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Try to upgrade the MS Installer service using that link.......<br />
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What version do you have?<br />
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It will show in Add/Remove apps&gt;click on show updates(?)&gt; and it will simply say Windows Installer and a version....<br />

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Try to upgrade the MS Installer service using that link.......

What version do you have?

It will show in Add/Remove apps>click on show updates(?)> and it will simply say Windows Installer and a version....


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Windows installer 3.1 is what I have
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Might see if you can uninstall that update, (dont remember if it can be or not....), and then reinstall it.
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Might see if you can uninstall that update, (dont remember if it can be or not....), and then reinstall it.

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Hi,<br />
This can be caused by multiple problems.<br />
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You may have a look on this MS article. It is related to Office Installation but is based on MSI technology, so it can respond to your issue: <a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/236053" rel="ugc nofollow">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/236053</a><br />
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Regards,<br />
Zivko
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Hi,
This can be caused by multiple problems.

You may have a look on this MS article. It is related to Office Installation but is based on MSI technology, so it can respond to your issue: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/236053 [http://support.microsoft.com/kb/236053]

Regards,
Zivko

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I cannot install anything for some reason. I get an &quot;error 2894&quot; code when trying???
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I cannot install anything for some reason. I get an "error 2894" code when trying???

2894 Error Code???

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