Resolving The installation can not continue because a system reboot is pending.

During installation, you encounter the following error message:

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Cause

Any application can set a pending reboot flag in the operating system through a registry key.  Sometimes a reboot does not clear the flag.  This is what the setup is detecting.

Resolution

For XP:
1. Open Registry Editor
    1.1 Click the Start Menu > Run
    1.2 Type "regedit" without quotes.
    1.3 Click OK
2. Find the key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlSession Manager"
3. Rename the "PendingFileRenameOperations" value to "PendingFileRenameOperations2"

For Vista:
1. Open Registry Editor
    1.1 Click the Start Menu
    1.2 Type "regedit" without quotes.
    1.3 Right click on RUN and select Run as administrator
2. Find the key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlSession Manager"
3. Rename the "PendingFileRenameOperations" value to "PendingFileRenameOperations2"

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