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windows installer service problem

Solution When you try to install/uninstall some application/s, you may get warning messages like:

"The Windows Installer Service could not be accessed"

"Windows Installer Service couldn’t be started"

"Could not start the Windows Installer service on Local Computer. Error 5: Access is denied."

Unregister Windows Installer, and then reregister Windows Installer. To do this, follow these steps:

1. On the "Start" menu, click "Run:.

2. In the "Open" box, type "msiexec /unreg", and then press ENTER.

3. On the "Start" menu, click "Run".

4. In the "Open" box, type "msiexec /regserver", and then press ENTER.

If this doesn't work goto http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555175

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Article ID:	6
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Date added:	2009-03-17 15:15:20
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