I could not install any games.  The programs would install to 99%, stop, and drop 
me to the desktop.  Nothing installed.  I tried the following which did not work:

1) move install shield folder
2) reinstall install shield
3) remove registry keys
4) do a complete winxp system repair (not format and reinstall)

The final solution was this found below:

Hi guys, how are you? I just got the game, and was having the exact same problem, 
using SP2, installation interruption, blah blah. Well, after a lot of research and 
what not, I found that two services were disabled on my computer:

Distributed Transaction Coordinator
Distributed Link Tracking Client

Apparently, these two services have something to do with allowing a user account 
access to certain directories, scripts, processes, etc. When they're disabled, it 
appears as if the computer doesn't have all the information it needs to verify account 
permissions. The two services above are dependant on these two services:

Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
Security Accounts Manager

Remote Procedure Call (RPC) should be enabled by default, so you shouldn't need to 
worry about it. To check the other services, go to the start menu, load the run dialog, 
and enter "services.msc".

Here's what I did to get it all working:

Open the start menu
Open the run dialog
Type "services.msc" and hit enter
In the Services dialog, go down to "Security Accounts Manager" and see if its started. 
If not, double-click it to load its properties. Set the startup type to "automatic," 
click "apply" then click "start." Once it's started, hit the "OK" button.
Go to "Distributed Link Tracking Client" and see if its started. If not, double-click 
it to load its properties. Set the startup type to "automatic," click "apply" then 
click "start." Once it's started, hit the "OK" button.
Go to "Distributed Transaction Coordinator" and see if its started. If not, double-click 
it to load its properties. Set the startup type to "automatic," click "apply" then 
click "start." Once it's started, hit the "OK" button.

The services need to be started in that order if they're disabled, or the Distributed 
Transaction Coordinator won't start due to its dependencies not being loaded.

I'm unsure if this next bit is necessary, but I did it just in case:

Open the start menu
Open the run dialog
Type "dcomcnfg" and hit enter
Load the "Component Services" screen
Expand Component Services > Computer and go to properties on "My Computer" by right 
clicking
Go to the "COM Security" tab
In the "Access Permissions" section of the dialog, click "Edit Default"
Make sure "SELF" has the proper permissions set to Allow, mainly "Local Access"

Once that's all done, close the dialogs and reboot the computer.

After I did all that, CotN installed perfectly and loaded fine with no problems at 
all. I hope this helps!

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