I'm trying to install (insert program name here) and it always crashes during the installation.
This could be caused by various things. One of the more common solutions is documented below.
We have received a small number of calls from tech's that can't
install the printer driver (exe version) or Network ScanGear.
During the installation an error message pops up and the installation
is terminated.
This is a known issue with the InstallShield's ikernel.exe becoming
corrupt.
The following information is an excerpt from InstallShield's support site.
I am getting one of the following errors during setup initialization:
Error extracting support files---snip---
Error installing Ikernel.exe (0x any number)
Error loading Type Library/DLL
etc...*1
5. Delete the "Program Files\Common Files\InstallShield\Engine" folder and then rerun the setup.
---snip---
*1 and the list goes on but you get the idea