Sometimes when trying to install software you get an error message similar to “…another software installation is in progress or, the computer has a restart pending. Either complete the installation process, or, restart the computer and …”.
The problem you may be having though is that no other software installation is in progress. You already restarted (several times), but the message just doesn’t go away.
What now?
Most times it is a setting or two left over in the registry that either just won’t process or just doesn’t get cleared.
Microsoft has a nice info at KB2723674 – Easy fix 50865 – it is listed for server client connector installs, but it does work in other instences as well.
Follow the link for the fix that does it for you or just follow their manual instruction which I have copied here:
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