Solved Windows Installer - can't install ANY msi package

[Peresb]

Thanks for the confirmation.

 

[jamesvdm]

my error was slightly different but the solution was the same.

while installing office enterprise 2007 i received "microsoft setup bootstrapper has stopped working"

it's still just an msi behind the fancy installer graphics but just so people who google that error might find the solution.

 

[L7wy]

THX it fixed for me.

 

[jota]

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

It worked for me, finally java...

 

[darkassain]

hello everyone

this is more a permanent solution...

Many users have started experiencing random crashing of explorer and msiexec.exe when trying to start Windows Update or install anything that uses an MSI based installer. This issue is bad enough that some people have even formatted because of it, only to have it come back again.
Rafael has discovered that the fault lies with the SQM Client which is part of the Customer Experience Improvement Program. It seems that ANY process that calls WinSqmStartSession in ntdll.dll will start crashing when MachineThrottling is enabled in the registry, which seems to happen as a result of CEIP running.
There are two workarounds for this issue. One may only be temporary, while the other should be permanent. I will list the permanent method here so everyone can cure the issue once and for all.

1. Delete the string values (Except for (Default)) in HKLM\Software\Microsoft\SQMClient\Windows\DisabledSessions
2. Start gpedit.msc
3. Expand Computer Configuration, expand Administrative Templates, expand System, expand Internet Communication Management, and then click Internet Communication settings.
4. In the details pane, double-click Turn off Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program, and then click Enabled.

Yes, doing the above WILL disable the anonymous usage data (CEIP), but until Microsoft fixes the issue and issues a hotfix or a new build I don’t see any other options to ensure the issue does not occur again.

SQM Client Causing Crashing in Windows 7 at Chris123NT’s Blog

 

[KeithGS]

I believe this happens when you change Windows Features.
EDIT: I didn't read everything, nevermind

 

[jeromelagbas]

haha glad i posted in this thread so it got active again, MANY THANKS FOR THE SOLUTION!!!!! funny thing microsoft cannot even put that tiny underscore in the registry. thnx a lot really, save myself from reinstalling 7 over again. many thnx!!!! ^_^


Still a long way to perfection.

 

[njek]

Fix confirmed working

 

[sidneysides]

Does this need to be renamed and made into a sticky after 3000 views in 3 days?

 

[jota]

this problem is just on x86. I'm with x64 now and i'm not having this problem. I had it on x86.

 

[a7an]

Not just on x86. I had on x64 as well. I can verify that the fix works.

@DarkAssassin thanks for posting that.

 

[jota]

Well, I didn't had this problem on x64, just on x86.

 

[wierdo124]

I had this problem on X64 after trying to install Java (failed) and that fix worked. Thanks, rep+

 

[BakaPenguin]

I had the same issue, but I tried the registry fix and it seemed to help. I can now install .MSI packages again.

 

[w3rdup]

Confirmed this problem also occurs with x64 which im also running.

Thanks for the fix

 

[darkassain]

i had this happening since the longest when i acquired the beta....
(when it was leaked both x86 and x64...)

for some reason i never thought of this before since the first thing i did is disable the CEIP after the second reinstall (for another reason to see if it disabled the WMP CEIP (? is that how its called) and so far so good it was gone.... at that time....) ( i thought it was those ramdom time when you get errors that are fixed with a reinstall....)

so i tried a install of the beta (from MS servers) and lo and behold and there it was again....

never thought it was that though...lol

 

[iwantwindows7naw]

Hey guys, I had the same problem also and had to reinstall windows 7 to solve. What happened is I was trying to install fallout 3, the installer started to try to install windows live and i think some other .net stuff and it crashed. After that I couldnt get the installer to work at all, I downloaded the games for windows-live 2.0 because I couldnt even start fallout 3 without it and the installer would stop working. Id try windows update and explorer crashed with the same error.

So I reinstalled a fresh copy of windows7 and the first thing i did was install windowslive2.0 and it installed fine after that I installed fallout3 and everything went smooth. I have a feeling something in the fallout 3 installer corupted some files or something. I know it tries to install .net maybe that was the problem.

I'm having the SAME indentical problem.
I will try to use the solution posted before resisntalling.

 

[iwantwindows7naw]

Ok I jsut tested the up mentioned fix fixed everything with no need to reinstall! amazing thanks!

 

[Sexie]

my error was slightly different but the solution was the same.

while installing office enterprise 2007 i received "microsoft setup bootstrapper has stopped working"

it's still just an msi behind the fancy installer graphics but just so people who google that error might find the solution.

I have the same problem !!!

 

[chuckfraz]

MSI fix worked for me

http://www.sevenforums.com/general-discussion/2349-windows-installer-cant-install-any-msi-package-5.html