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From: spamlet on 15 Mar 2010 17:35 Lately a number of downloads and updates have failed and told me windows installer could not be found. Starting the service manually and starting the download again generally works. I reset the service to start automatically, but still some things - such as the link below to see whether my laptop is compatible with an update - don't work until I start installer manually. How is this service supposed to work? Cheers, S
From: R. McCarty on 15 Mar 2010 17:58 Windows installer service is normally a "Manual" start mode. It has a dependency on the RPC ( Remote Procedure Call ) service. The exe is msiexec.exe and the latest version is 3.1.4001.5512 found in the \Windows\System32 folder. Microsoft Update usually installs the latest version. You can download it manually and apply to your system if your version is out of date. "spamlet" <spam.morespam(a)invalid.invalid> wrote in message news:e0wtaeIxKHA.1548(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > Lately a number of downloads and updates have failed and told me windows > installer could not be found. Starting the service manually and starting > the download again generally works. > > I reset the service to start automatically, but still some things - such > as the link below to see whether my laptop is compatible with an update - > don't work until I start installer manually. How is this service supposed > to work? > > Cheers, > > S >
From: PA Bear [MS MVP] on 15 Mar 2010 19:29 See replies to your thread in Windows Update newsgroup: http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsupdate/browse_frm/thread/06a85678ff881dcc spamlet wrote: > Lately a number of downloads and updates have failed and told me windows > installer could not be found. Starting the service manually and starting > the download again generally works. > > I reset the service to start automatically, but still some things - such > as > the link below to see whether my laptop is compatible with an update - > don't > work until I start installer manually. How is this service supposed to > work? [What link?]
From: spamlet on 15 Mar 2010 21:10 "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:%231wDSkJxKHA.4532(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > See replies to your thread in Windows Update newsgroup: > http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsupdate/browse_frm/thread/06a85678ff881dcc > > spamlet wrote: >> Lately a number of downloads and updates have failed and told me windows >> installer could not be found. Starting the service manually and starting >> the download again generally works. >> >> I reset the service to start automatically, but still some things - such >> as >> the link below to see whether my laptop is compatible with an update - >> don't >> work until I start installer manually. How is this service supposed to >> work? > > [What link?] The one you just gave in your cross post to Helge Hansel (that is on a different problem, but it was it asking for installer that brought me here...) s
From: spamlet on 15 Mar 2010 21:49
Thanks, My version is 3.1.4000 1823 Do you have a link to the correct version? Cheers, S "R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_(a)mindspring.com> wrote in message news:OOyjnqIxKHA.1692(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > Windows installer service is normally a "Manual" start mode. It has a > dependency on the RPC ( Remote Procedure Call ) service. The exe > is msiexec.exe and the latest version is 3.1.4001.5512 found in the > \Windows\System32 folder. > > Microsoft Update usually installs the latest version. You can download > it manually and apply to your system if your version is out of date. > > "spamlet" <spam.morespam(a)invalid.invalid> wrote in message > news:e0wtaeIxKHA.1548(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> Lately a number of downloads and updates have failed and told me windows >> installer could not be found. Starting the service manually and starting >> the download again generally works. >> >> I reset the service to start automatically, but still some things - such >> as the link below to see whether my laptop is compatible with an update - >> don't work until I start installer manually. How is this service >> supposed to work? >> >> Cheers, >> >> S >> > > |