i just tried to install Boinc to have fun with it but i can't seem to get it to even install at all. i go to install and i get an error about extracting some file to a temporary location.

Windows 7 SP1 (SP2 didn't want to install)

1152: Error extracting
C:\Users\SCOOTE~1|AppData\Local\Temp\{FD (is cut off at that point)
to the temporary location

That's a Windows problem.

Try to run disk clean up and remove the unwanted system files and folders. Through disk cleanup you can remove all the temporary files and folders that are not needed on your computer. See https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17421/windows-free-up-drive-space, option "Use Disk Cleanup" for more information on that.

That you cannot install SP2 is something you shouldn't just shrug off either. Best try to fix your Windows first, by doing a reinstall of the OS.

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