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Subject:Problem Updating to 4.0B
Posted by: Arno
Date:12/18/2002 9:38:14 PM

When trying to update from 4.0A to 4.0B I receive the error message:
"CRC mismatch" and the installation gets aborted.

I tried both the update patch and a a clean install with a full .exe.

I have a dual boot system with both Windows 98 and XP (tried it on both) and it doesn't work on either.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Arno

Subject:RE: Problem Updating to 4.0B
Reply by: Ted_H
Date:12/19/2002 10:23:50 AM

"CRC Mismatch" is a Windows Installer error of some sort. I saw it once before, and installing the Windows Installer update fixed the problem. The Windows Installer update can be downloaded from Microsoft's website.

Ted

Subject:RE: Problem Updating to 4.0B
Reply by: Arno
Date:12/19/2002 10:02:00 PM

Thanks for your reply Ted. I checked and I do have the latest windows installer.

I did manage to get it installed on my Windows XP partition by first installing 4.0A and then using the update patch to update to 4.0B. A clean install of 4.0B didn't work (CRC Mismatch).

However, I still can't get it updated on the Windows 98 partition. If I try to install the full program I get "CRC Mismatch" and when I use the update patch, I get a message saying that it can't find "Acid.msi" Where can I find the Acid.msi file?

Anyway, I got it working on XP which is most important but I still would like it to work in Windows 98 as well, since I occasionally need to use Windows 98.

Arno

Subject:RE: Problem Updating to 4.0B
Reply by: SonicJG
Date:12/20/2002 9:05:57 AM

I'd try downloading again. CRC most likely stands for Cyclical Redundancy Check, which means that the installer would be comparing it's current contents to what its contents were when we initially packaged it. Likely that something got corrupted during the download process (dropped packet maybe?), but it's odd that it worked on XP. Perhaps the 9x-only portion of the installer is the part that's corrupted?

Just a hunch,
Joel

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