From: "Glenn Meadows" 

Symantec Corporate version, from our NY office.  And, yes, it can connect
to the server in NYC via our T-1 private link to get updates.  Maybe I'll
just uninstall it.

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Glenn M.
"Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
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> Hmm, yes.
>
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>
> Glenn M.
> "Geo."  wrote in message
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>> Are you running the same antivirus on both machines?
>>
>> Geo.
>>
>> "Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
>> news:45e74920$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>I now have a second laptop that is throwing this error.
>>>
>>> I don't believe either have a date error.  On one, it appears to be a
>>> partial update to .Net 2.0.
>>>
>>> For example, when I go to uninstall the Blackberry Desktop software, it
>>> stops in the middle, and says that there is a pending install for .Net
>>> 2.0 that has to be completed prior to being able to do this uninstall.
>>> There is a pending .Net security patch (machine is cloning the HD at the
>>> moment, so I can't look as to the exact pending update).
>>>
>>> I've already installed the latest 3.1.1 V2 installer on the original
>>> machine.
>>>
>>> When this error comes up, sometimes the error will get in a continuous
>>> loop, calling itself over and over again.  I've got to kill the
>>> msiexec.exe from the Task manager to get out of it.
>>>
>>> .
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Glenn M.
>>> "Rich"  wrote in message news:45e66b76{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>   The error simply means that the application in question called abort()
>>> directly or indirectly.  There is an ambiguity in the message.  The
>>> title is the name of the EXE in the process containing the C runtime.
>>> It may not be the caller of abort().  In other words, this may not be a
>>> problem with MSIEXEC but instead with the component being installed.
>>> Then again, it might be MSIEXEC but if you installed the latest release
>>> of 3.1 I would expect it to be this.  It could be something weird like
>>> geo suggested with a far future date that causes some CRT functions to
>>> appropriately call abort().
>>>
>>> Rich
>>>
>>>  "Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
>>> news:45e5d0f7$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>  Done yesterday, no joy.  I'll read the thread and see if any other
>>> helps are
>>>  available.  Since the laptop is actually being cleaned off from the
>>> prior
>>>  user, I might just grab the original Toshiba Restore CD, and let it
>>> wipe
>>>  everything and start it again from square one.
>>>
>>>  Sure would like to fix it though, for adding to troubleshooting
>>> library.
>>>  .
>>>
>>>  Rich, you have any thoughts on this one?
>>>
>>>  --
>>>
>>>  Glenn M.
>>>  "Rich Gauszka" 
wrote in message
>>>  news:45e5cbcb$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>  >
>>>  > "Glenn Meadows" 
wrote in message
>>>  > news:45e5c743{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>  >> OK, need some help with this one.
>>>  >>
>>>  >> I've now got a laptop that has started throwing the
error listed
>>> below no
>>>  >> matter how I try to apply updates.  Either from our
WSUS server, or
>>> from
>>>  >> Windows or Microsoft Update.  The Laptop is a
Toshiba, and is an
>>> OEM, so
>>>  >> it passes WGA validation properly.
>>>  >>
>>>  >> The error displayed is:
>>>  >>
>>>  >> Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library.
>>>  >>
>>>  >> Program C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe
>>>  >> This application has requested the Runtime to
terminate it in an
>>> unusual
>>>  >> way.  Please contact the Application Support Team for more
>>> information.
>>>  >>
>>>  >> That's it, total.
>>>  >>
>>>  >> Any clues, pointers on what I might need to
download/re-install to
>>> clear
>>>  >> this error/problem?
>>>  >>
>>>  >> Thanks.
>>>  >>
>>>  >> --
>>>  >>
>>>  >> Glenn M.
>>>  >>
>>>  > not sure if it's applicable as the answer below was for a similar
>>> error
>>>  > in 2003 server.
>>>  >
>>>  >
>>>
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windows.server.update_servi
ces/browse_thread/thread/607fc5e67677121c/bd4c375299c675a9%23bd4c375299c675a9
>>>  >
>>>  > Download the current version of Windows Installer 3.1v2 from the
>>> Microsoft
>>>  > Download Center and (re)install it on this system.
>>>  > ---------------
>>>  >
>>>  > A Google Groups search shows others have experenced the error
>>>  >
>>>  >
>>>
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=windows+update+msiexec.exe++terminate+it+
in+an+unusual+&hl=en&sa=X&oi=groups&ct=title
>>>  >
>>>
>>>
>>>
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