Windows Internet Explorer cannot be installed because other programs or updates are waiting to restart your computer. solution:

Windows Internet Explorer 8 cannot be installed in xp sp3 because other programs or updates are waiting to restart your computer. solution:

Cause: the "Install update" button is selected during IE8 installation, and the IE-based third-party browser is not closed during installation. After the installation is completed and restarted, the installation fails. (Normally, ie is successfully upgraded after restart)   Chain problem: XP cannot be automatically updated(The solution is at the bottom) ([Error code: 0x8ddd0007] You need to restart the computer to complete the installation of a program or update program. You can view or obtain other update programs from this website only after restarting. ) Invalid Method 1: restart Method 2: Open the registry and locate [hkey_local _ machine \ Software \ Microsoft \ Active Setup \ Installed Components \ {89820200-ecbd-11cf-8b85-00aa005b4383}], change the isinstalled DWORD value to 0, and reinstall IE Invalid method 3: Disable Automatic update and delete the "Add/delete programs" -- "display updates" program Invalid Method 4: Find the updated installation folder in the system root directory c:/Windows to hide the property! Delete and unmount the spuninstall.exe file from the folder. In control panel -- add or delete programs, select "display Update" to delete all updates that can be deleted. After checking that the first two Delete updates are complete, restart the machine once. No update can be deleted. IE8 is installed. Collect and organize:Http://hi.baidu.com/cuny Problem solving code(Reference from the complete version: http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_4c59c08a0100cg29.html) @ Echo off Rem fix update garbage Value Set Update = HKLM/software/Microsoft/update Set updates = HKLM/software/Microsoft/updates Rem set AutoUpdate = "HKLM/software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/windowsupdate/AutoUpdate" Echo cleanning "% update %" For/F "tokens = 1 delims =" % A in ('reg query % update % ^ | findstr/I "updateexevolatile" ') Do ( Reg Delete % A/F ) Echo % update % is cleanned!   Echo cleanning "% updates %" For/F "tokens = 1 delims =" % A in ('reg query % updates % ^ | findstr/I "updateexevolatile" ') Do ( Reg Delete % A/F ) Echo % updates % is cleanned! Echo press any key to exit... Pause> NUL Create a text document, copy, paste, and save the. BAT file with any name. You can download this bat file directly (Click here to download), Double-click it, And then install IE8 normally.