Windows Installer doesn’t finish determining disk space requirements

I typically run into this problem when installing VSwWSS v1.3 (Visual Studio 2008 extensions for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0) on virtual machines, and each time I need to crawl Google to find the right solution "out there".
Some of the suggested solutions I've found are:

• Run the VSeWSSv13_x86_Feb2009CTP_Build_429.exe as Administrator and it will work
• Extract the .msi file from the .exe using the command VSeWSSv13_x86_Feb2009CTP_Build_429.exe /extract ./
  and then run the .msi file from the command-prompt using the command
  msiexec /i VSeWSSv13_x86_Build-429.msi

None of them works for me, but the second suggestion is on the right path...
Solution that works:

1. Extract the .msi file from the .exe using the command
   VSeWSSv13_x86_Feb2009CTP_Build_429.exe /extract ./
2. Run the .msi file from the command-prompt using the command
   msiexec /package VSeWSSv13_x86_Build-429.msi /qr

Voila!