Adobe CS4 School Installation Woes

Hi,
I'm a student at Brown University. I downloaded the 5-part installation for CS4 from the school website and have been plagued by installation problems since.
First, the error message "Session has dependencies that cannot be satisifed" appered. I used MS Windows Installer, Your Un-installer, and CS4/5 Cleaner to remove all the parts I've installed. Tried this for 3 - 4 times and still got the error message.
Eventually I got a different error message: "Installer database is corrupt". Tried uninstalling everything (including removal of CAPS file) and re-installing, but was faced with the System Profile Check being stuck at 90%. Did the uninstallation all over again and it's back to the "Installer database is corrupt" message. I've also tried deleting the regsvr32.dll file using the command prompt, as recommended by other forums.
In all, I must have gone through the cycle about 10 times, all to no avail.
I've read through the forums and tried all the remedies I could Google, and it seems I've come across pretty much every single installation problem raised by others. Does anyone has any clue what I should do?
System specs:
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium
RAM: 3GB
Thanks!

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