![]() ![]() Can you uninstall other programs through the add/remove applet? If you can then something has happened specifically to Photoshop.ĭeactivate CS3 (so you will not have hassles if you want to reinstall it) and make sure you have back-ups of any plug-ins you may have installed. It is not impossible that the installation disc itself is defective. Can you network your computer to another with a DVD drive and try to install from that DVD drive? If the drive still does not work clearly the drive is the problem. ![]() Sometimes the basic driver gets corrupted and Windows will reinstall it cleanly on reboot. If not then delete the drive in control panel/system and reboot. Will the program run if you right click on the executable and then left click on the run/install option?Īre you able to read other CD/DVDs from this drive? Have you checked under user accounts to see how your machine is set up? You may need to remove all accounts other than the administrator/you and get rid of any passwords.Ĭan you install/uninstall in safe mode? Have you tried reverting to an earlier state under system restore? In XP unless you have purposely set up your computer to exclude non-administrator accounts from any and all privileges it is rare to run into these problems which can plague Vista. XP is not plagued like Vista by bizarre\idiotic ownership protocols that can interfere with simple operations like installing programs, copying or sharing files. This solves many transient inexplicable issues like this, which are far more common on Vista than XP, in which the user preferences et al are easily corrupted and the desktop/icons do not display/operate properly. I presume you are trying to install the shrink wrapped DVD. ![]()
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