Photoshop CS3 will not install at all

I have been using CS for years with no problems. I just UNinstalled CS in order to install CS3, full version not an upgrade, and after the install screen appears and I click install the "initiallizing CS3" appears and then Nothing Happens, absolutely nothing happens. Nothing loads, no prompts appear, Nothing. What did'nt happen? I am running XP 2 on Athlon dual core 5200+ 2Gig ram 250 gig disk. All other Adobe programs are still OK. Any help?
Bob Burke

<begin soapbox mode>
Microsoft made a HORRIBLE design decision, way back with the very first version of Windoze, when they created a Registry file that was open to every program installed, or UNinstalled, on the computer
Over time, it is very common for the Registry to become so corrupted with bad or incomplete installs or UNinstalls, that no amount of tweaking will fix the problem
The only solution, as RB found, is to wipe the hard drive and install everything fresh
That HORRIBLE (this is, of course, only my opinion) design desision has cause more problems than anything else
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