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10-01-2002, 04:19 PM
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BF 1942 Install problem
I bought this game today and so far have not been able to install it. The installation hangs at the status bar screen. It sits at 0%, and never changes. I am stumped. Any ideas?
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10-01-2002, 06:48 PM
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Try disabling your anti-virus software for the install. I have Norton and always right click the icon in the system tray and "disable" before installing any programs. If that doesn't work you could do CNTL-ALT-DEL and shut down some unnecessary programs to see if something else is freezing it. I have BF1942 and it installed fine.
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10-01-2002, 06:56 PM
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It is always a good idea to shutdown the AV program before installing software. Norton isn't all that bad at causing a problem, but McAffee is terrible for causing hang installs.
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10-01-2002, 08:02 PM
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Actually...I completely UNINSTALLED Norton to try to get it to install. No joy....and I also shut down all programs...
I did notice I had 26 processes running however...I dont know if that is a lot or not....or if that was causing a problem |
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10-01-2002, 08:41 PM
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Well you did not have to uninstall Norton and before you reinstall it you will need to delete all the Norton and Symantec folders in the program and common files folder.
Just use CTL-ALT-DEL and shutdown everything but "explorer." |
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10-02-2002, 08:46 AM
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morris: That's good advice for Win9x, but XP has quite a few essential processes.
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10-02-2002, 07:51 PM
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Can you read anything off the CD normally (i.e. through MS Explorer)? Perhaps bad media is the culprit. Look for scratches, clean the CD off, try it in different drive/computer. You know, the usual this and that.
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03-09-2003, 09:55 AM
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none of that works, I'm having the same problem now. did you find out how to fix it?
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