You may need to reinstall the windows installer manually. Take a look at
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q315346 first, and
see if that fixes it.

If that doesn't work, go to http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
and scroll down to item 94 (Windows Installer Fix) and try that registry
fix.


--
Glyn Simpson, Microsoft MVP - Money

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yes it did say 5.1
What does that tell me and what do I now.


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Open a command prompt window and run this command:

reg query "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion" /v CurrentVersion

What do you get? Should be 5.1, right? I think most
installers grab that value, but I could be wrong.

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Trying to install Money 2004, insert the CD and I get the
disclaimer stating it may need additional componants and
also stating anti-virus software may get in the way.

I click OK and the error that comes up next
is, "Installation of windows installer was not
successful. Please install it manually by running
instmsiu.exe from your Money CD. Then retry Money 2004
Setup.exe.

I click on instmsiu.exe and the error message that comes
up promptly reads as, "Wrong OS or OS version for
application."

I am, indeed, using Windows XP home edition--the rest of
the minimum req's are met/exceeded as well.

Help!