Program installation problem

[Hawk007]

Whenever I try to install a new program from a CD, I get
an error saying that the .cab file cannot be found. I
have to copy all my new program CD's to my hard drive and
do the installation from there. This problem did not
exist when I first installed Windows XP Professional but
developed later. Any suggestions?

[Jim Macklin]

Turn DMA off when installing programs if you get the
problem, there was a article about this with W98 as I
recall, it is a timing issue with the DMA reads being too
fast and the newer faster CD drives make it worse.


"Hawk007" > wrote in
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| Whenever I try to install a new program from a CD, I get
| an error saying that the .cab file cannot be found. I
| have to copy all my new program CD's to my hard drive and
| do the installation from there. This problem did not
| exist when I first installed Windows XP Professional but
| developed later. Any suggestions?