I have found my own solution.  I copied the entire CD down to the local drive and ran setup from there.  It installed in a flash! Whatever.
We are an Optiplex shop and I am working on building a Windows 7 image to deployed via Dell KACE.  I am using an Optiplex 760 as my base model and have installed Windows 7 Enterprise Edition SP1 from the DVD provided by our campus IT office.  We will be using using a MAK key for licensing.  When I attempt to install Roxio Creator Starter from a disk that came with an Optiplex, it fails with the message: Unable to install Roxio Creator Starter.  This software can only be installed on a 1,M,Dell* system.  Any ideas?
Roxio Creator Starter won't install on Optiplex