Any installation Cab errors

[Guest]

Any time i try and install a game or large program the installation generates
a cab error or crc error dependant on the program. this used to happen before
when i had xp installed and a fix i found on the knowlege base sorted it. it
said to change the transfer mode for the secondary IDE devices from DMA to
PIO and then back again, which always used to work.
i installed vista recently and it worked perfectly, but now im running xp
again and i get the same cab errors but this time the fix doesn't work.
any suggestions??
thanks

 

[Jimmy S.]

Hi Nuvpal,

Perhaps your antivirus software is causing the issue, or perhaps
there were scratched causing the original error which have become
larger over time. Disable your antivirus, make sure the media is
dirt and scratch free and try to install your game again. Good luck!

--
Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

Visit my MSN Games and Windows Gaming Help Site: www.msce.mvps.org
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Nuvpal Wrote:
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| Any time i try and install a game or large program the installation generates
| a cab error or crc error dependant on the program. this used to happen before
| when i had xp installed and a fix i found on the knowlege base sorted it. it
| said to change the transfer mode for the secondary IDE devices from DMA to
| PIO and then back again, which always used to work.
| i installed vista recently and it worked perfectly, but now im running xp
| again and i get the same cab errors but this time the fix doesn't work.
| any suggestions??
| thanks

 

[Guest]

thanks for your reply, turns out the problem was my RAM it appeas, i took out
one stick and the games are all installing fine now, guess i need to buy a
new stick of RAM.
thanks anyway

 

[Jimmy S.]

Hi Nuvpal,

I'm glad you're up and running!

--
Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

Visit my MSN Games and Windows Gaming Help Site: www.msce.mvps.org
MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
_________________________________________________________

Nuvpal Wrote:
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| thanks for your reply, turns out the problem was my RAM it appeas, i took out
| one stick and the games are all installing fine now, guess i need to buy a
| new stick of RAM.
| thanks anyway
|
| "Jimmy S." wrote:
|
|| Hi Nuvpal,
||
|| Perhaps your antivirus software is causing the issue, or perhaps
|| there were scratched causing the original error which have become
|| larger over time. Disable your antivirus, make sure the media is
|| dirt and scratch free and try to install your game again. Good luck!
||
|| --
|| Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
|| Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
||
|| Visit my MSN Games and Windows Gaming Help Site: www.msce.mvps.org
|| MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
|| My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
|| _________________________________________________________
||
|| Nuvpal Wrote:
|| =================
||| Any time i try and install a game or large program the installation generates
||| a cab error or crc error dependant on the program. this used to happen before
||| when i had xp installed and a fix i found on the knowlege base sorted it. it
||| said to change the transfer mode for the secondary IDE devices from DMA to
||| PIO and then back again, which always used to work.
||| i installed vista recently and it worked perfectly, but now im running xp
||| again and i get the same cab errors but this time the fix doesn't work.
||| any suggestions??
||| thanks