Re: C & C Generals not installing

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Hi Alastair,

Let's try another approach to resolve this issue:

1. Start up your PC normally
2. Shut off your Antivirus software
3. Install your original C&C game

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Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

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Alastair Wrote:
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| i've tried that but when i start the installation i get the message "install
| shield failed to intialize the installation
|
| "Jimmy S." wrote:
|
|| 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.
||
||
|| --
|| Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
|| Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
||
|| Visit my MSN Games and Windows Gaming Help Site: www.msce.mvps.org
|| MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
|| My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
|| _________________________________________________________
||
|| 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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