[MiKTeX] Trouble installing MikTex 22.7

[Lester H. <l-...@ma...>]

Having trouble installing MikTex 2.7.2904 on laptop with Windows Vista. 
I have installed WinEdt, Ghostscript, GSview 32, and MikTex 2.7.2904. 
Attempts to compile a file result in the error message "I can't write to 
the file Test.log" Same thing happens when I try to compile the 
preloaded file paper.tex. I have uninstalled all four, re-downloaded, 
and reinstalled all four. Same error message. After invoking WinEdt 
Diagnostic on one occasion, I got the error message " I can't find tex 
in the registry.": Another time after disabling the Windows and Norton 
Firewalls, Norton Anti-Virus, and internet connection, this time I got 
the error message "I can't find the file tex/plain/vertex/Test.tex." Any 
suggestions? Les Helms