Can't install software - strange error message
My wife's Windows 8.1 machine cannot install any software.
The latest example is a PaintShopPro disk that we just brought home
from the store, but there are a couple of other things that she's
downloaded, then tried to run the installer she downloaded.
Whichever program she tries to load, she gets a spinner that stays
there for 15 minutes or so! Finally it displays an error box. I just
tried installing PSP from the DVD, and the title of the box points to
the installation program: "D:\setup.exe" (D is the optical drive)
The first line inside the box again says D:\setup.exe
Then it says:
The service cannot accept control messages at this time.
And there's an OK button. That's the entire message.
WTF??? What service? What am I supposed to do about it?
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Tim Slattery
tim at risingdove dot com
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