[Help] Silent installs how to stop them

[shaktiIIIgta]

Hi, i just have installed windows xp with sp2 slipstreamed, everything its ok but when im trying to install a program (for example adobe acrobat 7 or winamp,jre 1.6 )the installers windows suddenly disappear

i've been googling around but i cant find an answer i can find how to make this kind of stuff but cant find how to stop using silent installs

any help would be much appreciated thanks

[Sonic]

Try to reinstall/update Windows Installer component.

You can test that commands in cmd too

start /w "" %SystemRoot%\system32\msiexec.exe /unregister
start /w "" %SystemRoot%\system32\msiexec.exe /regserver

[shaktiIIIgta]

thanks for the tip , i managed to find msiexec.exe and checked its version, i downloaded an update: windows installer 3 (v2) from the softwarepatch and i think this didnt solved the problem

i have this version 3.01.4000.1823

when i double click this file (msiexec.exe) a dialog opens and i can see this:

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Windows ® Installer. V 3.01.4000.1823

msiexec /Option <Required Parameter> [Optional Parameter]

Install Options

</package | /i> <Product.msi>

Installs or configures a product

/a <Product.msi>

Administrative install - Installs a product on the network

/j<u|m> <Product.msi> [/t <Transform List>] [/g <Language ID>]

Advertises a product - m to all users, u to current user

</uninstall | /x> <Product.msi | ProductCode>

Uninstalls the product

Display Options

/quiet

Quiet mode, no user interaction

/passive

Unattended mode - progress bar only

/q[n|b|r|f]

Sets user interface level

n - No UI

b - Basic UI

r - Reduced UI

f - Full UI (default)

/help

Help information

Restart Options

/norestart

Do not restart after the installation is complete

/promptrestart

Prompts the user for restart if necessary

/forcerestart

Always restart the computer after installation

Logging Options

/l[i|w|e|a|r|u|c|m|o|p|v|x|+|!|*] <LogFile>

i - Status messages

w - Nonfatal warnings

e - All error messages

a - Start up of actions

r - Action-specific records

u - User requests

c - Initial UI parameters

m - Out-of-memory or fatal exit information

o - Out-of-disk-space messages

p - Terminal properties

v - Verbose output

x - Extra debugging information

+ - Append to existing log file

! - Flush each line to the log

* - Log all information, except for v and x options

/log <LogFile>

Equivalent of /l* <LogFile>

Update Options

/update <Update1.msp>[;Update2.msp]

Applies update(s)

/uninstall <PatchCodeGuid>[;Update2.msp] /package <Product.msi | ProductCode>

Remove update(s) for a product

Repair Options

/f[p|e|c|m|s|o|d|a|u|v] <Product.msi | ProductCode>

Repairs a product

p - only if file is missing

o - if file is missing or an older version is installed (default)

e - if file is missing or an equal or older version is installed

d - if file is missing or a different version is installed

c - if file is missing or checksum does not match the calculated value

a - forces all files to be reinstalled

u - all required user-specific registry entries (default)

m - all required computer-specific registry entries (default)

s - all existing shortcuts (default)

v - runs from source and recaches local package

Setting Public Properties

[PROPERTY=PropertyValue]

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is there a way to edit it and avoid silent installs ?

[Mordac85]

Assuming these are standard installs from the vendor's sites, and you've confirmed that it isn't actually installed, have you checked the event logs or any other installer logs to see if there is more detail about what is going on? Installer logs can normally be found in %temp% but you could search your drive for files modified today.

If they are modified packages, you may need to read up on how to install them properly.

[shaktiIIIgta]

thanks for the help, i looked for the logs and i found some, i really dont know very good what to look for in the logs, in some i found the /q im not sure if the installers packages are modified but i think theyre not, i've used them before and that didnt happened, i think my windows installer is modified, can it be unistalled or replaced for an another ?

thanks