Downloaded files called "corrupt" won't run

[Guest]

Greetings. Working on a fresh load of Vista Business (32) on a virgin HD.
Just getting past (hopefully) the dreaded Update Error issue. But almost
every file I download from the Internet, upon running, comes up with a Vista
error, "File is Corrupt". Sometimes a reboot will let it run, sometimes a
re-DL, one took 3x DL's.

I'm stumped. These are main drivers from HP, Intuit, iTunes, etc. I've never
encountered this frequency of DL corruption since the days of W95.

Any ideas?

 

[Guest]

This sounds like a broken install/uninstall debris problem where normal
install processes are blocked. Alternatively, you may need to review Repair
Vista Options. Details in these tutorials.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/87249-unable-install-latest-version-program-vista.html


http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/101393-repair-vista-options-preferred-sequence.html

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the idea. I finally broke down last night and ran a 3rd party Reg
Cleaner (System Suite), which I'm not fond of doing until a load is at least
stable from install but...5 executions and 3000+ issues later and all my DL'd
files run fine. I'm thinking you were correct and I just took a different
route to clean up the broken parts.