1. Check that the Windows Installer Service is in manual, but started
2, I have download Windows Defender, and it can be run without problem. (I believe it should be a MSI file)
3. P:> is a local hard drive.

Still have the problem..

Any Advice?
Louie

Here is the "SET" content:

ALLUSERSPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\All Users
APPDATA=C:\Documents and Settings\louie\Application Data
CLASSPATH=.;C:\Program Files\Java\j2re1.4.2_08\lib\ext\QTJava.zip
CLIENTNAME=Console
CommonProgramFiles=C:\Program Files\Common Files
COMPUTERNAME=PIGGY
ComSpec=C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe
HOMEDRIVE=C:
HOMEPATH=\Documents and Settings\louie
LOGONSERVER=
PIGGY
NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS=2
OS=Windows_NT
Path=C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Roxio Shared\DLLShared;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\AGL;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Ulead Systems\MPEG;C:\Program Files\DeskAdTop;C:\Program Files\K-Lite Codec Pack\QuickTime\QTSystem\;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Ahead\Lib\
PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH
PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE=x86
PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER=x86 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 6, GenuineIntel
PROCESSOR_LEVEL=6
PROCESSOR_REVISION=0f06
ProgramFiles=C:\Program Files
PROMPT=$P$G
PS5ROOT=C:\Program Files\Roxio\Easy CD Creator 6\PhotoSuite\
QTJAVA=C:\Program Files\Java\j2re1.4.2_08\lib\ext\QTJava.zip
SESSIONNAME=Console
SystemDrive=C:
SystemRoot=C:\WINDOWS
TEMP=c:\tmp
TMP=c:\tmp
USERDOMAIN=PIGGY
USERNAME=louie
USERPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\louie
windir=C:\WINDOWS

Having cleaned up the c:\tmp directory, and I try to install it again. same error!!!

Here is the vminst.log:

BootStrapper: 09/22/07 23:33:15 Begin Logging
BootStrapper: 09/22/07 23:33:15 Info we are running from --> P:\VMware-workstation-6.0.0-45731.exe

BootStrapper: 09/22/07 23:33:15 Resource lpName = OPERATION, lpBuf = INSTALLUPD

BootStrapper: 09/22/07 23:33:15 Resource lpName = PRODUCTNAME, lpBuf = VMware Workstation

BootStrapper: 09/22/07 23:33:15 Resource lpName = PRODUCTCODE, lpBuf = {A3FF5CB2-FB35-4658-8751-9EDE1D65B3AA}

BootStrapper: 09/22/07 23:33:15 Resource lpName = LANGUAGES, lpBuf = 1033 1041

BootStrapper: 09/22/07 23:33:15 Resource lpName = VM_DATABASE, lpBuf = VMware Workstation.msi

BootStrapper: 09/22/07 23:33:15 Resource lpName = SFXINSERT, lpBuf = 1159168

BootStrapper: 09/22/07 23:33:15 Resource lpName = VMIOPTION, lpBuf =

BootStrapper: 09/22/07 23:33:15 Resource lpName = MINIMUM_MSI, lpBuf = 200

BootStrapper: 09/22/07 23:33:15 Resource lpName = INSTMSIW, lpBuf = instmsiw.exe

BootStrapper: 09/22/07 23:33:15 Resource lpName = PROPERTIES NOT FOUND

BootStrapper: 09/22/07 23:33:15 Resource lpName = OLDCODES, lpBuf = {74FA0D8F-22A1-42FA-8D43-BF8704EB70EB};{233A935E-6132-48B2-840F-37C9D32555D5};{98D1A713-438C-4A23-8AB6-41B37C4A2D47};{A3FF5CB2-FB35-4658-8751-9EDE1D65B3AA};{31799B14-B3E7-4522-B393-6206C03EC5D3};{A53A11EA-0095-493F-86FA-A15E8A86A405}

BootStrapper: 09/22/07 23:33:15 Resource lpName = HELPER_UI NOT FOUND

BootStrapper: 09/22/07 23:33:15 Info bWin9X = FALSE, bAdmin = TRUE

BootStrapper: 09/22/07 23:33:15 Info Total unpacked size will be 288043740

BootStrapper: 09/22/07 23:33:15 Info Extracting setup files to "c:\tmp{A3FF5CB2-FB35-4658-8751-9EDE1D65B3AA}~setup\"

BootStrapper: 09/22/07 23:33:15 Info FreeBytes: 154743169024 Needed Bytes: 586573240

BootStrapper: 09/22/07 23:33:15 --> instmsiw.exe 1822520

BootStrapper: 09/22/07 23:33:15 --> VMware Workstation.msi 8168448

Thanks,

Louie