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I am no longer able to add or remove "windows components" (fax, messenger,
IIS, index service, management and monitoring tools, etc.) by navigating to
Add Remove Programs > Add Remove Windows Components from my windows XP Pro
computer. I would really appreciate some tips on what try next.
When I try to install or uninstall any windows component software, I get
from what I read on the internet is a common problem where the installation
routine starts up but then stops and asks to locate/find/open a compressed
install file. The error says, "Setup cannot copy the file filename.dl_ ."
where filename represents the particular file name. This occurs even though
the file can be seen right there on the Windows XP SP2 install disk. If
tell the setup program to skip this file and move on, it will get the next
file it needs from the disk and then give me the same error. This happens
any time the setup needs a file.
This occurs with the original, genuine MS XP Pro disk used for the install
on this computer. Additionally, this disk will boot up and let me manually
copy files over to my hard drive just fine, so the CD itself does not seem
to be the problem.
I searched the archives of the Microsoft Usenet groups and found that I
should first read this MS bulletin >> "You cannot add a Windows component in
Windows XP"<< which is located at: http://support.microsoft.com/?id=884018
In the text of the bulletin, it lead me to a procedure Microsoft bulletin>>
"ESENT event IDs 1000, 1202, 412, and 454 are logged repeatedly in the
Application log"<< found at: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/278316/
I completed the manual procedure listed in the document above but I was
still having problems.
Since that didn't work, I tried the following procedure which I found in
multiple messages in the Microsoft newsgroups:
1. Click on the Windows Start Menu.
2. Click Run.
3. Type esentutl /p %windir%\security\database\secedit.sdb in the Open
box, and click OK.
I have run the esentutl /p %windir%\security\database\secedit.sdb routine
multiple times (even after rebooting into safe mode as administrator). It
has not helped and I still can't add or remove any windows components.
I have tried pointing the setup installation routine to cppies of the
compressed files on my hard drive as well as to uncompressed copies of the
same files already located on my hard drive. The Windows installation
routine does not accept either one.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
IIS, index service, management and monitoring tools, etc.) by navigating to
Add Remove Programs > Add Remove Windows Components from my windows XP Pro
computer. I would really appreciate some tips on what try next.
When I try to install or uninstall any windows component software, I get
from what I read on the internet is a common problem where the installation
routine starts up but then stops and asks to locate/find/open a compressed
install file. The error says, "Setup cannot copy the file filename.dl_ ."
where filename represents the particular file name. This occurs even though
the file can be seen right there on the Windows XP SP2 install disk. If
tell the setup program to skip this file and move on, it will get the next
file it needs from the disk and then give me the same error. This happens
any time the setup needs a file.
This occurs with the original, genuine MS XP Pro disk used for the install
on this computer. Additionally, this disk will boot up and let me manually
copy files over to my hard drive just fine, so the CD itself does not seem
to be the problem.
I searched the archives of the Microsoft Usenet groups and found that I
should first read this MS bulletin >> "You cannot add a Windows component in
Windows XP"<< which is located at: http://support.microsoft.com/?id=884018
In the text of the bulletin, it lead me to a procedure Microsoft bulletin>>
"ESENT event IDs 1000, 1202, 412, and 454 are logged repeatedly in the
Application log"<< found at: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/278316/
I completed the manual procedure listed in the document above but I was
still having problems.
Since that didn't work, I tried the following procedure which I found in
multiple messages in the Microsoft newsgroups:
1. Click on the Windows Start Menu.
2. Click Run.
3. Type esentutl /p %windir%\security\database\secedit.sdb in the Open
box, and click OK.
I have run the esentutl /p %windir%\security\database\secedit.sdb routine
multiple times (even after rebooting into safe mode as administrator). It
has not helped and I still can't add or remove any windows components.
I have tried pointing the setup installation routine to cppies of the
compressed files on my hard drive as well as to uncompressed copies of the
same files already located on my hard drive. The Windows installation
routine does not accept either one.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance.