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when i try to install any software, I get a message saying "Windows installer
service not available. Contact your service personnel." or something to that
effect. Tried deleting msiexec.exe, msisomething.dll and msisomethingelse.dll
as well as attrib -r -s -h c:\windows\system32\blahblahblah per Microsoft
Knowledge base and then restarting to no avail. Also tried installing
Microsoft hotfix Update for Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (KB898715) but
it says "The service pack you are running is newer than the update. There is
no need to install." Um, yeah there is. Any ideas?