Hi John,
Best thing to do is run the utility and start backwards. IE: Start with the
most recently installed program.
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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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> Peter,
>
> I had tried this earlier but without knowing what the offending software
> is, I would have tounistall everything and reinstall later. Any other
> thoughts before I go down that road?
>
> John
>
> "Peter Foldes" <okf22@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:uoUabxz3HHA.1188@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Use this tool to fix the Installer issue
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301
>
> --
> Peter
>
> Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
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>
> "John" <nospam@nospam.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:850B1630-55BA-4497-8DA6-FDB34C34E602@microsoft.com...
>> 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
>>
>