The final solution to all my software installation issues was to restore my Windows 7 back to its (OEM) original state. Once I did this, all the problems I had experienced with many of my software programs, including Living Cookbook, went away. I really think my problem occurred by multitasking and/or multi-installing software all at once. OR.. I wasn't paying close enough attention to the software questions that were popping up. On my "clean install", I installed each program one at at time and before anything I would reboot and run that software just to see that it worked, then I would go one to the next program. This was time consuming, but everything installed perfectly and its been months without any glitches or malfunctions. I really resented having to restore my system back to factory OEM, but now that the aggravation and headaches are gone, I am finally very happy with Windows 7. Hope this helps.