Stop program from installing

Whenever I start my computer a program tries to install itself. It first is
Windows Installer and then it is Roxio Media Manager. Installer I can at
least understand--except that I did not ask to have anything installed, at
least as far as I know. I figured out how to stop at least some programs
from starting by going to msconfig in Run. But this Roxio prgram is not
installed. On restart it tries t oinstall, I click cancel, it spenmds a few
minutes thinking about my action, then tries again to install. Then the
cycle repeats. THis adds to the infernally long time it takes for the
macine to restart. How can I get rid of tis unwanted software and keep it
from trying to install?

I believe installing some mobile phone software may install this
Notthing in add/remove Roxio related?
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301

"Joe McGuire" wrote in message
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Whenever I start my computer a program tries to install itself. It first
is
Windows Installer and then it is Roxio Media Manager. Installer I can at
least understand--except that I did not ask to have anything installed, at
least as far as I know. I figured out how to stop at least some programs
from starting by going to msconfig in Run. But this Roxio prgram is not
installed. On restart it tries t oinstall, I click cancel, it spenmds a
few
minutes thinking about my action, then tries again to install. Then the
cycle repeats. THis adds to the infernally long time it takes for the
macine to restart. How can I get rid of tis unwanted software and keep it
from trying to install?

On Nov 8, 3:01*am, "Joe McGuire" wrote:
Whenever I start my computer a program tries to install itself. *It first is
Windows Installer and then it is Roxio Media Manager. *Installer I can at
least understand--except that I did not ask to have anything installed, at
least as far as I know. *I figured out how to stop at least some programs
from starting by going to msconfig in Run. *But this Roxio prgram is not
installed. *On restart it tries t oinstall, I click cancel, it spenmds a few
minutes thinking about my action, then tries again to install. *Then the
cycle repeats. *THis adds to the infernally long time it takes for the
macine to restart. *How can I get rid of tis unwanted software and keep it
from trying to install?

Sounds like something you did install lately (or tried to install)
didn't install properly and is still hanging around in a startup
location wanting to install and complete, but can't. What was the
last thing(s) you installed and did the installation go smoothly?

You could guess and try things to fix it, but it would be best to
figure out what it is exactly.

As DL references the link to the The Windows Installer Cleanup Utility
- it is a good place to start, but it will offer you a list of all
programs that have ever been installed with the Windows Installer, not
just broken installations so don't just start deleting things if
offers.

You need to find just the afflicted installation and delete just that
one. WICU is also not the way to uninstall things - you do that
through Add/Remove Programs if you can, so look there too/first.

Then you can just reinstall the afflicted application.

You can always uninstall WICU later or if it doesn't look like it will
help you, in which case report what you find if you still have
difficulty.

I suspect it has something to do with my Blackberry. But the program does
not show up in Add/Remove, perhaps because it has not actually installed.
"DL" wrote in message
...
I believe installing some mobile phone software may install this
Notthing in add/remove Roxio related?
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301

"Joe McGuire" wrote in message
...
Whenever I start my computer a program tries to install itself. It first
is
Windows Installer and then it is Roxio Media Manager. Installer I can at
least understand--except that I did not ask to have anything installed,
at
least as far as I know. I figured out how to stop at least some programs
from starting by going to msconfig in Run. But this Roxio prgram is not
installed. On restart it tries t oinstall, I click cancel, it spenmds a
few
minutes thinking about my action, then tries again to install. Then the
cycle repeats. THis adds to the infernally long time it takes for the
macine to restart. How can I get rid of tis unwanted software and keep
it
from trying to install?

I think I first noticed this problem after a recent Blackberry update. I
tried running the Windows Installer Cleanup Utility, but I get an error
message to the effect that an installation is in progress. I wonder about
trying to restart in Safe Mode and then running WICU.

"Jose" wrote in message
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On Nov 8, 3:01 am, "Joe McGuire" wrote:
Whenever I start my computer a program tries to install itself. It first
is
Windows Installer and then it is Roxio Media Manager. Installer I can at
least understand--except that I did not ask to have anything installed, at
least as far as I know. I figured out how to stop at least some programs
from starting by going to msconfig in Run. But this Roxio prgram is not
installed. On restart it tries t oinstall, I click cancel, it spenmds a
few
minutes thinking about my action, then tries again to install. Then the
cycle repeats. THis adds to the infernally long time it takes for the
macine to restart. How can I get rid of tis unwanted software and keep it
from trying to install?

Sounds like something you did install lately (or tried to install)
didn't install properly and is still hanging around in a startup
location wanting to install and complete, but can't. What was the
last thing(s) you installed and did the installation go smoothly?

You could guess and try things to fix it, but it would be best to
figure out what it is exactly.

As DL references the link to the The Windows Installer Cleanup Utility
- it is a good place to start, but it will offer you a list of all
programs that have ever been installed with the Windows Installer, not
just broken installations so don't just start deleting things if
offers.

You need to find just the afflicted installation and delete just that
one. WICU is also not the way to uninstall things - you do that
through Add/Remove Programs if you can, so look there too/first.

Then you can just reinstall the afflicted application.

You can always uninstall WICU later or if it doesn't look like it will
help you, in which case report what you find if you still have
difficulty.