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BUG FIXED -- solution below.

1)
BTW I actually thought the installer was looking for 
c:\python24. So I created the folder before running the 
installer again.  But it didnt work.

When I ran the script.  It returned this error:  I used cscript.

c:\x.vbs(2, 7) (null): The specified module could not be found.

2) The version of wscript and cscript is 5.6.0.8825
3) This is latest version because I read that installing the 
latest version of scripting host fixes installation problems.

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I managed to fix it.  I registered scrrun.dll by typing:
regsvr32 c:\windows\system32\scrrun.dll

Thanks for all the help..