“Preparing to install” error on start up
Every time I boot up my PC there is a dialogue box saying “Preparing to install ScanOmnisoft” and I cannot ‘cancel’ it away I have to Ctrl/Alt/Del to get rid of it. How do I fix?
Omnisoft is a program that was installed as part of the setup for many scanners. What’s happened in this case is the installation has failed or become corrupted.
The first, and easiest step, is to attempt to uninstall the program through the Control Panel’s Add/Remove programs function.
It’s likely that will fail as the installation is probably damaged so the next step is to reinstall the software. You’ll need to run the installation package from the disk that came with the scanner. Keep in mind it may be an older scanner and not your current one.
If you can’t find the disks, then you can repair the Add/Remove function with the Windows Installer CleanUp Utility which is a free download from Microsoft.
If all of that fails, you can kill the install through editing the Windows registry. But this is a complex task that really shouldn’t be carried out by inexperienced users and you should call a tech unless you know what you are doing.
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January 28th, 2008 at 7:14 am
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December 24th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
pREPARTING TO START==tHIS COMES ON AND i HAVE TO TURN OFF THE COMPUTER TO GET RID OF THIS.
March 18th, 2009 at 4:35 am
I am having the same problem, except it just says “Preparing to install” and nothing else. I (think) I have just gotten rid of a virus and my computer is acting slower than ever.