The Windows Installer Service could not be accessed

got one of those error messages?
"The Windows Installer Service could not be accessed"
"Error - 1608: Unable to create InstallDriver instance"

many pages out there explain how to solve this problems by running too deep into DLLs and Registry keys ... people sometimes forget some basics steps that most of the cases solves those problems:

1) check the windows service "Windows installer" is running

also note that InstallShield requires the DCOM service to be running too.
otherwise it will give this other error message:
"Error - 1608: Unable to create InstallDriver instance"
so, as a 2nd step:

2) check the windows service DCOM is running

or run this cmds:

NET START MSISERVER
NET START DCOMLAUNCH

goodluck

best free windows antiviru

Which is the best Free Windows Antivirus?

those are the AVs i did test:

• clamwin
• avira
• avg

AVG:
is probably the best, well updated.
It also has a nice internet protection which analyzes any link in every page you surf ... even on google pages. it display a green mark when the link if fine ... but pretty annoyng for me.
The worst this, running on my old laptop, was considerably downgrading the perf, so i had to remove it.

UP
- Frequetly updated
- Internet surfing security
DOWN
- Quite heavy for older machines

AVIRA:
Pretty nice.

UP
- Frequently updated.
DOWN
- Quite heavy for older machines

CLAMWIN:
it's open source, released under GPL, thus preferred for not comerrcial uses.
It doesn't has automatic scanning, this makes this product a bit more for experienced users those who knows, beside an AV, when a file could be a problem.
On the other hand, this passive scanning has a very low inpact!

UP
- Very low impact on system
DOWN
- Doesn't have an automatic scan (you have to manually scan)

MY CONCLUSIONS:
On my desktop i use AVG.
On my slower laptop i use CLAMWIN.

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