Please help !! SXS.DLL Error message

[Fokke Nauta]

Crosspost, follow-up to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support

Hi all,

I tried to install Win XP Prof in my system and after the 2nd reboot I get
this error messages: Error: SXS.DLL Syntax error in manifest or policy file
"H:\I386\asms\1000\msft\windows\gdiplus\gdiplus.man" on line 4. Error:
Installation failed: H:\I386\asms. Error message: A component's file does
not match the verification information present in the component manifest.
I am installing from drive K: into partition L:, so H: is not even used
although it does exist on my system. Installing from H: does not fix it, the
same error messages occur but now with the mentioning of drive I:.

After the errormessages the system reboots again, so the system gets into a
perpetual cyclus.

Can anybody help me out?

Thanks in advance.
With kind regards,

Fokke Nauta

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

"Manifest Parse Invalid at the Top Level of the Document" Error Message When
You Try to Install Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;331881&Product=winxp

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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| Crosspost, follow-up to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
|
| Hi all,
|
| I tried to install Win XP Prof in my system and after the 2nd reboot I get
| this error messages: Error: SXS.DLL Syntax error in manifest or policy file
| "H:\I386\asms\1000\msft\windows\gdiplus\gdiplus.man" on line 4. Error:
| Installation failed: H:\I386\asms. Error message: A component's file does
| not match the verification information present in the component manifest.
| I am installing from drive K: into partition L:, so H: is not even used
| although it does exist on my system. Installing from H: does not fix it, the
| same error messages occur but now with the mentioning of drive I:.
|
| After the errormessages the system reboots again, so the system gets into a
| perpetual cyclus.
|
| Can anybody help me out?
|
| Thanks in advance.
| With kind regards,
|
| Fokke Nauta

 

[Fokke Nauta]

"Manifest Parse Invalid at the Top Level of the Document" Error Message When
You Try to Install Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;331881&Product=winxp

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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The error message mentiond in the above article, "Manifest parse invalid at
the top level of the document", differs from the error message I received
(SXS.DLL Syntax error in manifest or policy file
"H:\I386\asms\1000\msft\windows\gdiplus\gdiplus.man" on line 4). As a matter
of fact, there is not even a "Vctrl.man"-file on my CD.

Rgs,
Fokke Nauta

 

[Phil \(purplehaz\)]

This is a common error when trying to install the pirated version of xp that
has not been burned to the cd properly. Or when someone burned a copy of a
real xp cd and did not do it correctly.
Is this a real xp cd?

 

[Fokke Nauta]

This is a common error when trying to install the pirated version of xp that
has not been burned to the cd properly. Or when someone burned a copy of a
real xp cd and did not do it correctly.
Is this a real xp cd?

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Indeed, it isn't. Somebode gave me a copy of an XP CD, so I could try it to
see how it works.
So I have to purchase the official CD, I'm afraid.

Cheers, Fokke

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Only install Windows XP with a legimate, original CD and Product Key.
Windows XP can only be installed and activated on one computer using
the same Product Key (license).

Is Your Copy of Windows XP Legal?
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/howtotell/ww/windows/default.mspx

Reporting Piracy in the U.S.
http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/reporting/piracy_in_us.asp

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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|
| Indeed, it isn't. Somebode gave me a copy of an XP CD, so I could try it to
| see how it works.
| So I have to purchase the official CD, I'm afraid.
|
| Cheers, Fokke