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everytime i try to install something the message "The Windows Installer

service could not be accessed" will pop up and then not finish the

installation and ive tried the resolutions on the microsoft help page. but i

cant do any of them, because te first one..i dont have "Msiserver" in the

regedit. and when i try doing the other option with the cmd program and

typing in "ren msi.dll msi.old.. etc." it says "the system cannot find the

file specified".. soo is there a website i need to download these files

(msiserver or the ren msi.dll msi.old ones??) orr what about the msiserver.

 

please help.

thanks

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    "Windows Installer Service could not be accessed" error message when

    installing application

    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/319624

     

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    "chad" <chad@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

    news:D3FEB3F0-1786-447E-BE45-0F44FF770A38@microsoft.com...

    > everytime i try to install something the message "The Windows Installer

    > service could not be accessed" will pop up and then not finish the

    > installation and ive tried the resolutions on the microsoft help page.

    > but i

    > cant do any of them, because te first one..i dont have "Msiserver" in the

    > regedit. and when i try doing the other option with the cmd program and

    > typing in "ren msi.dll msi.old.. etc." it says "the system cannot find the

    > file specified".. soo is there a website i need to download these files

    > (msiserver or the ren msi.dll msi.old ones??) orr what about the

    > msiserver.

    >

    > please help.

    > thanks

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    "chad" <chad@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote

    > everytime i try to install something the message "The Windows Installer

    > service could not be accessed" will pop up and then not finish the

    > installation and ive tried the resolutions on the microsoft help page.

    > but i

    > cant do any of them, because te first one..i dont have "Msiserver" in the

    > regedit. and when i try doing the other option with the cmd program and

    > typing in "ren msi.dll msi.old.. etc." it says "the system cannot find the

    > file specified".. soo is there a website i need to download these files

    > (msiserver or the ren msi.dll msi.old ones??) orr what about the

    > msiserver.

     

    "Error 1719: The Windows Installer service could not be accessed" error

    message when you try to add or remove a program

    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315346/en-us

     

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    Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

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