Ok, no blank screen, but now...

The windows installer won't come off the desktop. I posted a few days ago
complaining about a white screen that covered my desktop. Andre suggested I
do a system restore which I did. That took away the blank screen (thanks)
but now I have the Windows Installer trying to install something, but I have
no idea of what it is. I clicked on the cancel button, but it's been
canceling for 20 minutes now...and I'm getting tired of waiting. Anyone know
*why* it's doing that and *how* I can stop it? I'm really getting impatient
with this.

Run the Windows Installer Cleanup Utility:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301
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Andre
Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
"Just.some.guy" <> wrote in message
news:OCrej.9254$cq5.2149@trndny06...
> The windows installer won't come off the desktop. I posted a few days ago
> complaining about a white screen that covered my desktop. Andre suggested
> I do a system restore which I did. That took away the blank screen
> (thanks) but now I have the Windows Installer trying to install something,
> but I have no idea of what it is. I clicked on the cancel button, but it's
> been canceling for 20 minutes now...and I'm getting tired of waiting.
> Anyone know *why* it's doing that and *how* I can stop it? I'm really
> getting impatient with this.
>

Thanks for the advice...but I think I found the culprit. I have Office Suite
2000, and when I installed it, Outlook didn't install properly...and still
won't. So I uninstalled everything, and voila...no Windows
installer...installed Office suite again...that Windows installer thing came
back. *Then* uninstalled just Outlook, and no Windows installer thing... so
there must be some sort of conflict with Outlook. It's ok though, because I
use Windows Mail anyway.


"Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Run the Windows Installer Cleanup Utility:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301
> --
> Andre
> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
> "Just.some.guy" <> wrote in message
> news:OCrej.9254$cq5.2149@trndny06...
>> The windows installer won't come off the desktop. I posted a few days ago
>> complaining about a white screen that covered my desktop. Andre suggested
>> I do a system restore which I did. That took away the blank screen
>> (thanks) but now I have the Windows Installer trying to install
>> something, but I have no idea of what it is. I clicked on the cancel
>> button, but it's been canceling for 20 minutes now...and I'm getting
>> tired of waiting. Anyone know *why* it's doing that and *how* I can stop
>> it? I'm really getting impatient with this.
>>
>
>