Windows Installer corrupt ?

chopster

Recently i have noticed that i have been having problems installing programs that have a .cab to read from. The first one i thought ok , but second and third program installations of such type have also yielded the same problem , ie. an error message to the effect that it cannot read the applicable .cab file and to make sure it exists etc.

My thoughts are to the msi windows installer program being somehow corrupt , would i be right in thinking so ? And if so how do i re-install the damn thing as i have a couple of acquired games that i just cannot install :rolleyes: .

Thanks in advance.

ps. using xp pro.

aidan_walsh

Its hard to tell, unless you can tell us what the error said, and if it was the same or similar message each time.

chopster

it just says 'error xxxx cannot read joebloggs.cab , make sure it exists , blah , blah ' same error for all , me thinks of an xp repair/re-install on top maybe.

Edit : hey bud , just noticed you're down the road from me here in sunny ole tralee :cool:

aidan_walsh

I was going to suggest seeing if you can download the standalone package from MS to repair the installer service, but it appears they don't have an XP variety, and I'd be afraid to recommend the NT4/2000 one as I don't know if it would work properly...

ITT man, myself

chopster

Here is the recurring error message i get no matter what .cab file the installer tries to read from :

-Toppy-

I find this is sometimes good in scenarios like this
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;290301

Toppy

dahamsta

Look, just cos you don't like the guy doesn't make him corrupt!