I can understand how frustrated you are when you tried installing the latest Ad-Aware 2007 and faced the error message “Fatal Error: Installation ended prematurely because of an error.” during installation.
Ad-Aware Fatal Error Installation ended prematurely because of an error

I wasn’t able to fix this problem the first time I downloaded Ad-Aware 2007 until I have more time to do some research on it. Now I found the solution and here’s how you can fix this error message and install Ad-Aware 2007 without problems.

It seems that there’s a bug in Ad-Aware 2007 installer. Apparently the installer was not tweaked correctly and this workaround which I am going to show you resolves the problem.

There are two options to resolve this issue – I used the latter ‘passive’ option. One method involves registering the Visual Basic Script runtime which will permit the installer to work correctly. The other method involves installing in “passive” mode which will bypass the portions of the installer that are causing the error.

First method:
To register the Visual Basic Script runtime:
Go to Start -> Run, type the following command and hit Enter.

You should a prompt that says “DllRegisterServer in C:\WINDOWS\system32\vbscript.dll succeeded.”
Repair Ad-Aware Fatal Error Installation
Now you can try running the aaw2007.exe installer again and you shouldn’t get the Fatal Error message again.

I tried unregistering the vbscript.dll by adding a /u at the command and ran the installer again. The Fatal Error message appears. This proves that by registering the vbscript.dll fixes the installation problem.

Second method:
To install in “passive mode”:
Either run the command “aaw2007.exe /passive” on Start -> Run, or from command prompt. Make sure you change the directory to where the aaw2007.exe resides.

Passive installation mode will bypass all questions during installation, hence, bypassing the part of the installer that are causing the error. Please take note that if you’re using the passive mode to install Ad-Aware 2007, make sure you’ve closed all your running programs and also save any documents that you’re typing. This is because IF the installer requires a restart, it will automatically restart without asking for your permission.

Enjoy using the new Ad-Aware 2007 ;)

P/S: This solution works not only on Ad-Aware 2007. Any software that uses this installation and has this same error can be fixed by the 2 solutions above.

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