Can't upgrade or clean install new Blackberry Link in Win 8 32 bit system

Question

Hi Helpers,
I cant install the New BB Link version on my system - (the previous version ran perfectly).
Whether I try to update or clean install (old version now uninstalled). I get a pane saying that Microsoft visual C ++ 2008 Sp1 redistributable - W8  needs to be installed first.
The process starts that install - but alwayys fails.  After that the BB Link install just closes.
I can't seem to attach any screenshots (be helpful to be able to 'navigate' to them rather than type in a path).  But I havepasted below the full txt contained in the 'windows installer' pane that appears when the install fails.
Can anyone suggest any way to correct this problem please?  Btw, the new BB Link installs perfectly onto Windows 7.
Thanks in anticipation.  (On trying to post, I was informed that some invalid HTML has been removed - presumably that was in the 'paste' but I've no idea what it was or whether it affects anything, sorry).
Regards, gil69.
Re: BlackBerry Link v1.2.3.56 (Windows OS) install attempts:- 
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Answer 1

I went back in the forum history to see Win 8 issues and how they were solved and found this post.
http://supportforums.blackberry.com/t5/BlackBerry-Link/error-1406-and-windows-8/td-p/3012108
I will see if I can find more as it does take a lot of time viewing each page one at a time.