lunatics in charge

tying to run recovery console (Windows has corrupted
itself) but get the error message: INF file txtsetup.sif
is corrupt or missing.

Does anybody know a workaround? It might be something to
do with NTFS permissions, based on another KB article, but
of course the machine is dead so I can't do anything about
that.

Nor can I ask a MS 'professional' because I can't find a
product i/d to put on my mail because the machine is
dead. Am going mad, but not as mad as the lunatics at MS!

If you can boot with the XP CD, start over from scratch and delete all
partitions, create and format new ones, then re-install XP

"ROB" wrote in message
...
tying to run recovery console (Windows has corrupted
itself) but get the error message: INF file txtsetup.sif
is corrupt or missing.

Does anybody know a workaround? It might be something to
do with NTFS permissions, based on another KB article, but
of course the machine is dead so I can't do anything about
that.

Nor can I ask a MS 'professional' because I can't find a
product i/d to put on my mail because the machine is
dead. Am going mad, but not as mad as the lunatics at MS!

If you can boot with the XP CD, start over from scratch and delete all
partitions, create and format new ones, then re-install XP

"ROB" wrote in message
...
tying to run recovery console (Windows has corrupted
itself) but get the error message: INF file txtsetup.sif
is corrupt or missing.

Does anybody know a workaround? It might be something to
do with NTFS permissions, based on another KB article, but
of course the machine is dead so I can't do anything about
that.

Nor can I ask a MS 'professional' because I can't find a
product i/d to put on my mail because the machine is
dead. Am going mad, but not as mad as the lunatics at MS!

If you can boot with the XP CD, start over from scratch and delete all
partitions, create and format new ones, then re-install XP

"ROB" wrote in message
...
tying to run recovery console (Windows has corrupted
itself) but get the error message: INF file txtsetup.sif
is corrupt or missing.

Does anybody know a workaround? It might be something to
do with NTFS permissions, based on another KB article, but
of course the machine is dead so I can't do anything about
that.

Nor can I ask a MS 'professional' because I can't find a
product i/d to put on my mail because the machine is
dead. Am going mad, but not as mad as the lunatics at MS!

"ROB" wrote:

tying to run recovery console (Windows has corrupted
itself) but get the error message: INF file txtsetup.sif
is corrupt or missing.

Does anybody know a workaround? It might be something to
do with NTFS permissions, based on another KB article, but
of course the machine is dead so I can't do anything about
that.

Nor can I ask a MS 'professional' because I can't find a
product i/d to put on my mail because the machine is
dead. Am going mad, but not as mad as the lunatics at MS!

The following article has some information on your error message that
may be relevant:

HOW TO: Troubleshoot Windows XP Problems During Installation When You
Upgrade from Windows 98 or Windows Me
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 310064
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=310064


Good luck


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."