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.

Did you try to install a program that you downloaded from the net? You
may have a defective cd drive.
"Jonathan Hiscott" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>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.