Installation problems

[mikeymacuh]

[Running windows 7 64 bit professional on Dell optiplex 7010 with Intel core i7 3.40GHz, 16gb RAM and 1TB HHD, I ust got this computer it is the 3rd one since trying to get started with PT this one meets all the required to run PT. I went through and changed the setting recommended on the optimization lists before trying to install PT 12.7.1, download and unzip seem fine, I open install PT and it installs Pace License Support then a box pops up with (quoted below) and then when clearing it it seems to install Avid Cloud Manager, Avid Application Manager and Avid Codecs with the box coming up between then when the box saying preparing to install comes up again and clearing it this time closes all but the main install window and nothing more happens. I check the installed programs the four programs show along with C++ updates that install just prior to Pace installs. I have tried uninstalling these and starting over several times including reloading through several different browsers but the same box pops up and install never happens I even tried with PT 11 same problem. Please help I am now nearly $10k USD into this between interfaces, control surfaces and new computers. I wish I had not purchased the eqt first I had no idea getting the software to run was going to be this big a problem, but now I own a C24 and interfaces I have to make this work. I am starting to fear none of this is worth the effort]

Error text copied directly from box that pops up

"Windows ® Installer. V 5.0.7601.18896

msiexec /Option <Required Parameter> [Optional Parameter]

Install Options
</package | /i> <Product.msi>
Installs or configures a product
/a <Product.msi>
Administrative install - Installs a product on the network
/j<u|m> <Product.msi> [/t <Transform List>] [/g <Language ID>]
Advertises a product - m to all users, u to current user
</uninstall | /x> <Product.msi | ProductCode>
Uninstalls the product
Display Options
/quiet
Quiet mode, no user interaction
/passive
Unattended mode - progress bar only
/q[n|b|r|f]
Sets user interface level
n - No UI
b - Basic UI
r - Reduced UI
f - Full UI (default)
/help
Help information
Restart Options
/norestart
Do not restart after the installation is complete
/promptrestart
Prompts the user for restart if necessary
/forcerestart
Always restart the computer after installation
Logging Options
/l[i|w|e|a|r|u|c|m|o|p|v|x|+|!|*] <LogFile>
i - Status messages
w - Nonfatal warnings
e - All error messages
a - Start up of actions
r - Action-specific records
u - User requests
c - Initial UI parameters
m - Out-of-memory or fatal exit information
o - Out-of-disk-space messages
p - Terminal properties
v - Verbose output
x - Extra debugging information
+ - Append to existing log file
! - Flush each line to the log
* - Log all information, except for v and x options
/log <LogFile>
Equivalent of /l* <LogFile>
Update Options
/update <Update1.msp>[;Update2.msp]
Applies update(s)
/uninstall <PatchCodeGuid>[;Update2.msp] /package <Product.msi | ProductCode>
Remove update(s) for a product
Repair Options
/f[p|e|c|m|s|o|d|a|u|v] <Product.msi | ProductCode>
Repairs a product
p - only if file is missing
o - if file is missing or an older version is installed (default)
e - if file is missing or an equal or older version is installed
d - if file is missing or a different version is installed
c - if file is missing or checksum does not match the calculated value
a - forces all files to be reinstalled
u - all required user-specific registry entries (default)
m - all required computer-specific registry entries (default)
s - all existing shortcuts (default)
v - runs from source and recaches local package
Setting Public Properties
[PROPERTY=PropertyValue]

Consult the Windows ® Installer SDK for additional documentation on the
command line syntax.

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