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Stop a Program from Gaining Unsolicited Internet Access

1. Open Control Panel in the Start menu.
2. Open Windows Firewall in the Control Panel. 
    

   
   

3. Note: If Windows Firewall is not available, change View by to Large icons at the top right of the Control Panel.

4. Select Allow a program or feature through Windows Firewall in the left column of the Windows Firewall window.

   

    

5. Click the Change settings button in the Allowed Programs window.

   
   

    

6. Uncheck the program or feature and then click OK to save the changes.

   
   

    

Stop an Unlisted Program from Gaining Unsolicited Internet Access

What if the program I want to block using the Windows 7 firewall is not listed?

1. Follow the steps above.
2. When you get to the last step (above) click the Allow another program button.
3. Select the program from the Add a Program list or click Browse to find it and then click Add.

   

4. Uncheck the program and then click OK to save the settings.

   

Source: http://chris123nt.com/2009/01/18/sqm-client-causing-crashing-in-windows-7

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.  This issue is bad enough that some people have even formatted because of it, only to have it come back again.

Rafael has discovered that the fault lies with the SQM Client which is part of the Customer Experience Improvement Program.  It seems that ANY process that calls WinSqmStartSession in ntdll.dll will start crashing when MachineThrottling is enabled in the registry, which seems to happen as a result of CEIP running.

Use the following to fix the issue.

1. Open a Command Prompt as Administrator
2. Type reg delete HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SQMClient\Windows\DisabledSessions /va /f and press enter.
3. That’s it, no further action is necessary

Source: http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/r21766633-Windows-7-Windows-Installer-has-stopped-working 

I’ve been banging my head against the wall for a day or so because of this.
Apparently there’s a bug in Microsoft’s Customer Experience Improvement Program that’s causing msiexec to crash.
It can be fixed by turning off Customer Experience Improvement Program or by editing the registry.
Turning off CEIP:
»chris123nt.com/2009/01/18/sqm-cl···ndows-7/
regedit:
navigate to HKLM\Software\Microsoft\SQMClient\Windows\DisabledSessions
rename MachineThrottling to _MachineThrottling
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