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How To Repair Windows Installer

Posted by Deny MuliaDeny Mulia on Monday, February 08, 2010

If your computer is always asking about installation source every time you run an application,
for example MS Word, MS Excel, ect.
I have tips to solve this problem by changing some registry on your
computer system, and do not be afraid of doing it because this way you
only need to copy the reply I gave Script below and paste it in notepad
and save with extension ".reg" (for
example: fix.reg or repairwinxp.reg, what ever you like).

After that double click .reg file.


Script
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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPoliciesMicrosoftWindowsInstaller]
"DisableMSI"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesMSIServer]
"ImagePath"=-
"ImagePath"=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,
74,00,25,00,5c,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,6d,
00,73,00,69,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,63,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,20,00,2f,00,
56,00,00,00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesWmi]
"Description"="Provides systems management information to and from drivers."
"DisplayName"="Windows Management Instrumentation Driver Extensions"
"ErrorControl"=dword:00000001
"ImagePath"=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,
74,00,25,00,5c,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,73,
00,76,00,63,00,68,00,6f,00,73,00,74,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,20,00,2d,00,
6b,00,20,00,6e,00,65,00,74,00,73,00,76,00,63,00,73,00,00,00
"ObjectName"="LocalSystem"
"Start"=dword:00000003
"Type"=dword:00000020

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesWmiParameters]
"ServiceDll"=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,
00,74,00,25,00,5c,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,
61,00,64,00,76,00,61,00,70,00,69,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,00,
00
"ServiceMain"="WdmWmiServiceMain"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesWmiSecurity]
"Security"=hex:01,00,14,80,90,00,00,00,9c,00,00,00,14,00,00,00,30,00,00,00,02,
00,1c,00,01,00,00,00,02,80,14,00,ff,01,0f,00,01,01,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,
00,00,02,00,60,00,04,00,00,00,00,00,14,00,fd,01,02,00,01,01,00,00,00,00,00,
05,12,00,00,00,00,00,18,00,ff,01,0f,00,01,02,00,00,00,00,00,05,20,00,00,00,
20,02,00,00,00,00,14,00,8d,01,02,00,01,01,00,00,00,00,00,05,0b,00,00,00,00,
00,18,00,fd,01,02,00,01,02,00,00,00,00,00,05,20,00,00,00,23,02,00,00,01,01,
00,00,00,00,00,05,12,00,00,00,01,01,00,00,00,00,00,05,12,00,00,00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesMSIServer]
"Type"=dword:00000020
"Start"=dword:00000003
"ErrorControl"=dword:00000001
"ImagePath"=hex(2):43,00,3a,00,5c,00,57,00,49,00,4e,00,4e,00,54,00,5c,00,73,00,
79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,6d,00,73,00,69,00,65,00,78,
00,65,00,63,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,20,00,2f,00,56,00,00,00
"DisplayName"="Windows Installer"
"DependOnService"=hex(7):52,00,70,00,63,00,53,00,73,00,00,00,00,00
"DependOnGroup"=hex(7):00,00
"ObjectName"="LocalSystem"
"Description"="Adds, modifies, and removes applications provided as a Windows Installer (*.msi) package. If this service is disabled, any services that explicitly depend on it will fail to start."

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesMSIServerSecurity]
"Security"=hex:01,00,14,80,90,00,00,00,9c,00,00,00,14,00,00,00,30,00,00,00,02,
00,1c,00,01,00,00,00,02,80,14,00,ff,01,0f,00,01,01,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,
00,00,02,00,60,00,04,00,00,00,00,00,14,00,fd,01,02,00,01,01,00,00,00,00,00,
05,12,00,00,00,00,00,18,00,ff,01,0f,00,01,02,00,00,00,00,00,05,20,00,00,00,
20,02,00,00,00,00,14,00,8d,01,02,00,01,01,00,00,00,00,00,05,0b,00,00,00,00,
00,18,00,fd,01,02,00,01,02,00,00,00,00,00,05,20,00,00,00,23,02,00,00,01,01,
00,00,00,00,00,05,12,00,00,00,01,01,00,00,00,00,00,05,12,00,00,00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesMSIServerEnum]
"0"="Root\LEGACY_MSISERVER\0000"
"Count"=dword:00000001
"NextInstance"=dword:00000001

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