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shushu
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_ 		23. October 2007 @ 14:54 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
whenever I right click on any icon on the desktop or in the browsing web page a popup window with the name windows installer is displayed with the quote "preparing to install" appears and it takes considerable time delay to get the clicked item . can you help me how to overcome this with thanks
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jony218
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_ 		23. October 2007 @ 18:12 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I used the following directions to disable the windows installer popup when it was giving me problems. It worked for me.

* Open the Group Policy Editor by selecting Run from the Start Menu, and typing gpedit.msc. (If the file is missing, run mmc.exe instead. Then, select Add/Remove Snap-in from the Console menu, click Add, and double-click Group Policy. Click Finish, then Close, then Ok.)
* Expand the following branches:
Local Computer Policy \ Computer Configuration \ Administrative Templates \ Windows Components \ Windows Installer
* Double-click Disable Windows Installer to your right, click Enabled, and choose Always from the list. Click Ok when you're done.
* The change will take effect immediately. If you added a snap in, as described above, you don't need to "save changes to the console."

* Note: If you encounter an error about the Administrator Policy the next time you try to install an application, you'll have to re-enable the Windows Installer temporarily.

So far I have never run into a situation where I had to re-enable it in the past year.
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