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by thechas
What version of Windows are you installing this onto?
Since 4.5.1 is an older (no longer supported) version of McAfee, it may be incompatible with system files on your PC.
This could be because you have XP on the PC, or installed the Windows Installer 2.0 Update onto an older version of Windows.
Either situation could cause installation problems with older software.
Chas
by kittym
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by joseph moore
Yes, your OS version does make a difference.
I would update Windows Installer to v2.0.
Go to this link:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/results.aspx?freetext=windows%20installer&productid=&displaylang=en
(please remove any spaces)
This is a download search of Microsoft's site for Windows Installer. The 2nd option is for Win9x (95,98,ME), and the 3rd option is NT/2K. Choose the appropriate one, and download and install it.
Then try.
by joseph moore
Now, AFTER the install works, please keep in mind that you need to upgrade the antivirus engine. Otherwise, you are gonna have problems with new DAT updates and the old engine.
Go here to update the Mcafee antivirus engine:
ftp://ftp.nai.com/pub/antivirus/datfiles/4.x/
You want to download the file called SDAT####.EXE The # symbols you will replace with the weekly version (today's version is SDAT4259.EXE). Each week, this version increases by one, so next week's file will be SDAT4260.EXE
anyway, download and run this file. It will upgrade the antivirus engine to 4.1.6.0, and it will also update the DAT files to the most current version.
hope this helps
by kittym
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