My Installer won't Install anything!

Hey!,
Say I download a program from the internet or even put a CD in and try to install a program, when i double click on the program to install it, the installer will open up and then it won't do anything else. I've tried restarting my computer like many times and tried different programs to install to make sure that it just wasn't that one. I don't know what to do! I can't install a program at all and it's not cool. When the installer pops up, I try to get it to show the log for the installation but when i do that, EVERYTIME the program will freeze up and quite. Does anyone have any idea or suggestions?!?!?
Thanks!
G4   Mac OS X (10.3.9)  

derek:
Welcome to Discussions:
First, insert your Install disk in the CD/DVD ROM drive. Shut down computer. Then hold down the "C" key while you hit the power button. Hold C until the gray Apple appears and the gear starts turning.
When booted, go to the Installer Menu and open Disk Utility. Select your Drive in the left panel and First Aid in the Main Panel. Run Repair Disk Permissions. When you are done with that run Repair Disk. If it reports problems, run again and again until no problems are reported. If DU reports that there are problems it cannot repair you may need Tech Tool Pro or Disk Warrior.
Reboot computer and try installing.
Hope this helps. If not, post back.
Good luck.
cornelius
Pismo400, 100GB 5400 Toshiba internal, 1 GB RAM; Pismo 500 OS (10.4.4)   Mac OS X (10.3.9)   Beige G3 OS 8.6

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