Indesign CS3 Installer Database Corrupt? (Now what w/Win 8.1)

I have tried to install CS3 from my CD and from a direct download off Adobe and get this same message: Installer database corrupt.
Does CS3 not run on Windows 8.1? Any ideas on how I can make this work?
Thanks for your time.

If Bob says so, I'm sure he's right. I know we had a problem running the installer for the downloaded files and needed specific directions for that. Additionally, I believe that Acrobat 8 was not supported by Win 7 and we did get that working properly too.

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