HP C6180 & WIndows XP Installer Issue

[Umfriend]

So I bought the HP C6180 and off course HP puts loads of shadowy stuff on my PC. Fine. But at some point it says:
"Please wait while WIndows configures HP Photo and Imaging 2.0 - Photosmart Cameras".

Donnow why, did not buy a camera....we have had a 235 of somesuch for years now.

The thing is, it prompts me because:

"The feature you are trying to use [sick] is on a CD-Rom or other removable disk that is not available"

And it needs a file "HP Photo and Imaging 2.0 -~.msi".

When I try to cancel out I get an Error 1706 (I think this is a Windows Installer error number) and it says that the Windows Installer cannot continue.

This is fine; it has installed what I actually want and more already.

Trouble is, the Installer keeps coming back to haunt me. It is an unrelenting ghost. Reboot etc. does not help.

HOW TF#$%@%#$ DO I STOP THIS?

[UtwigMU]

Uninstall from add remove programs.

If that doesn't work, pop in CD-ROM, choose autoplay and choose uninstall.

Go to hp site and download basic drivers.

You won't get fancy HP toolbox but you don't need one either.

[Umfriend]

Thanks but no, none of that actually works...

What did work in stopping the Windows Installer to start over and over was a nice little program called Windows Install Clean Up.

As HP Chat over here is only Mo-Fr 8-17 I decided to try HP Chat at hp.com. It seems they are open 24/7 and they did in fact, although it took somewhat longer than it had to, help me out. Not to shabby that HP support, not to shabby at all.