Thanks in advance:
I have WinXP pro with service pack 2 installed, and every time I mouse over certain files in Explorer (*.html/htm)-- and when starting up IE-- Windows installer pops up momentarily (at least twice, perhaps more). There may be another message box, because I can see a differently sized box pops up as well, but it is present so briefly that I cannot identify it. (Given the relationship of HTML and IE, I assume the cause of the problem has something to do with registry entries concerned with the web or HTML files, etc.)
Windows installer does not pop up-- as far as I can tell-- in other circumstances, such as when starting Office programs.
I have looked around the MS KB, seached via Google, etc., and I have tried everything that seemed reasonable, such as downloading, installing and using the Windows Installer clean up util (v2), and disabling Windows Installer in the group policy editor. Nothing has helped.
Whether it is related or not, I do not know, but Windows is also extraordinarly slow when working with of files. For example, when opening a directory in Explorer that has a good many files, it takes a long time-- 30-60 secs, seemingly depending on the number of files-- for the window to open or the files to display. Likewise, the context menu comes up painfully slowly on right click.
Thoughts?
I have WinXP pro with service pack 2 installed, and every time I mouse over certain files in Explorer (*.html/htm)-- and when starting up IE-- Windows installer pops up momentarily (at least twice, perhaps more). There may be another message box, because I can see a differently sized box pops up as well, but it is present so briefly that I cannot identify it. (Given the relationship of HTML and IE, I assume the cause of the problem has something to do with registry entries concerned with the web or HTML files, etc.)
Windows installer does not pop up-- as far as I can tell-- in other circumstances, such as when starting Office programs.
I have looked around the MS KB, seached via Google, etc., and I have tried everything that seemed reasonable, such as downloading, installing and using the Windows Installer clean up util (v2), and disabling Windows Installer in the group policy editor. Nothing has helped.
Whether it is related or not, I do not know, but Windows is also extraordinarly slow when working with of files. For example, when opening a directory in Explorer that has a good many files, it takes a long time-- 30-60 secs, seemingly depending on the number of files-- for the window to open or the files to display. Likewise, the context menu comes up painfully slowly on right click.
Thoughts?
