I had a problem installing Avast at first when I ran from the internet
(clicked the Run button rather than Save). I then downloaded to my hard
drive, then ran the setup.exe from there and that worked.
hth
Patrick P.
www.boydcomputersvcs.com
"Big Ron" <> wrote in message
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> Any any clues as to why vista (home edition) does not seem able to install
> Avast AV home free edition?
>
> Having downloaded the setup.exe file and received the registration key, my
> laptop gives a "there was an error while completing the setup process"
> message.
>
> Any settings in vista need to be changed to allow installation?
>
> Thanks
>
> Big Ron
>