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I had this problem for a few weeks until I read the following article:
http://firsttube.com/read/The-Pain-of-Vista
Check your C:\Windows\System32 folder for msiexec. You should have msiexec.exe, but if you also have msiexec with NO extension (and 0 Kb in size) then this is causing your problem. I did what the article suggested and added the extension .old, allowing me to start my Windows Installer service.
Hope this helps.
http://firsttube.com/read/The-Pain-of-Vista
Check your C:\Windows\System32 folder for msiexec. You should have msiexec.exe, but if you also have msiexec with NO extension (and 0 Kb in size) then this is causing your problem. I did what the article suggested and added the extension .old, allowing me to start my Windows Installer service.
Hope this helps.
Just an additional note to JENJEN's reply (and relating back to my previous reply). You will not be able to start the Windows Installer service if "msiexec" exists twice in your C:\Windows\System32 folder (one with .exe extension and one with no extension). Be sure it only exists as "msiexec.exe".
no idea keith
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Dec 28, 2008 at 11:32 PM
Dec 28, 2008 at 11:32 PM
only got the msiexec nothing with extentions, now got itunes setup on desktop but unable to start,help would be great
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here is the fix that worked for me
i had same problem
here is the fix that worked for me
i had same problem
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Supposedly, Windows XP already comes with 2.0 and should not need the installer engine added; however, I have a
Windows XP Media Center and this was initially true. I had no problems with the installer. Then several weeks ago, I began getting the referenced message infrequently, and then all the time. I went thru the update steps and was told I had the current update for the installer, yet the problem continues. Please help!!!!!!
Windows XP Media Center and this was initially true. I had no problems with the installer. Then several weeks ago, I began getting the referenced message infrequently, and then all the time. I went thru the update steps and was told I had the current update for the installer, yet the problem continues. Please help!!!!!!
I had the same problem and FINALLY found the solution here:
https://www.winhelponline.com/blog/windows-installer-service-not-accessed-windows-7-vista/
https://www.winhelponline.com/blog/windows-installer-service-not-accessed-windows-7-vista/
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Nov 10, 2008 at 07:38 AM
Nov 10, 2008 at 07:38 AM
hi, I finally got it solved, I tried every way you guys told me,but no luck, :S
im going to post everything I did(at least what I remember,i tried so many things):
first I tried one by one of the solutions posted here, and many thanks to those ppl who posted :)
then,the solutions posted here gave me some ideas and I went to look at event viewer,tried a few things in services,and I realized that whenever I tried to install something this error ocurred in event viewer: "Failed to connect to server. Error: 0x80080005" and I realized that something in the registry was denying me permissions of some kind
well like any person would do I googled it and found this tool Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware,download it from here https://www.besttechie.com/resources/malwarebytes/
well then I run it and it found 7 keys infected in the registry,it cleaned them,and it now works just fine :)
sorry for the big post,i hope it helps someone,many thanks everybody
im going to post everything I did(at least what I remember,i tried so many things):
first I tried one by one of the solutions posted here, and many thanks to those ppl who posted :)
then,the solutions posted here gave me some ideas and I went to look at event viewer,tried a few things in services,and I realized that whenever I tried to install something this error ocurred in event viewer: "Failed to connect to server. Error: 0x80080005" and I realized that something in the registry was denying me permissions of some kind
well like any person would do I googled it and found this tool Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware,download it from here https://www.besttechie.com/resources/malwarebytes/
well then I run it and it found 7 keys infected in the registry,it cleaned them,and it now works just fine :)
sorry for the big post,i hope it helps someone,many thanks everybody
I have tried a lot of solutions of the same issue and the only one that worked was getting another copy of windows. Sorry but only that worked out for me.
Hey, thanks for the reply, I had to recover my computer....afterwards my first try to download Itunes8 worked perfect....I should have done it before the 8 hours of 'trying it myself'....and of course the whole computer runs smoother due to being recovered....thanks and happy new year
finally Itunes8 installed but I had to recovery the entire computer. My son, and a couple friends have Vista and NEVER evncountered any issues with VISTA and Itunes (causing the 'windows Installer Service....error)...After being guided by HP, my computer had corrupted files, don't know how or which files, so recovery was emminent. Immediately after a Recovery was done, Itunes was downloaded instantly without issues....and no more 'windows installer service error'....Oh and as usual I forgot to copy some precious files to the external hard-drive, but the computer runs great! Happy New Years to you all!! Chris
Hi, I had devoted a lot of time to this issue.
Nothing worked that was on this site, but one thing worked.
I noticed that y DCOM Server Process Launcher service does not start. Even manually starting it produces error. Seems like it was a culprit of "THE PROBLEM" :).
Anyway, since I was lazy and tired to search how to fix it, just installed XP SP3 and problem gone.
Hope I help someone to make their day.
Cheers,
Drugelis
Nothing worked that was on this site, but one thing worked.
I noticed that y DCOM Server Process Launcher service does not start. Even manually starting it produces error. Seems like it was a culprit of "THE PROBLEM" :).
Anyway, since I was lazy and tired to search how to fix it, just installed XP SP3 and problem gone.
Hope I help someone to make their day.
Cheers,
Drugelis
