I've seen this from heat as well as from machines with registry cleaner damage and trojans.
Given so little story I can't offer much else.
Bob
I get this error when I attempt to install basically anything using an MSI package. I know others have seen this with Vista and specific backup software, but I get this when I attempt to install anything with Microsoft installer.
XPsp3
2GB
Dell Latitude d30 laptop

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