
> program--it's back.
> I have WinXP SP2. 1 gig ram. An AMD XP3000.
> Thanks
> --
> JPB

 

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It's already set to manual.
--
JPB


"Andrew E." wrote:

> Go to run,type:services.msc In msc scroll down to windows installer,double
> click on it,in properties,set to manual start,then close out msc.
>
> "J.P. Biddle" wrote:
>
> > Out of the blue, everytime I fire up my browser (or any program) I see the MS
> > Installer fires up. It goes real fast. It took awhile to determine what the
> > program was. It's in task manager. I can kill it, soon as I fire up a
> > program--it's back.
> > I have WinXP SP2. 1 gig ram. An AMD XP3000.
> > Thanks
> > --
> > JPB

 

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It's already set to manual.
--
JPB


"Andrew E." wrote:

> Go to run,type:services.msc In msc scroll down to windows installer,double
> click on it,in properties,set to manual start,then close out msc.
>
> "J.P. Biddle" wrote:
>
> > Out of the blue, everytime I fire up my browser (or any program) I see the MS
> > Installer fires up. It goes real fast. It took awhile to determine what the
> > program was. It's in task manager. I can kill it, soon as I fire up a
> > program--it's back.
> > I have WinXP SP2. 1 gig ram. An AMD XP3000.
> > Thanks
> > --
> > JPB

 

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J.P. Biddle wrote:

> Out of the blue, everytime I fire up my browser (or any program)
> I see the MS Installer fires up. It goes real fast. It took
> awhile to determine what the program was. It's in task manager.
> I can kill it, soon as I fire up a program--it's back.
Hi,

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

 

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I downloaded a msi program from MS but that didn't work. I couldn't find
msizap on my winXp cd.
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JPB


"Torgeir Bakken (MVP)" wrote:

> J.P. Biddle wrote:
>
> > Out of the blue, everytime I fire up my browser (or any program)
> > I see the MS Installer fires up. It goes real fast. It took
> > awhile to determine what the program was. It's in task manager.
> > I can kill it, soon as I fire up a program--it's back.
> Hi,
>
> 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
>

 

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J.P. Biddle wrote:

> I downloaded a msi program from MS but that didn't work. I
> couldn't find msizap on my winXp cd.
Hi,

It is to be found on the WinXP CD, as part of the Support Tools
installed by running the file suptools.msi.

Install "Support Tools" by starting suptools.msi from <cd-drive>\Support\Tools\

Also note that there is updated versions of Support Tools available:

Windows XP Service Pack 2 Support Tools
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=49ae8576-9bb9-4126-9761-ba8011fabf38



--
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