The system administrator has set policies to prevent this installa

[PAM F.]

I bought Photo Explosion Deluxe (New Version 3) software, I have an updated
Western Digital hard drive but the program loads so far and then I get a
message that it was interrupted. It loads OK on my husband's Del computer so
nothing is wrong with the software. I tried using the Diagnostic Startup
option but just got a message that I can't access the Window's Installer in
that mode. I turned off all running programs including Security software. I
cleaned the CD Rom Drive and the software, I just get the same message every
time that something interrupted the installation even though I have plenty of
hard drive space and RAM. I tried loading in Safe Mode and I got this
message: "The system administrator has set policies to prevent this
installation" Since I'm the system administrator and I don't have a clue as
how to set policies to prevent the installation of software, how can I change
this to allow my Photo Explosion software to be installed?

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

Aaron Stebner's WebLog Solving setup errors by using the SubInACL tool to
repair file and registry permissions:
http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2006/09/04/739820.aspx

 

[T.C.]

I'm unable to install this program since I get the same "the system
administrator has set policies to prevent this installation" message.

Any thoughts?

-T.C.

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

There is a more radical reset available, if you care to get into the
technical details.

HOW TO Reset Security Settings Back to the Defaults:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;313222

It is likely that your system has had a recent update which is causing this.
It would be difficult to guess which one. Open a cmd prompt, and type
systeminfo to review these.

 

[PAM F.]

Thanks for trying to help.
I downloaded the SubInACL tool and tried downloading my software again, but
again it interrupted in Normal Mode and I got the "The system administrator
has set policies to prevent this installation" in Safe Mode. I'm not
confident enough to try the more radical fix.

 

[bojimbo26one]

Hi Pam , don`t know if this will help
http://kb.novadevelopment.com/al/12/1/article.aspx?aid=1028&tab=search&bt=4&r=
it`s from their knowledge base .

 

[PAM F.]

Thanks for trying to help. This is one of the first things I tried and it
didn't work.

 

[John John]

Maybe a long shot but try this:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301/en-us

Is your machine XP Home or XP Pro?

John

 

[PAM F.]

I have XP home, I already tried this too, but again, I thank you for being
considerate enough to offer the suggestion.

 

[Partsman]

I have XP home, I already tried this too, but again, I thank you for being
considerate enough to offer the suggestion.

 

[Partsman]

I am having the same issues with the same software program. I'm running
windows Media Center and have tried all suggestions in this posting plus
others from the various forums. Before I try the resetting of the security
settings as suggested by Mark, I was wondering if there is an easy way to
determine if a Windows update that I have listed in my systeminfo file could
have change a setting?