Unable to install Microsoft Math 3.0

I am attempting to install Microsoft Math 3.0 but running into an error. 
"There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A program run as 
part of the setup did not finish as expected. Contact your support personnel 
or package vendor." There is nothing to uninstall (in COntrol Panel) and 
every attempt to reinstall fails the same way.

Here is the event log entry:

Event Type: Information
Event Source: MsiInstaller
Event Category: None
Event ID: 11708
Date:  11/30/2007
Time:  11:08:14 AM
User:  STARSHIP\Cynthia
Computer: STARSHIP
Description:
Product: Microsoft Math 3.0 -- Installation operation failed.
 
For more information, see Help and Support Center at 
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 7b 30 37 30 34 33 38 34   {0704384
0008: 30 2d 38 45 42 45 2d 34   0-8EBE-4
0010: 32 38 37 2d 38 35 44 38   287-85D8
0018: 2d 38 45 43 37 36 44 38   -8EC76D8
0020: 38 42 39 30 36 7d         8B906}  
 
Event Type: Error
Event Source: MsiInstaller
Event Category: None
Event ID: 11722
Date:  11/30/2007
Time:  11:08:10 AM
User:  STARSHIP\Cynthia
Computer: STARSHIP
Description:
Product: Microsoft Math 3.0 -- Error 1722. There is a problem with this 
Windows Installer package. A program run as part of the setup did not finish 
as expected. Contact your support personnel or package vendor.  Action 
SLDLInstall.6AA6B403_72D9_4BBC_B43E_644791820798, location: 
C:\WINDOWS\Installer\MSI71.tmp, command: /I 
@C:\DOCUME~1\Cynthia\LOCALS~1\Temp\~SL6A.tmp /R 

The hour+ I spent on the phone with the Microsoft support desk didn't help.

I am running Windows XP SP2. Is there a way I can get this installation to 
work?

Thanks for any help,

I am getting the exact same error. Math was working for me until this week. 
Then it started asking me to activate every time I tried to launch it. The 
activation would succeed, but Math would never launch. So I tried to unistall 
and reinstall. Now I am getting the Windows Installer package error.

Have you found a solution to this problem?

Thanks,

Mark

"Michael J. O''Connell" wrote:

> I am attempting to install Microsoft Math 3.0 but running into an error. 
> "There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A program run
as 
> part of the setup did not finish as expected. Contact your support
personnel 
> or package vendor." There is nothing to uninstall (in COntrol Panel)
and 
> every attempt to reinstall fails the same way.
> 
> Here is the event log entry:
> 
> Event Type: Information
> Event Source: MsiInstaller
> Event Category: None
> Event ID: 11708
> Date:  11/30/2007
> Time:  11:08:14 AM
> User:  STARSHIP\Cynthia
> Computer: STARSHIP
> Description:
> Product: Microsoft Math 3.0 -- Installation operation failed.
>  
> For more information, see Help and Support Center at 
> http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
> Data:
> 0000: 7b 30 37 30 34 33 38 34   {0704384
> 0008: 30 2d 38 45 42 45 2d 34   0-8EBE-4
> 0010: 32 38 37 2d 38 35 44 38   287-85D8
> 0018: 2d 38 45 43 37 36 44 38   -8EC76D8
> 0020: 38 42 39 30 36 7d         8B906}  
>  
> Event Type: Error
> Event Source: MsiInstaller
> Event Category: None
> Event ID: 11722
> Date:  11/30/2007
> Time:  11:08:10 AM
> User:  STARSHIP\Cynthia
> Computer: STARSHIP
> Description:
> Product: Microsoft Math 3.0 -- Error 1722. There is a problem with this 
> Windows Installer package. A program run as part of the setup did not
finish 
> as expected. Contact your support personnel or package vendor.  Action 
> SLDLInstall.6AA6B403_72D9_4BBC_B43E_644791820798, location: 
> C:\WINDOWS\Installer\MSI71.tmp, command: /I 
> @C:\DOCUME~1\Cynthia\LOCALS~1\Temp\~SL6A.tmp /R 
> 
> The hour+ I spent on the phone with the Microsoft support desk didn't
help.
> 
> I am running Windows XP SP2. Is there a way I can get this installation to

> work?
> 
> Thanks for any help,
>