I have tried all kinds of variations on the theme - including all the various methods found here and on Microsoft forums - all no joy. I have completely removed all .NET framework stuff scores of times. I can get .NET framework 1.1 (dotnetfx.exe) to install just fine. Then reboot computer. I then try to install anything else - and I get a failure message in a dialog telling me msiexec failed and asks me to report it to Microsoft (which I do each and every time in a futile attempt that perhaps some lackey has nothing else to do than fix this crap).
This is a computer for a Boy Scout Camp I'm trying to fix for them. The OS is M$ XP Home Edition Version 2002 updated to SP3 running on an ancient Pentium 2, 400Mhz, with a mere 256MB of PC100 RAM. The MSIEXEC is version 3.01.4001.5512; IE is version 8.0.6001.18702. This computer had some memory problem that was resolved by swapping out their failing sticks with some I had laying around. Got the OS up and running, gave them the free AVG antivirus program and started updating the OS with winders updates. It failed on a .NET 3.5 security update and following a couple of KB articles on MSDN, and rebooting a number of times using a few automated stuff. I eventually removed all .NET framework stuff with the removal tool, downloaded dotnetfx.exe (version 1.1.4322.573) manually as well as the SP1 update - NDP1.1sp1-KB867460-X86.exe and the full dotnetfx35.exe along with their critical NDP20SP2, NDP30SP2, and NDP35SP1. Then rebooted - installed .NET 1.1 - rebooted again - tried running NDP1.1sp1-KB867460-X86.exe and I get a failure each and every time. Extensive research and troubleshooting has led me here (and other places) - but not to a solution. I can't figure out where's the problem. I have an error in the the application log shows an info event id 1000 "faulting application msiexec... faulting module msi.dll, version 3.1.4001.5512, fault address 0x000edcae" followed by fault bucket 1174926580
I currently have WUAUSERV disabled so it doesn't try anything - and I even went so far as to uninstall the AVG program so I know for sure it's not blocking something.
Any suggestions?
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