FYI: My PC and COI are both up and running now, and have been for about a month or so. Thanks to all who tried to help me out!

Unfortunately not, due to a series of unfortunate events. I had just used my Norton Go Back for an unrelated matter, so my PC had nowhere to go back to once my COI insallation went awry.

For the moment, I am bereft of PC save for my work computer.

<r> Thank you for your posts, especially Sergeant's. I wish you had seen my post and had been able to reply a week earlier. I would have avoided the catastrophe that occurred as you had predicted.<br/>
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The installation basically fried my computer and now I have to buy a new PC.<br/>
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<t> I ordered and received my COI and I can't wait to start playing.<br/>
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However, I cannot install COI. When I try, I get the following Error Message:<br/>
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"The following file is in use and cannot be updated" and then mentions a number of files in C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM such as oleant32 ...

<t> I hope someone can help me out.<br/>
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I purchased CCCOI and I can't wait to start playing but when I try installing it, I get an error message that says that "The following file is in use and cannot be updated" and then mentions a number of files in C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM such as oleant32.dll ...