Program's Won't Install

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Ted

Since upgrading to XP Pro I have had difficulty
installing programs. I download a file, the installation
windows goes through it steps and then.........nothing.
I've tried installing programs off a disk, I get a clock
when I first double click it to install, the clock lasts
about 5 secs and then disappears and..........nothing!!
When I go to to Task Manager/Processes the setup.exe is
listed, but, nothing installs. This has been going on
since I upgraded back in June.
 
Hi Ted,

Tried disabling your antivirus before installing anything yet?

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
 
No, haven't tried that. I found that I can install
programs in Safe Mode. Frustrating as to why they won't
in normal mode, makes me wish I stayed with 98!
 
Ted said:
No, haven't tried that. I found that I can install
programs in Safe Mode. Frustrating as to why they won't
in normal mode, makes me wish I stayed with 98!
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A foolproof method of installing programs is : Close all running
progams --particularly AV ones--run DiskClean to empty Temp files and then
install
Eric Booth
 
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