Hi,
The usual reasons for error 1603 are:
•You are attempting to install to an encrypted folder.
•The drive on which the folder to which you are attempting to install is located or accessed as a substitute drive on the system.
•If the SYSTEM account does not have Full Control permissions on the folder to which you are installing the package, the error message will be displayed.
Check and see if any of these reasons will help with your issue.
Otherwise, please provide the name of the program and if you have checked if it is compatible with Windows 7.
Windows 7 Compatibility Center
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/compatibility/windows-7/en-us/default.aspx
Help with Windows 7 compatibility problems
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/help/compatibility
Make older programs run in this version of Windows (Windows 7)
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/Make-older-programs-run-in-this-version-of-Windows
Have you tried right-clicking on the shortcut to the program, or the .exe, and selecting the "Run As Administrator" option? Do so even if your user is an Admin. Try right-clicking on the actual Setup.exe
and selecting the "Run As Administrator" option? Do so even if your user is an Admin.
Windows Virtual PC
Download Windows XP Mode
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/download.aspx
Windows XP Mode (Windows 7 only, but not any of the Home versions) "You are not eligible to download Windows XP Mode. You must have Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise, or Ultimate to run Windows XP Mode".
If you have an old XP CD (or other older Windows CD) available you can just download the Virtual Machine and skip the XP Mode download. This covers the whole gambit of virtual machines in "Home" versions if you want to have a look at it. Of course you will
need a licensed copy of XP to install and run in any of them (except XP Mode).
eddie b