Constant message that windows installer is preparing to install
I am annoyed with a constant message on my screen. I was just trying to clean my system. I removed some programs and also wiped out some unwanted updates. But somehow the installer is not working fine. When I start my computer windows installer keeps on appearing on the screen. It keeps on generating a bug. It is a bit crazy to find. I performed windows update and found a set of different updates. I added them and still the same error appears. There is no proper solution available to fix the issue. Is there any idea to deal the problem.
re: Constant message that windows installer is preparing to install
Simple fix:
I went into c:\program files\microsoft office\office 12\ and ran winword.exe from there.
It ran without the windows installer message.
So, I just created shortcut to that it works great!
re: Constant message that windows installer is preparing to install
Hi All,
I went crazy with this problem all day yesterday.
First, you should all know that I have Windows Vista operating system.
The problem started happening after I installed Microsoft Office 2010.
A little history: I had Microsoft Professional Edition 2003 installed on my computer, and I think there may have been some corrupted files in it before I did the upgrade to Office 2010. Also, Microsoft Office 2007 was pre-installed on my computer when I bought it. I never used it, but when I upgraded to 2010, Windows upgraded Office 2007, and left Office Professional Edition 2003on my computer. After I installed Office 2010, the error message started popping up randomly upon startup or basically just starting any program or clicking on any program.
I thought that Windows Vista gotten corrupted, but in the end, it turned out that I just needed to completely uninstall Microsoft Office 2010, Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003, and Microsoft Office 2007, and then reinstall Microsoft Office 2010. I had a little bit of trouble with the uninstallations, because of the corrupted files. First, I had to put the Office 2010 disk back in the computer and uninstall using the disk. Then, I had to visit the following site and run the "Fixit" downloads for both 2007 and 2003:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301
That pretty much fixed the problem with the windows intaller popping up.
Last, I went ahead and ran the following from the command prompt (right click and run as administrator) to verify and fix any corrupted files that might be left: sfc/scannow
After reinstalling Office 2010, I did a Windows update, and my computer is just about as good as new. The only problem is that Professional Edition 2003 had Microsoft Access on it, and now I don't have Access anymore, so I'll probably have to suck it up and just buy the 2010 version.
I hope the details I have posted here help somebody, because I wasted an entire day on this, and it turned out the fix was just so easy. It was just some kind of incompatibility/file corruption issue.