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I have been having trouble with my Windows Installer. It said Windows Installer cannot be accessed. Then it says fatal error. I have made sure it was on and can interact with my desktop.
Also, I got this other error "error 1603: a fatal error occurred during installation". Are they related? I would like to fix them both if possible.
2010-08-27 23:07:00
Microsoft has a couple of solutions for this. Visit http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315346
2010-08-27 18:19:00
The question about Windows installer has already been asked here.http://www.makeuseof.com/answers/fix-windows-installer-problem-laptop/Chances are, both problems are linked.You didn't mention what version of Windows you are using, but Microsoft has a knowledge base page about this in XP with considerable detail.http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324516