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Re: Mathematica 6 installation problem on Vista.

• To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
• Subject: [mg84014] Re: Mathematica 6 installation problem on Vista.
• From: Dreamlusion <dreamlusion at gmail.com>
• Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 07:25:01 -0500 (EST)
• References: <fj89rq$ab5$1@smc.vnet.net>

On Dec 6, 9:54 am, Dreamlusion <dreamlus... at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Mathematica 6 has no installation options apart from directory
> selection, which I leave to default. So I hit "Install" and the
> installation begins.
>
> When installation reaches a certain point (Wolfram Notebook Indexers),
> the installation window disappears, although I can see it at my
> taskbar...
>
> I wait for 5 minutes lets say with no activity. When I kill the
> installation I get a 1628 Installation Failed message box.
>
> I tried to find a solution to this but had no luck. Here is the
> installation log (I run installation in verbose mode)http://rapidshare.com/files/74558803/MathematicaInstallation.txt.rar....

If you examined the log file, it seems to be a documented issue:

http://community.installshield.com/showthread.php?t=132326
http://community.installshield.com/showthread.php?t=116318