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  • Oct 27, 2008, 07:43 AM
    cornedbeef
    Windows installer "what is it"
    Hi,
    I keep getting the windows installer with an icon showing a PC and software disc popping up at least daily and particularly today where it has shown up at leat 6 or 7 times. I press cancel because I don't know what it is installing, or for that matter what it is?
    Can anyone advise?
    Thanks.
  • Oct 27, 2008, 08:13 AM
    ScottGem

    Windows Installer is a utility that some programs (not only MS programs) use to install in a Windows environment. Did you try installing anything recently?
  • Oct 27, 2008, 10:45 AM
    cornedbeef

    Hi ScottGem,
    As far as I know, nothing has been installed recently. All I have tried to do is remove Outlook Express and my son's desk top.
  • Oct 27, 2008, 10:54 AM
    ScottGem

    Have you run malware scans?
  • Oct 27, 2008, 01:30 PM
    cornedbeef

    I use Spyware Doctor and run it at least 2 or 3 times a month.
  • Oct 27, 2008, 01:35 PM
    TexasParent
    Can you do a screenshot and then attach to your post here so we can see what you are seeing?
  • Oct 27, 2008, 05:03 PM
    cornedbeef

    Thanks, but how do I do that?

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