Windows Installer crashing

[Guido van Brakel]

We have seceral Windows Server 2016 servers where the Windows Installer is crashing:

Log Name: System
Source: Service Control Manager
Date: 20-1-2020 07:54:00
Event ID: 7032
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Description:
The Service Control Manager tried to take a corrective action (Restart the service) after the unexpected termination of the Windows Modules Installer service, but this action failed with the following error:
An instance of the service is already running.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Service Control Manager" Guid="{555908d1-a6d7-4695-8e1e-26931d2012f4}" EventSourceName="Service Control Manager" />
<EventID Qualifiers="49152">7032</EventID>
<Version>0</Version>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8080000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2020-01-20T06:54:00.374377600Z" />
<EventRecordID>234989</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="624" ThreadID="8448" />
<Channel>System</Channel>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data Name="param1">1</Data>
<Data Name="param2">Restart the service</Data>
<Data Name="param3">Windows Modules Installer</Data>
<Data Name="param4">%%1056</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>


Log Name: System
Source: Service Control Manager
Date: 20-1-2020 07:52:00
Event ID: 7031
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Description:
The Windows Modules Installer service terminated unexpectedly. It has done this 1 time(s). The following corrective action will be taken in 120000 milliseconds: Restart the service.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Service Control Manager" Guid="{555908d1-a6d7-4695-8e1e-26931d2012f4}" EventSourceName="Service Control Manager" />
<EventID Qualifiers="49152">7031</EventID>
<Version>0</Version>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8080000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2020-01-20T06:52:00.373523300Z" />
<EventRecordID>234986</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="624" ThreadID="8448" />
<Channel>System</Channel>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data Name="param1">Windows Modules Installer</Data>
<Data Name="param2">1</Data>
<Data Name="param3">120000</Data>
<Data Name="param4">1</Data>
<Data Name="param5">Restart the service</Data>
<Binary>540072007500730074006500640049006E007300740061006C006C00650072000000</Binary>
</EventData>
</Event>

Anyone an idea how to fix this?

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