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Corrupted Cabinet File
Name: xjetjock Date: June 11, 2003 at 07:12:08 Pacific OS: Windows 2000 CPU/Ram: Athelon
Comment:
While trying to install Windows Media Player 9, I get the following popup error message towards the end of the unpacking process: "Extracting file failed. It is most likely caused by low memory (low disk space for swapping file) or corrupted Cabinet file." It's not a memory problem - I have 74+ GB free on the hard drive, 1152 MB "total paging file size" (1150 MB recommended) and 786 MB of RAM. I cannot find reference to corrupted Cabinet file problems on support.microsoft.com. I have rebooted numerous times, and tried loading Windows Media Player 9 from Microsoft and 4 other sources. Help.
Summary: Hi folks If Windows 2000 is complaining about a corrupt swap file and giving odd memory size reports, what's the best way of sorting the problem - should I just be able to delete the SWP file like in ...
