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XP & Windows Installer
Name: B Date: October 11, 2001 at 16:33:33 Pacific
Comment:
Every time I try to load certain progs I get the folowing error: The Windows Installer Service could not be accessed. Thsi can occur if you are running Windows in safe mode, or if the Windows Installer is not correctly installed. Contact your support personnel for assistance.
It gives this error for any program that uses WIndows Installer. Help...
Name: Neil Date: October 12, 2001 at 12:41:21 Pacific
Reply:
run msconfig choose services and enable windows installer
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Response Number 2
Name: Lizuid1987 Date: March 10, 2002 at 20:23:37 Pacific
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I have it enabled, and I still get the "The Windows Installer Service could not be accessed. This can occur if you are running Windows in safe mode, or if the Windows Installer is not correctly installed. Contact your support personnel for assistance." message. Any help? And btw, windows installer is enabled on all the logins.
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