Hello all.

I have us the instruction found in the following web page :
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/expert/northrup_03may16.mspx
to set up remote access to my computer (2 of them actually) which worked
great and is wonderful.  However ever since I did this on both computer I
cannot install any other software anymore.  Any time I try to open an
installation exe file I get the following "PackageForTheWeb Error" error
message which reads " This program is used internally by PackageFromTheWeb.
It should not be executed directly."

These are pre-existing programs that were already on my computer and have
been installed successfully in the past.  and as previously mentioned this is
happening on both computers for which I have set up the Remote Desktop access.

http://consumer.installshield.com/kb.asp?id=Q108249

PFTW is an Installshield component. I've seen this message before with
faulty downloads, but never when installing other software. Might it be that
..msi packages have become associated with Installshield instead of with the
msi installer?

I suppose it's possible.  But I have not Idea how to go about checking or
correcting it if that is the case.  I have done a repair/upgrade install on
one of the computers and the problem still persists.  Any idea how I can
check or correct this if it is the case?

Thank you.

Carl

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Also Ian.  It is not one particular file that is doing this.  There are a
number of installation file that either give me the PackageFromTheWeb error
or "The setup files are corrupted" or various other "files are corrupted"
messages.

Keep in mind these are all happening on file that have previous been
installed successfully.

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