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Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. In reply to A. User's post on November 9, In reply to Doctor Jellyface's post on November 10, If you are seeing an error message, what does it say exactly and when do you see it, and as usual we don't know anything about your system so that leads to guessing.
Here is a pretty popular example of a Windows Installer error message that might be what you might see when trying to install a program or clicking the "Change" or "Remove" button in Add or Remove Programs on an already installed application: Windows Installer may be corrupted or your computer is in safe mode or perhaps this message: The Windows Installer Service could not be accessed. This can occur if you are running Windows in safe mode, or if the Windows Installer is not correctly installed.
Contact your support personnel for assistance. Instead of contacting your support personnel for assistance, do this: Click Start, Run and in the box enter: services. Look in the Services applet to see if the Windows Installer Service is even listed and you will find that it is probably not listed but it should be listed. Click Apply , then click OK. Double-click Local Disk. If there are multiple Local Disk options, make sure that you double-click the C: drive.
Double-click the Windows folder. This will open the Windows folder. Double-click the i folder. You may have to scroll down to find this option. Find the "winnt Doing so will launch the Windows XP setup process. Wait for the setup window to appear. Depending on how fast your computer is and which programs were open when you double-clicked winnt Once the setup window appears, you may proceed with reinstalling Windows XP.
Part 2. This will initiate the setup. Press the "I agree" key. At the bottom of the screen, you'll see a key e. Press the "Don't Repair" key. You'll see this listed at the bottom of the screen. The "Don't Repair" key is usually Esc. Delete your current XP installation. Select the NTFS hard drive option using the arrow keys, then press the "Delete" key usually D that's listed at the bottom of the screen.
This will indicate to Windows that you want to delete the selected installation. Press L when prompted. Doing so erases the hard drive and returns you to the installation menu. This will select your computer's hard drive as the installation point. Format your computer's hard drive.
Doing so will set up the hard drive for a Windows installation. This process will take several minutes to an hour depending on your hard drive's size. You can select the Quick option here as well, though your hard drive might be improperly formatted if you do so. Wait for your computer to restart. After the computer finishes formatting, it will restart into the user options setup window.
Make sure that you don't press any keys until you arrive at the user options setup window. Part 3. Click Next. It's in the bottom-right corner of the window. You can also click Customize Enter your name, then click Next. Your name goes in the "Name" text field. You can also add a business name in the "Organization" section. Enter your product key, then click Next. Type the character key that you retrieved earlier into the "Product Key" boxes.
Add a password, then click Next. Type your preferred password into the "Administrator password" and "Confirm password" text fields at the bottom of the window. You can also change your computer's name in the text field at the top of the window.
Set a date and time zone, then click Next. Click the "Date" drop-down box, select the current date, and then repeat with the "Time" and "Time Zone" boxes. Check the "Typical Settings" box, then click Next. This will cause Windows XP to install using default settings. The sale message is displayed for a limited number of seconds only; If you do not press the spacebar quickly enough, restart your personal computer and try again.
If the computer successfully boots from the CD, a blue Windows Setup screen appears. Press the primary Enter key when the Welcome to Installer appears on your computer screen, and then press the primary F8 key after reading the Certificate Agreement. This process shouldwives take a few minutes. Can you reinstall Windows and keep your data? If you are using a repair installation, you will most likely install Windows 10, even if you keep all personal files, apps and settings, keep only personal files and probably save nothing.
Using Reset this PC, you can perform an advanced installation to reset Windows 10 and thus keep personal files or delete many things. Select network settings from the primary computers or domains screen in a workgroup. If the computer is part of a large office network with a domain web server, select the second option and add the domain name last in the field.
Otherwise, leave the function on the first option. If your office uses workgroups, specify the workgroup. Click Next to complete the installation. When the installation is complete, your computer will restart and the Microsoft Windows Welcome screen will load. Click on the tracks until you reach the screen Who will use this screen? Then enter your Windows username.
When prompted, enter the character key that came with the CD. Alan Schember began writing for local newspapers in Texas and Louisiana.
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