Is it safe to remove the windows installer service?

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From: Brian Welch (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/05/04

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Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2004 07:41:10 -0800

I've a client who wishes to remove the windows installer service. Is this safe to do, and will Microsoft still support this type of environment?

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