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XP PRO - Startup always tries to INSTALL something
- Thread starter bigguync
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Have a look in your startup group and check there, then if there is nothing there, rather than me go through all the registry keys, INI files and startup locations, go to
and download then run AutoRuns to see what else is being run at startup.
John
and download then run AutoRuns to see what else is being run at startup.
John
Run the Disk Cleanup tool and clear out all your Temp folders.
Check your Event Viewer for any clues.
Make sure the Window's Installer service is not Disabled in Services, it should be set to Manual, so it can start when required.
Windows Installer Logging.
Windows Installer can use logging to help assist in troubleshooting issues with installing software packages. You can enable verbose logging with this setting. Go to Start/Run/Regedit and navigate to this key:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Installer]
Create a new string value called "Logging" and set it to a combination of the letters below to enable the logging options. A value of "voicewarmup" will enable all the logging options.
Letter Option.
v Verbose output
o Out-of-disk-space messages
i Status messages
c Initial UI parameters
e All error messages
w Non-fatal warnings
a Start up of actions
r Action-specific records
m Out-of-memory or fatal exit information
u User requests
p Terminal properties
+ Append to existing file
! Flush each line to the log
The next time Windows Installer is used a log will be created. The log will be in your Temp folder and start with MSI in the name and have a .log extension.
Check your Event Viewer for any clues.
Make sure the Window's Installer service is not Disabled in Services, it should be set to Manual, so it can start when required.
Windows Installer Logging.
Windows Installer can use logging to help assist in troubleshooting issues with installing software packages. You can enable verbose logging with this setting. Go to Start/Run/Regedit and navigate to this key:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Installer]
Create a new string value called "Logging" and set it to a combination of the letters below to enable the logging options. A value of "voicewarmup" will enable all the logging options.
Letter Option.
v Verbose output
o Out-of-disk-space messages
i Status messages
c Initial UI parameters
e All error messages
w Non-fatal warnings
a Start up of actions
r Action-specific records
m Out-of-memory or fatal exit information
u User requests
p Terminal properties
+ Append to existing file
! Flush each line to the log
The next time Windows Installer is used a log will be created. The log will be in your Temp folder and start with MSI in the name and have a .log extension.
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