"checker" wrote in message
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> "spamlet" wrote in message
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>> "checker" wrote in message
>> news:el9Ga5mxKHA.3560@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
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>>> "spamlet" wrote in message
>>> news:e0wtaeIxKHA.1548@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>> Lately a number of downloads and updates have failed and told me
>>>> windows
>>>> installer could not be found. Starting the service manually and
>>>> starting the download again generally works.
>>>>
>>>> I reset the service to start automatically, but still some things -
>>>> such
>>>> as the link below to see whether my laptop is compatible with an
>>>> update - don't work until I start installer manually. How is this
>>>> service supposed to work?
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> S
>>>>
>>> Normal for the Windows Installer Service is "Manual" and "Stopped". You
>>> probably need to update the Installer Application to the latest version.
>>> If you have the Service Pack 3 installed, you may already have the
>>> latest
>>> Windows Installer version, but if that's the case, you may have to
>>> reinstall it anyway.
>>>
>>> You may also need to update the Windows Update Application... to get the
>>> latest edition: try to manually download any available update from the
>>> Windows Update Website... you should be prompted to update the Windows
>>> Update application if you need it.
>>> http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/
>>>
>>>
>>> Windows Installer 4.5
>>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942288
>>>
>>> Windows Installer 4.5 Redistributable
>>> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...6F-60B6-4412-95B9-54D056D6F9F4&displaylang=en
>>>
>>> Windows Installer 4.5
>>> http://www.softwarepatch.com/windows/wininstallnt.html
>>
>> Thanks Checker but you didn't notice I had already found version 4.5
>> after
>> following up on R McCarty's tips.
>>
>> S
>>
>
> Sorry about missing where you mentioned the 4.5 Installer but at the time
> I
> only saw your original message, and now I only see two of your messages...
> nothing more. I don't even see my last response which you have quoted...
>
> See now if the following helps: Go to C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\wups2.dll ...
> Right click on the "wups2.dl" file and click on "Register", or go to
> Start\Run\type "regsvr32 wups2.dll" and hit Enter.
>
> And if that doesn't help, register the following Windows Update related
> DLLS..
>
> regsvr32 /s wuapi.dll
> regsvr32 /s wuaueng1.dll
> regsvr32 /s wuaueng.dll
> regsvr32 /s wucltui.dll
> regsvr32 /s wups2.dll
> regsvr32 /s wups.dll
> regsvr32 /s wuweb.dll
>
Sorry you are missing some of the messages, I know that can be very
irritating. I had a similar problem with one of the Virgin newsservers and
had to change to another. Also make sure if you are using OE, to get a
decent tranche of messages each time you press get next...
As for your continued advice, I have made a lot of changes over the last
couple of days as a result of these inquiries, and have not had an installer
error message since getting the 4.5 update, so I'll just keep a note of
these new points for if the problem crops up again later.
Once more, thanks very much for your thoughtful responses.
S