I just tried to install Google Chrome on my Windows 7 machine and was faced with this obscure error message.
I found the answer on the Chrome support site – it’s caused by the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Setup\State\ImageState
Mine was set to IMAGE_STATE_UNDEPLOYABLE. Removing this value enabled the Google Chrome installer to proceed as normal.