As some people had suggested, I zipped the NS folder as opposed to using the install file.  Just unzip into the Half-Life folder, and either run Half-Life and choose Natural Selection from the custom games menu or create your own new shortcut.

112 megs.. DOWNLOAD

Please only download if you have a problem installing with the previously released installer.  Let me know if this helps the problem.

::bump::

Wanted to know if this has helped anyone or not...

Thanks a bunch mate.  Got the thing installed... only problem for me now is that I get an error when it tries to load the client.dll file.  Says it can't be found even though I've checked and it's there.  I think at this point I'm giving up until they patch.  WAY too many problems getting this thing to run.  Wouldn't trust it at this point even if I got in not to crash all over the place.

My friend has the same problem.  The game won't install (not sure why, it just errors out) so when we try and let him copy it over it says there's something wrong with client.dll.  If anyone figures out what this problem could be let me know.

I'll also make sure his drivers are up-to-date, but I'm pretty sure they are.

Well, poop.

I suppose I'll take it down until someone else needs it.