I have tried installing any of the .net frameworks to windows xp
professional sp2, I have even gone so far as to edit the registry.
This is the list of my most recent failures error codes.

[04/05/08,21:03:08] Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0: [2] Error:
Installation failed for component Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0. MSI
returned error code 1603
[04/05/08,21:03:38] WapUI: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft .NET
Framework 2.0 is not installed.
[04/05/08,21:03:39] WapUI: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft .NET
Framework 3.0 was not attempted to be installed.
[04/09/08,14:40:45] Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0: [2] Error:
Installation failed for component Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0. MSI
returned error code 1603
[04/09/08,14:41:06] WapUI: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft .NET
Framework 2.0 is not installed.
[04/09/08,14:41:07] WapUI: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft .NET
Framework 3.0 was not attempted to be installed.
[04/09/08,16:10:41] Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0: [2] Error:
Installation failed for component Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0. MSI
returned error code 1603
[04/09/08,16:11:07] WapUI: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft .NET
Framework 2.0 is not installed.
[04/09/08,16:11:08] WapUI: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft .NET
Framework 3.0 was not attempted to be installed.
[04/09/08,16:39:30] Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0: [2] Error:
Installation failed for component Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0. MSI
returned error code 1603
[04/09/08,16:40:02] WapUI: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft .NET
Framework 2.0 is not installed.
[04/09/08,16:40:02] WapUI: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft .NET
Framework 3.0 was not attempted to be installed.
[04/09/08,16:49:39] Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0: [2] Error:
Installation failed for component Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0. MSI
returned error code 1603
[04/09/08,16:50:21] WapUI: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft .NET
Framework 2.0 is not installed.
[04/09/08,16:50:22] WapUI: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft .NET
Framework 3.0 was not attempted to be installed.
[04/09/08,17:28:46] Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0: [2] Error:
Installation failed for component Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0. MSI
returned error code 1603
[04/09/08,17:29:14] WapUI: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft .NET
Framework 2.0 is not installed.
[04/09/08,17:29:15] WapUI: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft .NET
Framework 3.0 was not attempted to be installed.
[04/09/08,17:46:20] Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0: [2] Error:
Installation failed for component Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0. MSI
returned error code 1603
[04/09/08,17:46:54] WapUI: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft .NET
Framework 2.0 is not installed.
[04/09/08,17:46:54] WapUI: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft .NET
Framework 3.0 was not attempted to be installed.
[04/09/08,18:07:20] MSXML 6.0 Parser: [2] Error: Installation failed
for component MSXML 6.0 Parser. MSI returned error code 1601
[04/09/08,18:07:38] WapUI: [2] DepCheck indicates MSXML 6.0 Parser is
not installed.
[04/09/08,18:07:38] WapUI: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft .NET
Framework 3.0 was not attempted to be installed.
[04/09/08,18:30:58] MSXML 6.0 Parser: [2] Error: Installation failed
for component MSXML 6.0 Parser. MSI returned error code 1601
[04/09/08,18:31:13] WapUI: [2] DepCheck indicates MSXML 6.0 Parser is
not installed.
[04/09/08,18:31:13] WapUI: [2] DepCheck indicates Microsoft .NET
Framework 3.0 was not attempted to be installed.