AIR installation on Windows XP

Question

I am having trouble installing AIR on my PC after downloading from the Adboe website.  When I run the installer, I get the message:
"An error occurred while installing Adobe AIR. Installation may not be allowed by your administrator. Please contact your administrator."
I'm sure this is a very stupid question, but I am the adminstrator on my PC - what do I need to do to allow the installation?

Answer 1

I am having the same issue. My system is XP Home SP3. the Log file is:
[2012-01-17:10:41:08] Runtime Installer begin with version 3.1.0.4880 on Windows XP x86
[2012-01-17:10:41:08] Commandline is:
[2012-01-17:10:41:08] No installed runtime detected
[2012-01-17:10:41:11] Starting runtime install. Installing runtime version 3.1.0.4880
[2012-01-17:10:41:11] Installing msi at c:\docume~1\gaming~1\locals~1\temp\air3a.tmp\setup.msi with guid {FE23D063-934D-4829-A0D8-00634CE79B4A}
[2012-01-17:10:41:19] Error occurred during msi install operation; beginning rollback: [ErrorEvent type="error" bubbles=false cancelable=false eventPhase=2 text="1603" errorID=0]
[2012-01-17:10:41:19] Rolling back install of c:\docume~1\gaming~1\locals~1\temp\air3a.tmp\setup.msi
[2012-01-17:10:41:19] Rollback complete
[2012-01-17:10:41:19] Exiting due to error: [ErrorEvent type="error" bubbles=false cancelable=false eventPhase=2 text="1603" errorID=0]
[2012-01-17:10:41:22] Runtime Installer end with exit code 7
There is no MSIxxx.log file generated even though the I applied MicrosoftFixit50380.msi and verified the value was set to "voicewarmupx".
I turned off and unloaded the antivirus & firewall software, tried cleaning the registry and I just get the same result.
Thanks for your time
EJL