Error 1406 Installing Software

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Start with disabling your AV software and/or checking your settings within.

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Kelly (MS-MVP)

Troubleshooting Windows XP
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"kpfeif" <k_pfeif@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
> Hi.
>
> I'm running Windows XP Pro, SP2. As a recently rebuilt this computer,
> it's a pretty clean installation. I'm running Trend Micro Internet
> Security and Microsoft antispyware.
>
> There have been several application that I've tried to install -
> nothing crazy - a few imaging programs and some little utilities.
> Nonetheless, I get dialog boxes saying "Error 1406: Could not write
> value to key \SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Eventlog\System....and
> various keys. Why is this doing this? I haven't edited the registry.
> I don't run anything weird. I've never done anything strange with
> users or groups. This is a single-user machine, and I'm an
> administrator. Now, for some reason, I can't install software because
> Windows thinks I don't have access to write to the registry.
> Interesting. yes, I've disabled both Trend and MS Antispyware to no
> avail.
>
> This is getting very very very annoying. If I have to rebuild this
> machine AGAIN I'm going to lose it. I've been using some form of MS
> Windows since 1990, and I've never been so frustrated with the product
> than now.
>