benjt Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 My laptop has been running really slow lately. I ran Process Explorer and I see that msiexec.exe is consuming lots of resources. This has been going on for a week or more. I have tried killing the msiexec.exe process but it keeps coming back. When I installed some software I got a message that msiexec.exe was already installing other software. It appears that some installation in its queue is stuck in a loop. Is there some way to instruct msiexec to end the installation permanently and/or clear its queue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 Have you rebooted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjt Posted November 24, 2009 Author Share Posted November 24, 2009 Have you rebooted?Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamtheky Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 (edited) does this cmd have any effect?Net Stop MsiserverAlso, have you checked your run/runonce keys?HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunHKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceHKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceand msconfig (the startup tab)to make sure nothing was executing semi-surreptitiously. Edited November 24, 2009 by iamtheky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjt Posted November 25, 2009 Author Share Posted November 25, 2009 does this cmd have any effect?Net Stop MsiserverAlso, have you checked your run/runonce keys?HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunHKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceHKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceand msconfig (the startup tab)to make sure nothing was executing semi-surreptitiously.Here is the result of the Net Stop commandH:\>net stop msiserverThe requested pause or stop is not valid for this service.More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 2191.H:\>The RunOnce key was a good thought, but unfortunately there is nothing in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluberti Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 You could always open the registry, browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\msiserver, and change the "Start" value to 4 and reboot. It's not a "fix", but it'll keep the service from starting so you can clean up whatever mess you have. Once you're sure you've cleaned up the broken install, you can set Start back to 3 and reboot to put things back to normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamtheky Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 maybe set the windows installer service to disabled, reboot, and see if the culprit is nice enough to throw an error? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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