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Error 1316. A network error occurred.

If you receive the error message "Error 1316. A network error occurred" when installing software, it normally means that the computer was previously rebooted or turned off when it was previously installing the software.  The registry key for this software is now corrupt and must be repaired.  To resolve this issue, you must now remove the Windows Installer Entry for this software from Windows and reboot the computer.  It is important to always reboot a computer after installing or removing software in order to complete the installation or removal process.  When software is being installed, the compressed file is copied to the User's %temp% directory, located at C:\Documents and Settings\[Username]\Local Settings\AppData\Temp.  As the compressed file is being processed, the extracted components that make up the software are copied to the hidden directory located at C:\Windows\Installer.  The installation process then moves from one component to the next in t...

User Account Control Does Not Turn Off

You may find that you are logged in with a User Account that has Administrative Privileges and User Account Control has been disabled, yet you are unable to perform tasks that require Administrative Privileges.  You may also find programs that depend upon Services with Administrative Privileges no longer function properly.  This is because the registry keys which define the normal behavior of User Account Control have been modified.  The incorrect registry keys are preventing Windows from functioning properly.  A poorly designed registry cleaner/security product or a malware infection may have modified the registry keys in question.  In the Event Viwer, you may see multiple reports of Event 1000 - Source: Application Error as well as Event 7034 - Source: Service Control Manager. When attempting to run sfc and other commands from the command line, you may encounter the message: "You must be an administrator running a console session in order to use Windows File C...