Solved Windows Installer - can't install ANY msi package

I was able to find a restore point that got me working again. In my case, I believe it was the Epson printer drivers for my Epson Workforce 600. It installs a suite of software; not sure which was the culprit.
 

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OS
Windows 7
Hi,

just wanted to report that the same thing happened to me today. It seems that it happened when I tried to install the Mirror's Edge game. The game automatically installs (among other things) the C++ 2005 32 bit redistributable, and after this installation failed (causing the entire game installer to crash), I haven't been able to install anything without a crash. Not so nice :(
 

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OS
Windows 7 Beta (x64)
Ditto,
Been following this thread as well. Last thing i installed was OpenOffice 3.0

Hope someone from MS reads this!
 

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Whaddaya think?
I can't believe this!
Two hours ago i reinstalled Windows 7. Everything was ok, but now i have the same problem again! Programs installed in this short time
Picasa 3
Firefox
Winrar
Foobar
TheKMPlayer

Nothing else. So, the solution must be other: a new, clean installation of windows 7 isn't a long-term solution.

Any help?
 

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OS
W 7
same issue just poped up for me 5 minutes ago while trying to install the new live mesh....
 

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Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
TripOG - Kwamathon
OS
windows 7 X64
CPU
amd phenom II x4 940
Motherboard
GIGABYTE GA-MA790GP-UD4H
Memory
8GB
Graphics Card(s)
integrated radeon hd3300
Sound Card
Realtek ALC889A
Monitor(s) Displays
ASUS VH222H
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080
Hard Drives
PQI DK9320GD3R000A03
Internet Speed
30Mbps down / 2Mbps up
So now we have an OS we can't install to, and which also won't update...kinda sucks!
 

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Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Toshiba Equium L40
OS
Vista 32-bit / Windows 7 32-bit (Dual-Boot)
CPU
Intel T2080 Dual Core
Memory
2Gb
Screen Resolution
1280x800
Internet Speed
PlusNet Unlimited Broadband
my windows update runs, i just cant install anything...
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
TripOG - Kwamathon
OS
windows 7 X64
CPU
amd phenom II x4 940
Motherboard
GIGABYTE GA-MA790GP-UD4H
Memory
8GB
Graphics Card(s)
integrated radeon hd3300
Sound Card
Realtek ALC889A
Monitor(s) Displays
ASUS VH222H
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080
Hard Drives
PQI DK9320GD3R000A03
Internet Speed
30Mbps down / 2Mbps up
Well, I did the restore and things started working again... but then as soon as I installed something else, now I've got the same problem over again. At least I have my "essential" programs already installed.
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7 Beta
i think they found a solution:

start regedit
navigate to HKLM\Software\Microsoft\SQMClient\Windows\DisabledSessions
rename MachineThrottling to _MachineThrottling
 

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OS
Windows 7 x86
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    OS
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    CPU
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Windows 7 Beta
Finally we have a solution and its working. I was on that forum few hours ago but the solution was recently posted. Though looking at it you think how does it relate to problem we were having. But it works. Cheers guys.
 

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Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Asus G73JH
OS
Windows 7 x64 Home Premium
CPU
i7 720QM @ 1.6ghz
Memory
6GB
Graphics Card(s)
AMD 5870m 1GB
Screen Resolution
1600 x 900
thegr8anand said:
Finally we have a solution and its working. I was on that forum few hours ago but the solution was recently posted. Though looking at it you think how does it relate to problem we were having. But it works. Cheers guys.
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Heh. No idea why this fix would work. I'm happy, though. Solved my headache for the day. However, we'll probably figure out later that it broke something else. ;-)
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7 Beta
Problem with MSI installers (started recently)

Please try deleting the following registry key and running setup for your applications again:


HKLM\Software\Microsoft\SQMClient\Windows\DisabledSessions

Cordially,
Peres
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7
yeah the renaming fix works, just tested by installing live mesh and it worked perfectly.
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
TripOG - Kwamathon
OS
windows 7 X64
CPU
amd phenom II x4 940
Motherboard
GIGABYTE GA-MA790GP-UD4H
Memory
8GB
Graphics Card(s)
integrated radeon hd3300
Sound Card
Realtek ALC889A
Monitor(s) Displays
ASUS VH222H
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080
Hard Drives
PQI DK9320GD3R000A03
Internet Speed
30Mbps down / 2Mbps up
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