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Ok i think i fixed the problem. When I went to windows update it reinstalled
the microsoft windows installer 3.1 and everything worked. So I can only
assume something got corrupted over the past week in that.
"Brandon" wrote:
> Well I found that it happens on at least another game that I know installed a
> couple of monthes ago, Area 51. I was mistaken about the files being just
> Installshield based. On the properties of each exectuable (on the version
> tab) their description is Setup Launcher. Indigo Prophecy and Area 51's
> were copyrighted to Macrovision and the one for the Starship Troopers 3rd
> party audio thing was Installshield.
>
> So it definitely appears to be connected to "Setup Launcher" setup
> executables that also use *.msi (windows installer packages) files for
> configuration. And this isn't something that I was having a problem with
> even a week ago.
>
> "Brandon" wrote:
>
> > yea 3072 mb page file and 30 gigs of free hard drive space.
> >
> > it's the something with the installer type itself and it appears not to be
> > limited to the specific game. I execute the installer. A window appears
> > with a progress bar with messages like configuring windows installer etc.
> > Basically your typical load window for the actual install wizard (where you
> > have all of those fancy options like clicking next and whatnot. when it gets
> > to the point where it goes to load that part, that is when the dos window
> > pops up and disapears real quickly and nothing happens.
> >
> > Like I mentioned earlier I also found the same thing happening with part of
> > another game demo that also used Installshield based install and included the
> > msi file typed configuration files.
> >
> > This is a problem I am pretty sure I didn't have a few days ago, So I think
> > something went corrupt somewhere in my system. And after i submit this, I am
> > going to look around and see if I can find any other programs I might have
> > laying around that use the installshield and msi files.
> > "Richard in AZ" wrote:
> >
> > > Do you meet the minimum requirements for the program?
> > > From the Atari web
> > > Minimum System Specs
> > >
> > > System Specs:
> > > Operating System: Windows® 98SE/Me/2000/XP
> > > Processor: Pentium® III 800 MHz or faster
> > > Memory: 256 MB RAM
> > > Hard Disk Space: approx 2 GB Free
> > > CD-ROM Drive: 8x Speed
> > > Video: 32 MB Windows® 98/Me/2000/XP-compatible SVGA video card*
> > > Sound: Windows® 98SE/Me/2000/XP-compatible sound card*
> > > DirectX®: DirectX® version 9.0 (included) or higher
> > >
> > > "Brandon" <Brandon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > news:E4E92E3C-AECD-4FAC-A55B-01296AECDA7E@microsoft.com...
> > > >I recently downloaded the Indigo Prophecy Demo (Game) from fileplanet and
> > > > when executing the installer a dos window would pop up and disapear real
> > > > quick. So I ran the setup from command prompt and it ended up saying
> > > > "Program Too Big To Fit Into Memory". At first I thought this was just a
> > > > problem with this demo, until I tried to install the Starship Troopers
> > > > Demo
> > > > (Game) and it tried to install a third party audio system during install
> > > > and
> > > > that installer did the exact same thing. I noticed that both of them
> > > > appeared to Installshield brand and had the msi files with them. So I am
> > > > assuming it's an issue with my computer.
> > > >
> > > > Pentium 3.0
> > > > 1 gig of ram
> > > > geforce 6600 pci-e
> > > > windows xp pro sp2
> > >
> > >
> > >
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