Correcting and/or Uninstalling/Installing Windows Installer

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The moderators have seen registry cleaners

by R. Proffitt - 5/21/12 8:38 AM

In Reply to: Correcting and/or Uninstalling/Installing Windows Installer by gsparky49

Do so much damage that a full install has been required to get it all working again.

About the tech savvy part. Give yourself time to find Dell's XP install notes for your machine and while you do that, backup what you can't lose to more than one place or thing.
Bob

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by StackyBhai - 5/23/12 12:12 AM

In Reply to: The moderators have seen registry cleaners by R. Proffitt

Better solution for you.
First start the pc in safemode and start as Administrator not your account, okay!

after that, Click Start, and then click Run.

In the Open box, type cmd, and then click OK.

At the command prompt, type msiexec.exe /unregister, and then press ENTER.

Type msiexec /regserver, and then press ENTER.

Verify that the SYSTEM account has full control access permissions to the
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
hive in the Windows registry. In some cases, you may also have to add Administrator accounts. To do so:Important This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
322756 How to back up and restore the registry in Windows

Click Start, click Run, type regedit in the Open box, and then click OK.

Click the following registry hive:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT

On the Edit menu, click Permissions.

If SYSTEM is not listed in the Group or user names list, click Add, make sure that the local computer name appears in the From this location box, type system in the Enter the object names to select box, click Check Names, and then click OK.

Click SYSTEM in the Group or user names list, and then select the Full Control check box under Allow in the Permissions for SYSTEM box.

Click Apply, click OK, and then quit Registry Editor.

Restart the computer.