Install and Uninstall Question???

[ScottyB28]

Whenever I try to install or uninstall something, it takes like 5 or 10 minutes for it to pop up. And I can't do anything on my computer in the meantime.

It could be a small or big program, it still does it. It's a Gateway and I'm running XP.

Can anyone help??

 

[corsa]

Check in Task Manager whats running, see whats eating the memory & CPU

 

[ScottyB28]

I don't think that's the problem. There's nothing really running when I try to do it.

After I double click on the .exe file or try uninstalling something, I hit control/alt/delete and nothing happens. But if I sit there for about 10 minutes, then the install screen pops up.

 

[corsa]

What happends when you try to install something from a CD/Removeable drive?

 

[ScottyB28]

Well I burned a program at work and brought it home and it did the same thing. I haven't tried to install something from an original cd in a while.

It's like it freezes up for a while then it'll pop up ready to install. Sometimes it's longer then 10 minutes and I don't have the patience for stuff like that.

 

[corsa]

hmmm..... you sure that nothing eating you memory?? you can change the order from highest to lowest by clicking on the mem useage

 

[ScottyB28]

No, I'm almost positive it's not that. My computer runs fine besides that. I have 2 gigs of ram and nothing is running when I try and do that.

 

[corsa]

Is you computer all up to date and sp3 installed?

 

[Bob94571]

Maybe you could try updating windows installer.

try this
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...fc-5f56-4a38-b838-de776fd4138c&DisplayLang=en

 

[ScottyB28]

I'll have to check on the Service Pack 3. I'm not sure about that.

I can try updating the windows installer too.