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Old January 14th 18, 12:39 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Tim Slattery[_2_]
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Default 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
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