Hi,
Try this: Click start, type CMD and right click the entry in the start menu,
choose 'run as administrator'. Click continue on the UAC prompt. From the
command prompt, run these commands, hitting <enter> between each:
msiexec /unregister
msiexec /regserver
exit
The reboot and check to see that the behavior has stopped.
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Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help -
www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts
http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
"John" <nospam@nospam.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I have just been setting up a new PC with Vista Ultimate. Adding my
> application software was going OK but now every time I re-boot, put a
> CD/DVD in the drive windows Installer pops up and comes up with "Preparing
> to install" and then waits a few secs and stops. There is no clue what it
> is trying to install.
>
> I Googled this problem and checked out a few web sites, notably ask Leo at
> http://ask-leo.com/windows_installer...eboot_why.html and
> then tried to use the Windows Installer Cleanup but again it is just not
> clear what software is causing this. I have also used Max Registry Cleaner
> but this does not seem to fix the problem.
>
> The only solution I can think of is to unload all software, reinstall
> windows and start over. But it has taken me 2 days to get this far so I am
> reluctant to do so
>
> Any ideas will be very welcome!
>
> John