Try, at a command prompt:
net start 'windows installer
and hit enter.
Then try the install.
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"Nick" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:00d801c52d6f$733a0850$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hello,
>
> I downloaded the install file and ran it. The first
> screen pops up and I just hit continue. After that, the
> installer just seems to stop completely. No installer is
> running in memory and I can rerun the installer again to
> the same result.
>
> It's like a loop over and over again. If anyone has
> experienced this, I would really like to know. Also, if
> anyone has fixed it or is there anything I could try to fix
> it myself. I have winXP home currently up-to-date. Thanks
> very much in advance.
>
> Nick