Re: C & C Generals not installing

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Hi Alastair,

Sounds like your antivirus software might be interfering with the installation.

Let's try a couple of things to get that working for you:

1. Startup your system in SAFE MODE by pressing F8 repeatedly
while your system is booting up after you've shut down your system

2. Log in with an account you've created as a "Computer Administrator"
account that you'll use to play the game, but don't use a Limited account.


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Alastair Wrote:
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| i tried to instal comand & conquer Generals a 2003 EA game and when it gets
| to installing English.bik it tells me that the file Language.cab is corrupt.
| i opened the file (which is a cabinet file) and it was fine. i then tried
| installing the game on another computer and it installed fine


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