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Moises Henriquez - 21 Jun 2007 20:26 GMT

I've tried many times to run the ie7 installer and it keeps failing every
single time.

This is the log file http://www.paste.uni.cc/16447

The only thing I can spot is lines 34-36 in that paste

Anyone else ever had this problem?
Any ideas how to get around it?
This is WinXP SP2

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Leonard Grey - 21 Jun 2007 20:48 GMT

Greetings Moises:

Follow these instructions exactly to install IE 7 on Windows XP:
http://www.ie-vista.com/known_issues.html#pre-install

It's best to download the IE 7 installer directly from Microsoft's web site:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/downloads/ie/getitnow.mspx

and install from your hard drive.

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> I've tried many times to run the ie7 installer and it keeps failing every
> single time.
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
> Any ideas how to get around it?
> This is WinXP SP2

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PA Bear - 21 Jun 2007 21:31 GMT

Required reading IMHO before installing IE7:

Sandi's Installation Tips <= FOLLOW THESE TIPS TO THE LETTER!
http://www.ie-vista.com/known_issues.html#pre-install

[And I strongly recommend using
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.mspx as the installation source,
not Automatic/Windows Update.]

IEBlog : IE7 Installation and Anti-Malware Applications
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2006/10/11/IE7-Installation-and-Anti_2D00_Malwa
re-Applications.aspx

What's New in Internet Explorer 7
http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/essentials/whatsnew/whatsnew_70_sdk.asp?frame=true

Release Notes
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/ie/Aa740486

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MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
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> I've tried many times to run the ie7 installer and it keeps failing every
> single time.
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
> Any ideas how to get around it?
> This is WinXP SP2

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Gistcheckin - 22 Jun 2007 03:07 GMT

You might also try installing by using Safe Mode with Networking.

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> Required reading IMHO before installing IE7:
>
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> > Any ideas how to get around it?
> > This is WinXP SP2

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John-Q-Public - 23 Jun 2007 17:34 GMT

> I've tried many times to run the ie7 installer and it keeps failing every
> single time.
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
> Any ideas how to get around it?
> This is WinXP SP2

Do yourself a HUGE favor and quit trying to install it. IE7 is the
biggest piece of sh.t that MS has ever released. Im waiting to install
Vista until I get instructions on how to 'downgrade' to IE6 with it.

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