This is a known bug in Windows Installer. ( See MS KB2564571 ) I've personally seen it on Windows 7 but I haven't seen it on Vista. I personally no longer set the MsiLogging property since the functionality can't be trusted to actually work. The KB has a possible workaround if you are stuck trying to uninstall.
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