I am getting the same error using Windows XP service pack 3. At first it seemed that the Windows PowerShell dependancy was not installing, despite already being so. After looking at other threads, I tried uninstalling this through "Add/Remove Programs", but this did not help at all. Retrying...

O K A Y ! ! INSTALLATION SUCCESSFUL ! MANY THANKS TO RICHMA ! ! Here is what we discovered. We followed your three step instructions (2 messages below), deleted the entire registry key . . . HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager Name: PendingFileRenameOperations Type: REG_MULTI_SZ...

We have the same issue of continuous reboots while installing SQL Server Express 2008. We are having a problem loading MSI 4.5 which we were told is a pre-requisite for the SQL Server Express 2008. Here is a screenshot of the installation failure. We have installed Powershell 1.0 and .Net Framework 3...

Thanks for the information. We have already downloaded from the MS website. We have already tried installing the MIS 4.5 version. I have looked into the MSIEXEC as you suggested. here is what I have . . . Windows ® Installer. V 4.5.6002.18005 ; so should I assume that this is most recent and fulfills...