From: "Glenn Meadows" 

Hmm, yes.

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Glenn M.
"Geo."  wrote in message news:45e76e48{at}w3.nls.net...
> 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_servic
es/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+i
n+an+unusual+&hl=en&sa=X&oi=groups&ct=title
>>  >
>>
>>
>>
>

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