Well, since I have installed it on 3 other computers, I'd say, yes, it's Windows' fault.I actually don't believe that it's Windows' fault. I suspect some type of third party software is causing the problem.
Some over zealous security suite or program somewhere.
You said it's a new computer....
Can you take it back and ask the seller to install a program on it for you and see if he has the same issues as you're experiencing?
Alternately you may have some success doing a Clean Boot as described here.... https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/929135
However if it's a security product you may not actually be able to stop it without uninstalling it.
The Photoshop is a little old. It sucks that Windows can't create something that will still run something it has been running for 15 years.How old are the programs you are trying to install? If they are from the Win 98 era of computing then they may be 16-bit programs. 64-bit Windows 8 & 8.1 only supports running 32-bit and 64-bit programs. To start with, what version of MS Office are you trying to install? What OS did your older computer run?
I have been using Windows 8 & 8.1 since the earliest preview of Win 8 was released and I have been able to install everything I've tried.
Its more that todays graphic cards don't remember how to run on steam power.It sucks that Windows can't create something that will still run something it has been running for 15 years.
Nope. I'm not the only one that has this problem. I have heard of at least two others and haven't really talked to anyone about it.Since there are literally millions of Win 8.x users and you appear to be the only one that can't install their software, how can you say it's Windows fault?
You seem more interested in trying to point blame than on figuring what the issue is.
Sorry, the version of Photoshop is 7.0.Office 2007 should install without any problems I believe on Windows 8.1
I can't speak to the Photoshop program as we don't seem to know the version.
It is most likely a third party software product installed on the device that is causing this problem or else it's a security / permissions issue which I wouldn't normally associate with that particular error.
If you don't like the look and feel of Windows 8.1 then you could always resort to something like Classic Shell from here http://classicshell.net/
Which may give you a more familiar interface to work from although it will do absolutely nothing in so far as resolving the problem.
As I said, I don't want it. Thanks anyway.Install Classic Shell , this will give you the look and feel of windows 7. Click on the blue hyper link.
That's nice and convenient. NOT!by default......
On 64 bit system, depending on whether or not it is a 64 bit piece of software
C:\Program Files
For 32 bit software it will end up in
C:\Program Files (x86)
Unless you tell it to do otherwise.