Cannot install software after re-installing Tiger

I recently had to wipe my hard drive clean and reinstall Tiger.
Ever since then installing new software does not work. Whether from Apple (wireless mouse driver) or a third party (stuffit) I double click the open box icon labeled install X and I get an error 10660 message.
Anyone know what this means and how to fix it?
I have a lot of drivers and utilities to install.
Matt

Cornellius: Your link looks like exactly what I need, however I got "can't find link" message and a "Looking for something in the Discussion Boards?" message. Any tips?
Allan: I started having trouble with my iBook G4 running 10.4.7 not shutting down properly. I ran Disk Utility a couple of times for temporary fixes. Then the iBook wouldn't start. It couldn't find the system folder. I could start on some utility disks, (Norton's, TechTool, Tiger Install with Disk Utility) but none of them could fix it. Something about error upon exit. I took it to the Genius Bar at the local Apple Store and the Genius there tried Disk Genius and Disk Warrior and got some scarey infinitely repeating message in red ink saying there was damaged key something-or-others. He recommended I do an erase install of my hard drive. Which I did and everything works fine. Luckily I have a back up schedule and didn't lose much. Mostly just preferences and my some keychain passwords.
And of course the problem I outline here. I have some utilities I need to install but all the ones that have that open box icon won't open. I get the erro message quoted in Cornelius' message.
Thanks everyone!
Matt

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