G-nova

Hello guys, I am very new here at this forum and was looking for a good forum that I can call my own for when ever I had questions and problems with my windows xp. So if by any chance I sound newbish I apologize this is my 1st post at this forum.

1st off my problem right now is the fact that I was having issues with my world of warcraft game and someone told me to go install some ati drives that I needed. And what happened was I downloaded the drivers and before I installed them, I uninstalled the ati driver i was currently using before uninstalling the ati control panel.

I then installed the new ati driver and then rebooted. After that I didnt get a chance to test out the new driver because i had windows installer constantly popping up. So I figure i must have messed up in my way of installing / uninstalling drives.

Now about every 25 secs or if i right click my desktop I have windows installer trying to install something. I cant figure out what I did to cause that and I cant figure out how to make that stop.

I created a system restore point before I installed the new ati driver and after I was having this problem and after the driver was installed I used the restore point and windows installer is still popping up. So I don't know what else to do.

I thought there was an area in my computer I can goto to remove the install files for ati but I did not do that before I rebooted so that may be whats causing my problems. Anyone have any ideas whats goin on?

groudon185p

from experience ati drivers install catalyst separately and after the actual driver installation, though this is with a mobility raedon leaching from ram, meaning it might use different drivers, just a thought hope it helps, just check what its trying to install and did you get it from the ati website, if not it could be a virus, trojan or malware so watch out

G-nova

Ok how I find out what its trying to install?

When it pops up:

"Preparing to install..."

I wait for it to pop up a window but then it shuts it self down and pops up same message again.

I tried Uninstalling and Re-installing ati and this is what I get:

1 ) Tried uninstalling the ati control panel so i could tried to re-install it and i got a error message:

"Windows Installer cant be accessed. This is caused by being in safe mode or windows installer isn't properly installed. Please check with a techy."

2 ) Tried re-installing ati-drivers and I get an error message. Forgot to right it down but it was probably caused by windows installer constantly popping up.

I have trend micro pc-cillin and I scanned my comp for viruses and it cant be a virus. or a spy ware. I think i just installed something the wrong way and can't figure out how to fix this problem.

groudon185p

Hmm i cant think of any ideas right now ill contemplate this overnight and try to figure out the problem

Underclocker

It sounds like Windows Installer somehow messed up. Try doing a system file integrity check: Start -> Run -> type "sfc /scannow" without the quotes -> click OK

It might need to replace some files if they are corrupt so keep your XP CD handy.

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