My pleasure Lorne.
The catroot2 problem is a lot less
frequent on Win XP installs than it is on Win Me ones. ;-)
Cheers,
Jimmy.
| Doh! I knew I forgot to add something! Thanks jimmy
|
| Lorne
|
| "Jimmy S." <Private> wrote in message
| | > Hi dgrrr,
| >
| > In addition to Lorne's excellent advice to enable Cryptographic
| > services, if you still get that error afterwards, then:
| >
| > If the problem persists, go to c:\windows\system32 and rename
| > the catroot2 directory to catrootold. Catroot2 might be too full.
| >
| > Repairing Windows is our final option. Boot from your Windows
| > CD (you may have to press F12 while starting up, or change the
| > bootup order in your BIOS) and then follow the instructions at:
| >
http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm Good luck!
| >
| > --
| > Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
| > Jimmy S.
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
| >
| > Game FAQs:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;[LN];gms
| > Visit my Zone.com / Gaming Helpsite:
http://nibblesnbits.tk or Call /
| Contact
| > MS Support at:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=sz;en-us;top
| > My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any
| rights.
| > _________________________________________________________
| >
| | > | Load up the Services applet in Control Panel -> Administrative Tools and
| > | check that the Cryptographic service is running, if it isn't, start and
| and
| > | set it's startup mode to Automatic.
| > |
| > | Lorne
| > |
| > | | > | > When I install Halo, it also tries to install DirectX
| > | > v9.0b. But I get there errors:
| > | >
| > | > The software you are testing does has not passed windows
| > | > logo testing to verify its compatibility with XP. The
| > | > software will not be installed. Contact your administrator.
| > | > DirectX did not copy a required file
| > | > Installation failed
| > | >
| > | > Anybody know what I should be doing?
| > | >
| > | > thanks
| > | >
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