Installation HELP please

I am trying to install MSDERelA on two machines one with SQL Server installed
(default) as a named instance and one without SQL Server (default). The OS is
XP Pro. The installation stops and logs the following error at the bottom of
the log:
DATABASE = C:\Docume~1\JIMHOP~1\Temp\f0ed6.msi
OriginalDatabase = C:\MSDERelA\setup\Run01.msi
UILevel = 3
ACTION = Install
====Logging Stopped===
Note: 1: 1708
Product: Microsoft SQL Server Desktop Engine -- Installation operation failed
I have no clue what this means or how to fix it. Any ideas? It won't install
at all.
Jim
Look for "Return value 3", and try to figure out from there why it failed.
When MSDE installation fails, it rollbacks every thing, so make sure you
check for the message before you click on 'Ok' Button when you get a error.
You can alternatively use DISSABLEROLLBACK=1 to stop installer from
rollback and /L*v <Log file name and path> to have a log file at a given
path.