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Can't install anything
I can't seem to install software on my computer. About 9 out of 10
applications won't install. A couple weeks ago I bought a few games on CD. One said setup could take several minutes. I waited 10 minutes, nothing happened. Another one nothing happens when I put the CD in, when I click on the CD nothing happens, when I right click I can open the CD and click on setup or launch, but nothing happens. I tried downloading some software to see what would happen. I get messages like "the procedure entry point could not be located in the dynamic link library." I have also gotten a couple messages that seem to indicate that I can only install the software using an administrator account, but I am using an administrator account. Windows keeps trying to do a minor update and always fails. One of the programs starts installation and by reading quickly I think it just stops shortly after saying something about an install shield and doesn't give any error message. A couple weeks ago windows did an update and when I agreed to let it restart my computer it didn't actually restart. I had to pull the plug on it to get it to completely turn off so that I could start it back up, I don't know whether that may be related. I'm running Windows xp sp3, 3.25 gigs of ram, over 60 gigs available on hard drive, I defragmented my computer last night, my computer reports that the video card is working fine, and I just finished a virus scan that found no viruses. Still the same problems as before. Thanks very much if anyone has any ideas. |
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Can't install anything
Did you try to install a program that you downloaded from the net? You
may have a defective cd drive. "Jonathan Hiscott" wrote in message ... I can't seem to install software on my computer. About 9 out of 10 applications won't install. A couple weeks ago I bought a few games on CD. One said setup could take several minutes. I waited 10 minutes, nothing happened. Another one nothing happens when I put the CD in, when I click on the CD nothing happens, when I right click I can open the CD and click on setup or launch, but nothing happens. I tried downloading some software to see what would happen. I get messages like "the procedure entry point could not be located in the dynamic link library." I have also gotten a couple messages that seem to indicate that I can only install the software using an administrator account, but I am using an administrator account. Windows keeps trying to do a minor update and always fails. One of the programs starts installation and by reading quickly I think it just stops shortly after saying something about an install shield and doesn't give any error message. A couple weeks ago windows did an update and when I agreed to let it restart my computer it didn't actually restart. I had to pull the plug on it to get it to completely turn off so that I could start it back up, I don't know whether that may be related. I'm running Windows xp sp3, 3.25 gigs of ram, over 60 gigs available on hard drive, I defragmented my computer last night, my computer reports that the video card is working fine, and I just finished a virus scan that found no viruses. Still the same problems as before. Thanks very much if anyone has any ideas. |
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Can't install anything
Did you try to install a program that you downloaded from the net? You may have a defective cd drive. "Jonathan Hiscott" wrote in message ... I can't seem to install software on my computer. About 9 out of 10 applications won't install. A couple weeks ago I bought a few games on CD. One said setup could take several minutes. I waited 10 minutes, nothing happened. Another one nothing happens when I put the CD in, when I click on the CD nothing happens, when I right click I can open the CD and click on setup or launch, but nothing happens. I tried downloading some software to see what would happen. I get messages like "the procedure entry point could not be located in the dynamic link library." I have also gotten a couple messages that seem to indicate that I can only install the software using an administrator account, but I am using an administrator account. Windows keeps trying to do a minor update and always fails. One of the programs starts installation and by reading quickly I think it just stops shortly after saying something about an install shield and doesn't give any error message. A couple weeks ago windows did an update and when I agreed to let it restart my computer it didn't actually restart. I had to pull the plug on it to get it to completely turn off so that I could start it back up, I don't know whether that may be related. I'm running Windows xp sp3, 3.25 gigs of ram, over 60 gigs available on hard drive, I defragmented my computer last night, my computer reports that the video card is working fine, and I just finished a virus scan that found no viruses. Still the same problems as before. Thanks very much if anyone has any ideas. |
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