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Old January 14th 18, 09:16 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Mr. Man-wai Chang
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Default Can't install software - strange error message

On 14/1/2018 07:39, Tim Slattery wrote:
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.


Is this relevant?

http://help.corel.com/paintshop-pro/..._programs.html

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