There are two possible reasons why this happens. The first is because the VSS service gets stuck, and the second is when the Windows installer itself is a problem. 1] Check if VSS Service is stuck ...

No more DLL hell. That was just one of Microsoft Corp.’s goals when it introduced the Windows Installer service along with Windows 2000 nearly four years ago. The service, which now runs on Windows XP ...

Anyone ever seen this before? Windows Installer will not start because:<BR><BR>DCOM got error "The service cannot be started, either because it is disabled or because ...

When you try to update or install a particular piece of software on your Windows 11 or Windows 10 computer, you may get the Windows Installer prompt stating Error ...

I try to uninstall an appication and i get the error message "The Windows Installer service could not be accessed"<BR>I then tried to start the installer service from ...

Microsoft has fixed a known issue caused by the August 2025 security updates, which triggers unexpected User Account Control ...

There have been reports from Windows 10 users getting Err0r 1500. The Another installation is in progress Error is usually displayed as “Error 1500. Another ...

Windows users often encounter high CPU usage due to some background processes, which can cause the system to slow down or become unresponsive. One such process responsible for this is the Windows ...

Microsoft has made Windows 10 version 2004 available to the developer community, a couple weeks ahead of its release to the general public. Like many IT pros with a Visual Studio (formerly MSDN) ...

It may be a very long time since some readers have installed a copy of Windows, but it appears at one point during the installation there’s a step that asks you which OS version you would like to ...

Hackers have already created malware in a bid to exploit an elevation of privilege vulnerability in Microsoft's Windows Installer. Microsoft released a patch for CVE-2021-41379, an elevation of ...