I purchased FFXI with four expansion packs yesterday for my son and I have been trying since then to install it onto our computer. Our computer is new, purchased in February 2008, it has Windows Vista. With numerous tries, I have been able to install the Playonline Viewer, and Tetra Master. The last install was FFXI and the expansion packs. I have followed all the directions, but it won't download. I have looked online to troubleshoot problem and can not find any help. This is the message I keep getting:
"The install shield wizard has been interrupted and FFXI can not be installed. Your system has not yet been modified."
What needs to be modified and how do you do this?
I hope someone can help us or I have no choice but to return the game.
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Thermaltake Black Widow TX TR2 850W 80+ Bronze Semi-Mod ATX
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ThermalTake Level 10 GT (Black)
Cooling
Corsair H100 (CPU, dual 140 mm fans on radiator) + Air (2 *
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Logitech MX Master (shared)
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Logitech G15 (gen 2)
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AT&T Lightspeed Gigabit duplex
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Sabayon Linux (current, weekly updates, 5.1.x kernel)
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Lenovo ThinkPad E545
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AMD A6-5350M APU
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Lenovo
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8 GB
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Conextant 20671 SmartAudio HD
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Lenovo 15" Matte
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1680 * 1050
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INTEL Cherryvill 520 Series SSDSC2CW180A 180 GB SSD
Not sure if you ever resolved this, but the default PlayOnline Viewer that comes with FFXI is not Vista compatible. I don't know if they ever started packaging the Vista one with FFXI, but if not, you can go to PlayOnline and get the Vista POL here: FINAL FANTASY XI Official Web Site
This will install, and you can then install the various FFXI packages.
