Vista - Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0 (Won't Install)

Okay,

I've been trying to install this program for days with no luck. I had 3.0
Elements and it had issues with color and the image being washed out, so I
got Elements 5.0 and I can't get it to install. It always trouble reading
certain files during the install and I have to stop the installation. I
tried to copy the disc to my hard drive and that didn't work. I even tried a
different disc all together to no avail. I had a friend with XP install it
on their computer without a problem. I tried the demo on mine and that did
install, however I can only use the demo for 30 days. I want to use the full
version. What do I do?

Chad Coleman wrote:
> Okay,
>
> I've been trying to install this program for days with no luck. I had
> 3.0 Elements and it had issues with color and the image being washed
> out, so I got Elements 5.0 and I can't get it to install. It always
> trouble reading certain files during the install and I have to stop the
> installation. I tried to copy the disc to my hard drive and that didn't
> work. I even tried a different disc all together to no avail. I had a
> friend with XP install it on their computer without a problem. I tried
> the demo on mine and that did install, however I can only use the demo
> for 30 days. I want to use the full version. What do I do?

Contact Adobe tech support for help with their software.


Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

I have had problems installing Acrobat 7 and the various updates. I was
successful finally by turning off UAC until after it was installed and then
turning UAC back on.

This has worked for a few programs.



"Malke" <notreally@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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> Chad Coleman wrote:
>> Okay,
>>
>> I've been trying to install this program for days with no luck. I had 3.0
>> Elements and it had issues with color and the image being washed out, so
>> I got Elements 5.0 and I can't get it to install. It always trouble
>> reading certain files during the install and I have to stop the
>> installation. I tried to copy the disc to my hard drive and that didn't
>> work. I even tried a different disc all together to no avail. I had a
>> friend with XP install it on their computer without a problem. I tried
>> the demo on mine and that did install, however I can only use the demo
>> for 30 days. I want to use the full version. What do I do?
>
> Contact Adobe tech support for help with their software.
>
>
> Malke
> --
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

I already had it turned off, because it was so annoying and I'm experienced
enough to right from wrong when intalling. So I don't think this is the
cause.

I just don't get it...It's like it can't read or unpack the DATA1.cab file.


"Michael Price" <EmJay_Price@msn.com> wrote in message
news:ukkLE3bWHHA.4076@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>I have had problems installing Acrobat 7 and the various updates. I was
>successful finally by turning off UAC until after it was installed and then
>turning UAC back on.
>
> This has worked for a few programs.
>
>
>
> "Malke" <notreally@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
> news:Oz5MYCaWHHA.5060@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> Chad Coleman wrote:
>>> Okay,
>>>
>>> I've been trying to install this program for days with no luck. I had
>>> 3.0 Elements and it had issues with color and the image being washed
>>> out, so I got Elements 5.0 and I can't get it to install. It always
>>> trouble reading certain files during the install and I have to stop the
>>> installation. I tried to copy the disc to my hard drive and that didn't
>>> work. I even tried a different disc all together to no avail. I had a
>>> friend with XP install it on their computer without a problem. I tried
>>> the demo on mine and that did install, however I can only use the demo
>>> for 30 days. I want to use the full version. What do I do?
>>
>> Contact Adobe tech support for help with their software.
>>
>>
>> Malke
>> --
>> Elephant Boy Computers
>> www.elephantboycomputers.com
>> "Don't Panic!"
>> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
>

Not sure if this will help you . .but after Vista upgrade I got a flat out
"not compatible" when tryting to install PhE3. I right clicked and ran the
installer as admin in compatability mode and it worked. I then downloaded
PhE5 . .already with the Vista patch. If you have an original PhE5 disk,
try compat mode and then immediately install the vista patch from Adobe.



"Chad Coleman" wrote:

> I already had it turned off, because it was so annoying and I'm experienced
> enough to right from wrong when intalling. So I don't think this is the
> cause.
>
> I just don't get it...It's like it can't read or unpack the DATA1.cab file.
>
>
> "Michael Price" <EmJay_Price@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:ukkLE3bWHHA.4076@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> >I have had problems installing Acrobat 7 and the various updates. I was
> >successful finally by turning off UAC until after it was installed and then
> >turning UAC back on.
> >
> > This has worked for a few programs.
> >
> >
> >
> > "Malke" <notreally@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
> > news:Oz5MYCaWHHA.5060@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> >> Chad Coleman wrote:
> >>> Okay,
> >>>
> >>> I've been trying to install this program for days with no luck. I had
> >>> 3.0 Elements and it had issues with color and the image being washed
> >>> out, so I got Elements 5.0 and I can't get it to install. It always
> >>> trouble reading certain files during the install and I have to stop the
> >>> installation. I tried to copy the disc to my hard drive and that didn't
> >>> work. I even tried a different disc all together to no avail. I had a
> >>> friend with XP install it on their computer without a problem. I tried
> >>> the demo on mine and that did install, however I can only use the demo
> >>> for 30 days. I want to use the full version. What do I do?
> >>
> >> Contact Adobe tech support for help with their software.
> >>
> >>
> >> Malke
> >> --
> >> Elephant Boy Computers
> >> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> >> "Don't Panic!"
> >> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
> >
>