Installation error in Windows XP

When installing programs some games and application give me this message right when its about to install

The installshield engine (ikernel.exe) could not be installed
Ikernel.exe could not be copied to 'C:\Programfiles\common files\installshield\engine\6\intel 32'
Make sure you have the appropriate privileges to copy files to this folder. (0X20)

Im Running XP homeedition
Any help would be great thanks

 

try this faq from install shield

http://support.installshield.com/kb/view.asp?articleid=Q104985

 

thanks alot! got it to work