When installing Windows SteadyState on a Windows XP SP3 machine, all goes well until the very end when a Command Prompt window flashes on the screen and I get the message, "There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A program run as part of the set up did not finish as expected. Contact your support personnel or package vendor." I have tried downloading the .msi from multiple sources and updating my system, both with no luck. Thanks for any help.

Hi, Please delete all Windows SteadyState key in registry. Close all programs and download Windows SteadyState 2.5 on: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?familyid=d077a52d-93e9-4b02-bd95-9d770ccdb431&displaylang=en Regards, Leo HuangPlease remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

Can you tell me the registry keys that Windows SteadyState creates? Also, that is where I downloaded the file in the past. thanks, samviva

Hi, Navigate and delete the following two branches: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Computer Toolkit HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Windows SteadyState Also delete files under C:\Program Files\Windows SteadyState. Regards, Leo Huang Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

Hi, I can not find the file "Windows SteadyState" in the program files directory and those registry keys are not present. Another download and install failed with the same error message.Thanks, samviva

Hi, Can you install other programs? Please try to restart Windows Installer service for test: 1 Click “Start” 2 Click “Run” 3 Input “Services.msc” and press Enter 4 Find the service Windows Installer 5 Stop it and restart it again Hope it helps. Regards, Leo HuangPlease remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

Hi, Can you install other programs? Please try to restart Windows Installer service for test: 1 Click “Start” 2 Click “Run” 3 Input “Services.msc” and press Enter 4 Find the service Windows Installer 5 Stop it and restart it again Hope it helps. Regards, Leo HuangPlease remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

Hi, I successfully got into services.msc and discovered that the Windows Installer service was not running. I also noticed a service called Windows SteadyState, but when I tried to start it it said "This service is marked for deletion" After starting the Windows Installer service the installation got a little farther. An icon appeared on my desktop, but then it displayed the same error message and the icon disappeared. Thanks, samviva

Do not start “Windows SteadyState” service, because it doesn’t install properly. And please disable “Windows SteadyState service” in System Configuration Utility: 1 Click “Start” 2 Click “Run” 3 Input “msconfig” and press Enter 4 Go to Services, remove “Windows SteadyState Service” and click Apply 5 Go to Startup, check if there were any startup item of Windows SteadyState (Bubble or SCTUINotify), also remove it 6 Click “OK” and restart PC After reboot PC, install Windows SteadyState again. Note: Please check Windows Install Service is start. Regards, Leo HuangPlease remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

Hi, There is nothing associated with SteadyState in the "System Configuration Utility". After a reboot, I checked if the "Windows Installer service" was running and it was. But yet another install failed the same way.Thanks, samviva

HI, i got the same problem. I installed xp-german update all te patches downloaded the newest "steady state" but the problem remained. Gerd p.s. i installed on a clean virtual machine successful ! the above mistake must be done by miself.

HI, i got the same problem. I installed xp-german update all te patches downloaded the newest "steady state" but the problem remained. Gerd

Please, any more help is greatly appreciated.Thanks, samviva