Installing CS3 on Windows 7

I'm trying to intall CS3 on a laptop that is running Windows 7 64 bit. When I put the CD in I get the standard "Do you want to run this" window. I click "Yes" and get the intial "Initializing Photoshop" window, then nothing. Has anyone else had this problem? Thanks.

Open the DVD, but don't run it, navigate to the install.exe folder, right click, and select 'Run as administrator'.
That should make it install OK.
Roger

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