This may seem to be a IT question, but most IT people I asked couldn't help me. Where I work we have a Windows 2003 server where several developers connect via RDP. We downgraded the privileges of some of them (they were admin). And now when they start Visual Basic 6.0, they get the Windows Installer "Preparing to install" dialog. It disappears after about 2 minutes, but it's an annoyance and a waste of time. I tried several things including renaming msi.dll in system32 AND in dllcache, giving the developers full control to the registry and to c:\Program Files, but nothing seems to work.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Nelson Marmol
None of the solutions provided here fixed the problem. Thanks for your help. After some more research, I found this steps on an article and this fixed the problm: 1) Go to C:\Windows\System32 folder, and look for msi.dll.
2) Rename the msi.dll to any other name.
3) Go to C:\Windows\System32\dllcache folder, and rename msi.dll too.
If you didn't do this step, the msi.dll in System32 folder will automatically be recreated.
If you couldn't find this dllcache folder, you may need to change a property in the Folder options.
In Windows Explorer --> Go to Tools menu --> Select Folder Options --> Click on View tab --> Uncheck the option "Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)".
4) Launch VB6, and now you are able to launch VB6 without getting the error message.
5) Rename the file to msi.dll in System32 folder and dllcache folder.