[Crossposted to IE General]
That was a clean installation of Windows XP SP3, no programs running, no
antivirus installed, *nothing* installed other than Windows itself. A check
on Windows Update only made me install WGA (shouldn't it have been included
with the SP?), and then suggested installing WGA, .NET Framework, IE7 and
WMP 11; no other update was suggested and/or required.
I had already downloaded the IE7 installer and was running it from my
computer's disk; Internet connection was available, no proxies or firewalls
in between. The same installer always worked flawlessly on XP SP2 machines..
I'll do some other testings later on, and I'll post the IE7 setup log; I
strongly believe this is a SP3 issue.
...A check
on Windows Update only made me install WGA (shouldn't it have been included
with the SP?)
No, why should it? It's an ActiveX Control allowing you to use Windows
Update website. It's frequently re-released.
...and then suggested installing WGA, .NET Framework, IE7 and
WMP 11; no other update was suggested and/or required.
Did you install the .NET Framework update before installing IE7?
Did you install IE7 via Windows Update?
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