During a commercial application suite installation:

"Can't access [insert db table name].  Consult 
C:\Users\Administrator\Temp\{Long CLSID String}\{Another 
CLSID}\Randomlygeneratedfilename.txt for details."

Of course, this is a popup window, so you can't cut and paste the string 
anywhere.

WTF #2: there are many CLSID directories under Temp.  Each with two 
dozen randomly generated text files with various installation 
information messages.  Finding the one with the actual problem took over 
an hour.

WTF #3: After talking with the app's customer support, it turns out that 
the installer requires 8dot3name to be enabled on the drive because it 
can't parse spaces in directory names, and can't use "C:\Program 
files\Microsoft SQL Server\osql.exe" but needs 
"C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~1\osql.exe"

At this point, I need to point out that this is the installation of a 64 
bit entreprise-grade application that came out two months ago, not some 
legacy 16bit app designed for Windows 3.1
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