Installer 3.1 v2 (Windows XP SP2)

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I recently had to uninstall and re-install my Office Professional Edition 2003. Now, a window titled Windows Installer continually pops up and freezes my computer. It has occured while I was using Outlook, Word and Excel and I just had one pop up as I was composing this message. I’ve been online with Microsoft KB and printed everything relevant I could find…I just don’t understand it.
I tried some methods of fixing the problems including Start>Run>type in “msiexec / unreg” then Start>Run>type in “msiexec / regserver” Didn’t work.
Start>Run>type in “services.msc” then select Windows Installer and change the value to Manual. Didn’t work

When I tried a Mail Merge in Word, I got a message about the service not being available, so I went to Add Remove Programs to be sure I had done a complete installation (run all from my computer) and I got the attached message.

Can anyone help? I have trouble understanding the information in Microsoft KB.

Thanks.

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Did you also reinstall Office 2003 SP-1? Note: the command “msiexec /unreg” – no space between the “/” and the following string – on both commands. That may work better.

Joe

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Sorry I didn’t mention that, Joe. Yes, I also re-installed SP1.
I tried typing in the information without the spaces and get a message saying Windows cannot find the file, to be sure I typed it correctly.

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Is this problem related to your post 384,211 and the following ones? If so, the Cleanup Utility seemed to work then.

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Boy! Is my face red! No wonder this problem felt like “deja vu all over again”! I did Search this web site using Windows Installer as a search phrase, but didn’t go back fifteen months. Thanks for reminding me that I had faced a similar problem before.

I did employ the Windows Installer CleanUp Utility. This time, my entire Office Suite was uninstalled. So, I installed it again, along with SP1 and so far, it seems to be okay. I obviously have a very short memory. Once a problem is solved, I forget about it and move on to the next one.

Thanks again for the reminder. I’m also glad that I placed the URL in my memo last time so it was easy to locate.

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