Re: All .msi Installers Fail Silently Unless "runas /user:Administ

I systematically tried every method on that page and nothing worked. <sigh>...

M.

"Mark_Melvin" wrote:

Thanks again - I'll have a read but it looks like nothing I have not seen
before. The problem is - I have no error message to go off of. Nothing.
Zip. Nada. It just fails to execute with no error or any other helpful
information whatsoever.

Mark.

"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:

How to resolve Common Windows Installer Problems:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555175/en-us
Error “The Windows Installer Service could not be accessed” in Windows
Vista:
http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/vista-the-windows-installer-service-could-not-be-accessed/
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"Mark_Melvin" <MarkMelvin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Well about 20 minutes and a 1.8GB (yes, "Giga") log file later - it still
doesn't work.

I kind of feel like I should not have run that script. What the heck did
it
do - change permissions on pretty much everything to be default, or
wide-open
to everyone?

Anyway, thanks for the reply but - any other ideas?

Mark.

"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:

Aaron Stebner's WebLog Solving setup errors by using the SubInACL tool to
repair file and registry permissions:
http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2006/09/04/739820.aspx

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"Mark_Melvin" <Mark_Melvin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi There,

I have a problem with my machine (Windows XP 32-bit SP3) that has just
appeared and I have tried everything I can possibly think of with no
luck
(I
am quite computer literate...so you are not dealing with a noob here).
I'm
looking for some expert help here because it is driving me insane.

So, the problem is I cannot install *anything* that uses Windows
Installer
(.msi) under the covers. This includes many third party software
packages
that I use, as well as Windows XP packages and updates themselves.
What
happens when I run an .msi file is I see the Windows Installer dialog
briefly
flash up on the screen and nothing happens. There is no error or even
any
event in my event logs, and if I run the .msi file using msiexec with
all
logging and debug info turned on, I get nothing in the log file except
a
single line indicating it started.

The weird part is this just started to happen one dayu so obviously
something has changed on my system to screw things up. After much
beating
my
head against the monitor and desk I attempted to run one of the failing
installers "as Administrator" and it worked. Wha..? I *am* an
administrator, so why does running it as Administrator make any
difference
whatsoever?

Anyway, the *only* way I can get anything based on Windows Installer to
install now is to open a dos prompt and type:

runas /user:Administrator "msiexec.exe /i
c:\full\path\to\installer.msi"

This prompts me for my password and runs the installer just fine. But
I
am
and always have been an adminstrator! I don't get it. Here is a list
of
things I have tried recently to fix this:

-Install all available Windows updates
-Remove all .NET versions and re-install as required
-Remove Silverlight
-Remove Windows Installer and re-install
-Update to Windows Installer 4.5 (I think that is what this is -
WindowsXP-KB942288-v3-x86.exe)
-Roll back to an earlier date
-Undo the roll back
-Install Windows XP SP3
-Yell and scream

So, now I am posting here. The only possible thing I can think of that
may
have any bearing on this whatsoever is that originally my username did
not
have a password associated with it. At some point in the past I
changed
my
account to have a password associated with it and if I recall correctly
this
changed permissions on a bunch of files. My user password is now the
same
as
the administrator password on this machine. The only thing I can think
of
is
that some system file or directory got its permissions all screwed up
and
is
the root of the problem. I'd be happy to provide any additional
information
if requested as I would love to solve this one. It is shortening my
life-span...

Thanks in advance,
Mark.


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