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How to fix my Windows Installer?

It says it's not properly installed, yet when I go to the website to redownload it, it says my Windows Installer is up to date. Thanks, and if you know how to solve my computer dilemma here, could you kindly give me the water-downed instructions, for I'm not exactly computer savvy? Thanks again

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  • 1 decade ago

    Here's the easy steps:

    1. Go to a Windows Vista (Any Version) computer that has the Windows

    Installer service running correctly and run regedit(Start-Run-Regedit)

    2. Go to the location

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\msiserver

    3. Right click on this key and select "Export" and save the key to a Flash

    Drive or other.

    4. Run sfc /scannow on the damaged Vista computer - you won't need the

    install disk as it goes to backup files on your HD. Do not reboot when

    complete

    5. Double click saved .reg file from working machine and import registry

    settings into damaged Vista computer

    .

    6. Now reboot and try to install/uninstall

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