Error #1601 during installation... need help!

I tried to install the version of TI 10 that I have downloaded from the Acronis website and it will not complete due to Error 1601: "Windows Installer Service could not be accessed". It also indicates that this could be a problem with permissions.

Has anyone seen this error before?

Regards

 

Are you logged on as a user or user/administrator with administrator permissions as far as Windows is concerned?

What flavour of Windows are you using?

Have you or anyone else, disabled any windows services that may have been noted in magazines or the web as unessential?

Do you have any a/v, anti worm, registry checker/locker utility running, that may be seeing the install as an attack?

Colin

 

Same problem here. Anyone have a solution yet? I read that up should extract
the install file. That lead to another error. A cab file is corrupt which it is not.

 

Hello gthomas,

Thank you for choosing Acronis Disk Backup Software.

Please make sure you use the latest build (4942) of Acronis True Image 10.0 Home. To get access to updates you should first register your software.

Please make sure you are installing under an account with administrator privileges.

If the issue persists, please see this Microsoft kb article for solutions.

Thank you.
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Marat Setdikov

 

That Microsoft article only refers to Win 2000 and Win NT. I am running XP Home Edition and it specifically states that it does not apply to XP installations.

So, still stuck, still cannot install Acronis and thinking about getting our money back and trying other solutions.

 

This article may apply to error 1601 http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;290301.