MS Project Professional 2010 - Configuration Failure - There is not enough memory to complete the operation

Windows 7 64, MS Office Pro 2010 installed add working - 4 gig of memory 500 gig +  of free disk space.  I  get the below results when trying to start project the first time.  
Tried usual admin rights stuff and turning off norton and firewall.  Same results after re-install, restart,
repair, you know all the usual.
 Note I borrowed the steps below from another thread that was never answered. 
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office_2010-project/ms-project-crash-after-configuring/e6c67a84-5749-4b19-8cbd-562189d9785c
1. Microsoft Project Professionnal 2010 popup: Configuration Progress splash screen with progress bar and yellow wave at bottom.
2. Microsoft Office Project MUI (English) 2010 popup: Please wait while Windows configures Microsoft Office Project MUI (English) 2010, then disappears.
3. Microsoft Project 2010 logo popup with green wave at bottom.
4. Steps 1-3 repeated 3 times.
5. Microsoft Project popup: There is not enough memory to complete the operation.  To free up available memory, close programs, projects, or windows you aren't using, and try again.

I located a solution, finally!  It was solved back in 2007. It is NOT a memory issue nor a conflict with other software as most of the forum advisers suggest. It is a pure MICROSOFT problem with Registry permissions. And as they provide no solution
(as of 2014 yes 7 years) one has to use a registry hacking tool to take command  of the registry. The solution that worked perfectly for me is located here :
 http://www.techtalkz.com/microsoft-office/157044-unable-install-project-standard-2007-a.html
Full thanks to David Chatfield for finding the answer back in July of 2007!

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