Windows Installer

From: lheisey (lheisey_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 11/15/04 

Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 06:39:06 -0800

I don't understand Windows Installer. W2K workstation. I install upgrades
to software as the administrator and then every time a user logs in and wants
to run the upgraded software, the windows installer continues to come up.
How can I do this different so that the installer stops popping up?

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