Install shield Problems

Sarison

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I am having trouble using my install shield wizard. I try to install Battlefield 2. The installshield wizard comes up, works for 5-10 seconds and then disappears. The faint whirring sound from my tower (probably harddirve) stops and the computer continues idling as if nothing had gone wrong. There is nothing wrong with the cd/optical drive/RAM/harddrive space. I am using WInXP Pro SP2, Norton AntiVirus Auto Protect (I tried to install it with Norton turned off). I have run three different spy ware and virus scanners, and nothing comes up. Other people have recommended that it was a corrupt InstallShield file, is their any way to get new files/update my current files? I tried the microsoft installer update, but that doesnt work. Also, are there any third party installers that someone could recommend that would take the place of Install shield? any help is appriciated.
 

Sarison

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ok, so maybe nobody cares, but i finally found the solution: use windows update. not windows installer update, but windows update. thanks for allowing me to post here in the vain hope for getting help!
 
The best help is the help you give yourself.

;)

Seriously though, I wouldn't have thought going to Windows Update would fix the problem. I meant to ask if you had actually updated Windows Installer through Windows Update or not.