Windows 7 beta testers find critical Windows Installer Bug
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Tip: Click here to update all your PC's outdated driversMary Jo reports that a number of Windows 7 Beta testers have come across a bug that crashes the system randomly whenever they try to start a Windows Update or install anything using Microsoft's MSI installer.
Enthusiast Chris Holmes claims that many users have started experiencing random crashing of explorer and msiexec.exe when trying to start Windows Update or install anything that uses an MSI based installer. Some have gone to the extent of reinstalling the beta.
Rafael has discovered that the fault arises from the Software Quality Management (SQM) Client which is a part of the Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP). It seems that any process that calls WinSqmStartSession in ntdll.dll will start crashing when machine throttling is enabled in the registry and when CEIP is running.
The suggested workarounds are as follows:
1) Deleting the string values other than Default value in HKLM\Software\Microsoft\SQMClient\Windows\DisabledSessions in the Windows Registry [Or] renaming MachineThrottling to _MachineThrottling in the same node.
2) Turn Off
Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program which can be done by traversing through the nodes -
Computer Configuration->Administrative Templates->System->Internet Communication Management->Internet Communication settings in the
Local Group Policy Editor.
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Comments(15)
well thats the point of a beta to find and fix any bugs asap i believe that everyone ....
except for maybe steve jobs lol .... would prefer to have the bugs detected and sorted out
now as opposed to when the os has gone mainstream ... just my 2 cents
what if this beta is already rtm... maybe they're just screening this release as beta to
avoid violent reactions. if bugs are detected it will be acceptable since this just a
"beta" release. if no bugs are detected until march, maybe they'll just remove the beta
title. what do you think?
windows 7 is not even nearly finished, purpuse of a beta release is to discover any known
bugs and fix them with the help of customers.
during installation windows 7 hangs after the first restart. the line windows is sterting
appears and will stay there forever. appears to be a bios problem. anybody have a clue?
my pc with windows 7 beta 1 installed would not install adobe reader 9 deleteing the
string values lets me install no problem lets hope they fix this
i can,t install roxio 2009 on windows 7 32bite but with adobe acrobat 9.0 r/w no
problem.for dvd/cd copy i installed nero 9 it is ok.
pete gross i think you have conptibity problem during the installation windows 7 check
your pc hardware. and your hardwares are not compatible with windows 7. noting to do with
bios.
the registry change solved the problem: i couldn't install kasperski av because of that,
and now it's perfetc.
thanks!
i installed 7 beta this weekend (on a secondary hardrive), and it remained installed for
all of 3 hours before i quit using it and just wrote it off as too buggy. (since i
couldn't install anything)
i believe that this may be the issue that was
causing. so i'll give it another try this weekend. great post!
where to find the "local group policy editor" ?
search in startmenu doesnt result
in anything and i can found it in the control panel.
pls help
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc731745.aspx
i can't install ess 4 beta 1 in windows 7
it says this installation package could
not be opened. verify that the package exists and that you can access it, or contact the
application vendor to verify that this is a valid windows installer package.
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i've noticed the problem but it was easily fixed by the advice given in the solution
centre. purplepirate - you should try using again and apply this in a command prompt- reg
delete hklm\software\microsoft\sqmclient\windows\disabledsessions /va /f
it looks like 7 loads but my monitor(s)stay dark.then the hdd light runs rapidly . i have
tried repair and then my xp won't boot...asus p4sc.
how to add drivers to dark
screen. maybe through unbuntu?
& works great on my dell xps 400.
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