All installs hang at status phase

[ptudia]

Recently I've been having all of my installs hang at the status phase of installation.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/12503421/www/images/hanginginstall.png

I have no idea what caused all of this to start happening. Maybe force quitting an install? I tried Googling the problem but every fix I tried didn't work; I don't think I've found my exact problem yet.

I tried restarting, looking in the services (it wasn't able to be shut down, msiexec or something?), and using the Windows system scan. The Windows System Restore hangs too - so I couldn't do that either.

Installers that failed
Every one that I have tried since it first started - Nvidia graphics drivers, windows 7 tools, uninstallers, etc.

Windows 7 x64 Ultimate
Intel i7 3770k
MSI GeForce GTX 670 Power Edition
Corsair Vengeance 1600MHz 8GB x 2
ASRock z77 Extreme 4
Corsair 750 Watt Gold + Certified PSU
OCZ Vertex 4 256GB SSD
Seagate Barracuda 2TB HDD

Let me know if you need any more information.

Thank you.

 

[ptudia]

Ok, I've narrowed the problem down. It's a problem with the DirectX Install process. Any setup process that includes a DirectX install hangs. I've tried reinstalling DirectX but it says it's up to date with the web installer, and the downloadable installer hangs as well.

Please help!