CAN'T RE-INSTALL W2K

[ALAN]

Help!

I have tried to re-install Win2K with the hope that it
might solve some problems,but get the
message:

'Microsoft Windows 2000 has detected software that is not
completely installed on your computer. Windows 2000 Setup
cannot continue until you finish installing this software.
To finish the installation process for this software
Quit Windows 2000 Setup.
Log off of your computer and then log back on again.
After you log on, a program will start immediately; allow
it to complete.'

but the program doesn't run.

When I tried the 'clean install' option the install
stopped with the error message: 'cannot access
C:\$WIN_NT$.~BT. When I checked for this file I found it
dated about one minute earlier, presumably placed there by
the setup program!
Any suggestions?

The problems I am trying to solve are:
1) I cannot accesss secure sites through any of the three
browsers I have running under Windows, but have no trouble
when I work in LINUX on the same machine: ergo, it looks
ike a windws problem.
2) I get the error message; 0x800C0005 when I try to
access windows update.
Are all these problems related? I have run N.A.V and got a
clear bill of health.

Alan Moore
(e-mail address removed)

 

[Falcon]

I just went through this problem with Win 2000 on a re install on my
system due to STOP ERRORS.

I reformatted and did a clean install. Still had issues with it.
BUT finally got it done by using a WIN 98 stratup disk and doing an
install this way

going to cd rom drive, this folder i386, running winnt.exe and doing a
DOS install. It copies a huge amount of files to your drive and then
does the install.

I suggest you install the files to a partition if possible by using
this (winnt /t d d: being the other drive. Also I have an external
firewire and it makes good sense to turn the drive off so the install
procedure cannot find it. This is how I got it to install to drive c:

You can get a list of the switches for winnt.exe by adding /?

Good luck, took me a while to get it done.

let me know how you make out