XP Freezes when doing multi-disk installs

[DrDoom]

Hi,

I have the following problem, I have an IBM Thinkpad with WinXP Pro,
when I try to install software that has more than one disk the computer
freezes after I retire disk 1 and insert disk 2 into the cd-drive,
sometimes even does it when it's a single disk install but it's more
frequent when there's more than 1 disk, any ideas or suggestions?

Thanks for your help,

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

(as an admin) Locate and click the following registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Protected Storage System Provider On
the Edit menu, click Permissions . (run regedt32.exe, not regedit.exe) Click
the registry key for the user that is currently logged on and ensure that
Read and Full Control are both set to Allow . Click the Advanced button,
ensure that the user that is currently logged on is selected, that Full
Control is listed in the Permissions column, and that This Key and Subkeys
is listed in the Apply to column. Click to select the Replace permission
entries on all child objects with entries shown here that apply to child
objects check box. Click Apply , and then click Yes when you receive a
prompt to continue. Click OK , and then click OK again