More Information Method 1: Unregister and re-register the Windows InstallerĬlick Start, click Run, type MSIEXEC /UNREGISTER, and then click OK. If you do not install the appropriate service packs, the steps in the 'More Information' section of this article may not work as expected. If you are using Windows NT 4.0, make sure that SP 6 is installed. If you are using Windows 2000, make sure that SP 2 is installed. Method 5: Fix the broken security key for the MsiServer service.īefore you begin: Verify that the service pack is installed Method 4: Verify the registry permissions. Method 3: Give Full Control permission to the SYSTEM account.

Method 1: Unregister and re-register Windows Installer. This is NTFS-specific.ĭepending on the issue, use one or all of the following methods: The system account does not have Full permissions on a folder or registry key that the Windows Installer is trying to access. In the DCOM permissions, the default authentication level is set to None, and the default Impersonation level is set to Anonymous. This behavior can occur when either of the following conditions exist: Note This behavior does not occur in the following products: Contact your support personnel for assistance. This can occur if you are running Windows in safe mode, or the Windows Installer is not correctly installed. Windows Presentation Foundation Font Cache 3.0.0.The Windows Installer Service could not be accessed. Logical Disk Manager Administrative Service ServiceName which should be used with ‘net’ and ‘sc config’ commands. The first column shows the display name of a service and the second column shows the service name that should be used in net start or net stop or sc config commands. These service names are listed below for each service. So to start Remote procedure call service the command is: net start RpcSsTo stop Remote procedure call service net stop RpcSs But the service name we need to use in the above commands is RpcSs. For example, Remote procedure call (RPC) is the display name of the service. Each service is given a unique identification name which can be used with net or sc commands. Note that the service name is not the display name of a service. Again, if you do not have administrator previliges you would get the below error.

This SC command works on a Windows 7 machine and also on the down-level editions of Windows i.e Windows XP/2003 and Windows Vista. Note: Space is mandatory after ‘=’ in the above sc commands. To make a service start automatically with system boot: sc config servicename start= auto To enable a service: sc config servicename start= demand To disable a service: sc config servicename start= disabled If you are just a normal user on the computer, you would get an error like below. You need to have administrator privileges to run net start/stop commands.

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