when launching certain programs others try to install

squirell nutkin · 09-13-2010, 09:32 AM

When I launch certain applications, just now it was Duplicate Cleaner, I get an install wizard pop-up telling me that quickbooks is trying to install or Microsoft Office is trying to install. I just keep hitting cancel until the desired application launches. WTF is up with that?

Undertoad · 09-13-2010, 09:35 AM

Which virus checker do you use and what does it say?

squirell nutkin · 09-13-2010, 10:24 AM

I use kaspersky and it says everything is peachy.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-13-2010, 10:28 AM

Automatic updates, you're refusing, that keep accumulating?

squirell nutkin · 09-13-2010, 01:02 PM

hmm. I just started an object scan and it seems things are far from peachy. I'm not sure how that all happened, but it seems like my hard drive is actually a crack house.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-13-2010, 01:20 PM

That's bad, but it may attract some crack ho's.

squirell nutkin · 09-13-2010, 01:58 PM

Ho's need to wash their clothes:

BigV · 09-13-2010, 02:08 PM

re OP:

Growl does this.

Gravdigr · 09-13-2010, 03:29 PM

The guy in the vid looks like a pimp.

squirell nutkin · 09-13-2010, 06:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

The guy in the vid looks like a pimp.

You figure that out on your own?

mbpark · 09-14-2010, 10:19 AM

A system component, Microsoft Installer, is screwed up.

What version of Windows do you have?

squirell nutkin · 09-14-2010, 11:08 AM

Hi mbpark,
I'm running XP. Can I re-install MS Installer? (that seems ironic) How does it get screwed up?

mbpark · 09-14-2010, 11:14 AM

Sure,

Download it from here: http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...288-v3-x86.exe

Microsoft Installer relies on an internal database, and a lot of files stored in C:\windows\installer. Sometimes the DB gets corrupt in older versions of the product.

You perhaps by chance didn't delete any of those files, did you?

Gravdigr · 09-14-2010, 04:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by squirell nutkin

You figure that out on your own?

I can tie my shoes, too.

squirell nutkin · 09-14-2010, 07:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mbpark

Sure,

Download it from here: http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...288-v3-x86.exe

Microsoft Installer relies on an internal database, and a lot of files stored in C:\windows\installer. Sometimes the DB gets corrupt in older versions of the product.

You perhaps by chance didn't delete any of those files, did you?

Anything is possible. Sometimes I get deletion happy, followed by deletion sad.

09-13-2010, 09:32 AM	#1
squirell nutkin has a second hand user title Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: in a Nut House Posts: 2,017	when launching certain programs others try to install When I launch certain applications, just now it was Duplicate Cleaner, I get an install wizard pop-up telling me that quickbooks is trying to install or Microsoft Office is trying to install. I just keep hitting cancel until the desired application launches. WTF is up with that? __________________ And now I'm finished posting.

09-13-2010, 10:24 AM	#3
squirell nutkin has a second hand user title Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: in a Nut House Posts: 2,017	I use kaspersky and it says everything is peachy. __________________ And now I'm finished posting.

09-13-2010, 10:28 AM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Automatic updates, you're refusing, that keep accumulating? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-13-2010, 01:02 PM	#5
squirell nutkin has a second hand user title Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: in a Nut House Posts: 2,017	hmm. I just started an object scan and it seems things are far from peachy. I'm not sure how that all happened, but it seems like my hard drive is actually a crack house. __________________ And now I'm finished posting.

09-13-2010, 01:20 PM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	That's bad, but it may attract some crack ho's. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-13-2010, 09:35 AM	#2
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Which virus checker do you use and what does it say?

09-13-2010, 01:58 PM	#7
squirell nutkin has a second hand user title Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: in a Nut House Posts: 2,017	Ho's need to wash their clothes: __________________ And now I'm finished posting.

09-13-2010, 02:08 PM	#8
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	re OP: Growl does this. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

09-13-2010, 03:29 PM	#9
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	The guy in the vid looks like a pimp. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

09-14-2010, 10:19 AM	#11
mbpark Lecturer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Carmel, Indiana Posts: 761	Your Microsoft Installer is screwed up A system component, Microsoft Installer, is screwed up. What version of Windows do you have?

09-14-2010, 11:08 AM	#12
squirell nutkin has a second hand user title Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: in a Nut House Posts: 2,017	Hi mbpark, I'm running XP. Can I re-install MS Installer? (that seems ironic) How does it get screwed up? __________________ And now I'm finished posting.

09-14-2010, 11:14 AM	#13
mbpark Lecturer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Carmel, Indiana Posts: 761	yes you can` Sure, Download it from here: http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...288-v3-x86.exe Microsoft Installer relies on an internal database, and a lot of files stored in C:\windows\installer. Sometimes the DB gets corrupt in older versions of the product. You perhaps by chance didn't delete any of those files, did you?

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