InDesign CS3 installation problems

Hi
I've just bought an Adobe InDesign CS3 but I'm not able to install it:/ When pressing setup.exe an installation process starts but suddenly crashes and an error occurs: Critical errors were found in setup - Incompatible payloads already installed. I have Win XP with all system requirements. Can you help me?

Search the Knowledgebase for manual removal and you should find a reference, and a link, to the CS3 cleanup script.
The downside of running this is that it's going to remove all things Adobe, but it should leave you with a system ready to do a clean install.
Peter

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