Windows Installer (Windows Installer) is a general-purpose software distribution method. Nowadays, many softwares use Windows Installer as their own installer. Sometimes, for various reasons and the defects of Windows Installer itself, Windows Installer will cause errors.
Symptoms: When you delete a program, when running certain software, a window will pop up and old "windows are configuring the Windows Installer, wait," the.
Solution:
1, reinstall Windows Installer, the root of the Office XP installation disk with two files named instmsi.exe and InstMsiW.exe of, instmsi.exe for win9X /Me, InstMsiW.exe for Win2000/XP;
2, open Group Policy → Computer Configuration → Administrative Templates → Windows Components → Windows Installer → disable Windows Installer, just like this, many software can have Installed, this method is used for Win2000/XP.
3, see the end of this article "ultimate solution"
Symptom two: Win2000 /XP installation when the software prompts "can not access the windows installer service Windows Installer status is stopped, Cannot start"
Solution:
1. At the command prompt, type: misIExec /regserver
2. Start Windows Installer in "Administrative Tools" → "Services".
Symptom 3: Win2000/XP installation software prompts "Cannot access Windows Installer service..."
Solution:
1. Check whether the current user has administrator rights. ;
2, after the end of the process Ikernel.exe installation;
3, delete the system installation directory Program files \\ Common files \\ InstallShIEld \\ all files in the Engine install.
4, first of all, run "msIExec /unregserver", stop the Windows Installer service;
Then, there are mounted InstMsiW.exe (Office XP installation disk root directory, can be downloaded from the Internet , the address is:
http://download.microsoft.com/do
... EN-US/InstMsiW.exe), use Winrar to extract to the set directory; enter the directory Right click on msi.inf, select "Install", right click on mspatcha.inf, select install;
Finally run "msIExec /regserver" to enable the service.
Symptom 4: When installing the software, the system administrator has set the system policy to prohibit this installation.
Solution:
1. Try to use symptom three. Solution;
2. Open Group Policy→User Configuration→Administrative Templates→Windows Components→Windows Installation Service→Set “Disable Media Installation” to “Disabled” and “Always install with high privileges” Set to "Enable"
The final solution for the above problem:
Download and install the Windows Installer CleanUp Utility 1.0 provided by Microsoft. Its main function is to clear the Windows Installer configuration information of the program. Start the tool, it will list the software installed by all Windows Installer in the current system, select the software that is in question, and then click the "Remove" button.