The "Windows Installer Service Could Not Be Accessed" Error Message appears When You Add
or Remove Program - 1719
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;315346
Error 1719. The Windows Installer Service could not be accessed. You may be running in
safe mode or Windows Installer may not be correctly installed.
Dawn, you may need to re-register the installer.
This should give you an idea of what is missing -
From Microsoft - Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec...2/default.mspx
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TaurArian [MS-MVP] 2005-2007 - Australia
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"Dawn" <> wrote in message
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| Thank you for trying. When I try to download either I get the message that
| the Windows installer cannot be accessed because I am either in safe mode (I
| know I'm not) or it was installed incorrectly. I will try to look for it and
| uninstall any part of it that might be on here. The big question is: if I
| did start all over wouldn't I be in the same position and how would I know
| where to start? How do I know what updates or not are on my four year old
| restore disks and which are required before others can be installed?
| --
| frustratednon-techie
|
|
| "TaurArian [MS-MVP]" wrote:
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| > Well Dawn, what can I say, it's a mess.
| >
| > Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer - may assist in regard to updates.
| >
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec...2/default.mspx
| >
| > This is the WI you need
| > Windows Installer 3.1 Redistributable (v2)
| >
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en
| >
| > Personally, I think I would start over. Retrieve all my data, and begin again.
| >
| > Good luck.
| >
| > --
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| > ====================================
| > TaurArian [MS-MVP] 2005-2007 - Australia
| > ====================================
| > How to make a good post:
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
| > Backup and data recovery:
http://www.acronis.com/
| > Enhancing file system performance:
http://www.diskeeper.com/defrag.asp
| >
| >
| > "Dawn" <> wrote in message
| > news:4E0D2C2E-E5A4-4D9E-B161-...
| > |I am running Win. XP Home edition without Vista. On 12/9/06 I downloaded some
| > | registry software which was supposed to clean the registry. I don't know much
| > | about computers and I never touch the registry myself. Anyway, my system
| > | completely crashed during the download and I lost everything. I had to
| > | reinstall two system restore disks that came with the computer and I was back
| > | 4 years ago. I had thought I had made more recent back ups but discovered
| > | those disks made using the Microsoft software included on the system were
| > | missing a lot of information and, therefore useless.
| > | I always used automatic update and set it for overnight, so I often don't
| > | see the error messages if something doesn't work. I recently used Belarc
| > | advisor and the Microsoft update page to look back at what updates I am
| > | missing. I have more than 25 downloads that did not install. I am now
| > | running IE 6. In Add/Remove programs is listed Windows Installer 3.1,
| > | Service Pack 2, .NET Framework 1.1 and .NET Framework 2.2. All of them show
| > | that they have NO size. Through investigation and the Belarc report I can see
| > | that I have no Malicious Software Removal tool, No Win Server 2003, no
| > | Virtual Machine, no Remote Desktop Connection Terminal, No Internet
| > | Information Services, and who knows what else. As of 12/13, I started
| > | watching the updates. Waiting to download now are MSXML 4.0 SP2 Security
| > | Update (KB927978), (925672) and .NET Framework 1.1 Service Pack 1. These 3
| > | downloads state they have no size and no time required to install. Of course
| > | they always fail. On 12/10, (under the Belarc listing SP3) the updates
| > | started successfully loading again. Apparently anything that doesn't require
| > | one of the many downloads that I am missing will successfully install.
| > | I have tried my best to go back to the beginning and manually install.
| > | Windows Update Agent and SMS Inventory Tool said they were unsuccessful
| > | because Windows Installer must be installed. It's the same story for
| > | everything that needs to be downloaded. The error messages say that I cannot
| > | complete the install because it requires one of these other files that is
| > | missing. I tried to start with the oldest update 1st, but there seems to be
| > | no order to this.
| > | Please help. I do not mess with the registry, so if you send me there you
| > | have to give me VERY specific instructions. Even worse, please don't make me
| > | wipe everything and start back again 4 years ago. That was a horrible
| > | experience. I'm lucky to have gotten back into my system at all. Sorry this
| > | was so long but there was a lot of info and no way to make it shorter. Thank
| > | You. Dawn
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| > | frustratednon-techie
| >
| >
| >
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