MSI installation locks up machine towards the end

MSI installation locks up machine towards the end I have two Windows XP machines that lock up for a few seconds towards the end of installing any MSI. The only things they seem to have in common are:
Asked by: Guest \| Views: 193

Total answers/comments: 1

Comments display order:

Guest [Entry]

"You can also enable logging for both installing and uninstalling using the Registry (XP and Vista) :

Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Installer. If the key ""Installer"" does not exist, create it.
Add a new string value named ""Logging"" with this value : voicewarmupx

That's all. The next time you will install or uninstall something, a log file will be created in the %%temp%% directory (to access it, open the Start menu, click on ""Run"", enter ""%%temp%%"" and click ""Ok"" - the log file name will begin with ""MSI"" and end with "".log"").

Using this, I was able to solve a painfull problem on my system : installing or uninstalling anything took more then 20 minutes. Looking at the log, it turns out that creating a restore point alone took 20 minutes... I turned it off, I rebooted, I turned it on again, and now it's pretty fast ! Good luck."