There could be a few reasons why this error is occuring:
1.) The application you are trying to install is not compatible with
Windows 2000
FIX: Use the apcompat.exe utility, from the Windows 2000 installation
media to modify the settings for setup.exe to Windows 2000.
More Info: KB 251062 :
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;251062&Product=win20
00
2.) Corruption of MSVCRT.DLL
FIX: Boot to the recovery console, go to system32 rename msvcrt.dll
to msvcrt.old and copy msvcrt.dll from DLLCACHE folder to the System32
folder.
3.) The computer has been configured to Application compatibility mode.
FIX: Check out: KB 279792 :
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;279792
On Windows 2000 sp3 delete the following key value, (AFTER MAKING A BACKUP
OF THE KEY.)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SessionManager\AppCompat
ibility\explorer.exe
Delete just the explorer.exe key.
Reboot.
Best Regards,
Darren Curtis, MCSE
Microsoft Enterprise Support Engineer
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