From: spamlet on
Ah: found version 4.5...

S


"spamlet" <spam.morespam(a)invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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> 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 it manually and apply to your system if your version is out of date.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
>>>
>>
>>
>
>


From: LD55ZRA on

"spamlet" <spam.morespam(a)invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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>

>> [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...)

You have to be careful with links supplied by Pig-Bear. He has the tendency
to supply links to malware sites without knowing himself. He seems to be an
expert in all things anti-viruses, malwares and all the similar stuff and so
will just copy and paste anything that comes to his mind!. You can see that
from his replies.

hth


From: spamlet on
"LD55ZRA" <LD55ZRA(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>
> "spamlet" <spam.morespam(a)invalid.invalid> wrote in message
> news:O7R4EoKxKHA.1796(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>
>
>>> [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...)
>
> You have to be careful with links supplied by Pig-Bear. He has the
> tendency to supply links to malware sites without knowing himself. He
> seems to be an expert in all things anti-viruses, malwares and all the
> similar stuff and so will just copy and paste anything that comes to his
> mind!. You can see that from his replies.
>
> hth

Don't you have anything better to do?

S


From: checker on

"spamlet" <spam.morespam(a)invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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> 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
>
Normal for the Windows Installer Service is "Manual" and "Stopped". You
probably need to update the Installer Application to the latest version. If
you have the Service Pack 3 installed, you may already have the latest
Windows Installer version, but if that's the case, you may have to reinstall
it anyway.

You may also need to update the Windows Update Application... to get the
latest edition: try to manually download any available update from the
Windows Update Website... you should be prompted to update the Windows
Update application if you need it.
http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/


Windows Installer 4.5
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942288

Windows Installer 4.5 Redistributable
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=5A58B56F-60B6-4412-95B9-54D056D6F9F4&displaylang=en

Windows Installer 4.5
http://www.softwarepatch.com/windows/wininstallnt.html


From: spamlet on

"checker" <checker(a)quickmail.em> wrote in message
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>
> "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
>>
> Normal for the Windows Installer Service is "Manual" and "Stopped". You
> probably need to update the Installer Application to the latest version.
> If you have the Service Pack 3 installed, you may already have the latest
> Windows Installer version, but if that's the case, you may have to
> reinstall it anyway.
>
> You may also need to update the Windows Update Application... to get the
> latest edition: try to manually download any available update from the
> Windows Update Website... you should be prompted to update the Windows
> Update application if you need it.
> http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/
>
>
> Windows Installer 4.5
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942288
>
> Windows Installer 4.5 Redistributable
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=5A58B56F-60B6-4412-95B9-54D056D6F9F4&displaylang=en
>
> Windows Installer 4.5
> http://www.softwarepatch.com/windows/wininstallnt.html

Thanks Checker but you didn't notice I had already found version 4.5 after
following up on R McCarty's tips.

S