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catastrophic failure
Name: mhall812 Date: October 16, 2003 at 23:54:45 Pacific OS: XP CPU/Ram: AMD 1800+ 768 RAM
Comment:
I am trying to install Battlefield 1942, but have encountered a problem. I received a message telling me 'An installation support file could not be installed. Catastrophic failure' when I pressed setup in the cd provided. I then scoured the net and believed, to my stupidity, that deleting a registry root key was the answer. Now I have a similar message appearing, but instead of saying catastrophic error it says 'Class not registered'. Other programs can now not be loaded either. Please, please can someone help me rectify my deletion error and my catastrophic failure message?
Name: FJ Date: October 17, 2003 at 02:55:37 Pacific
Reply:
After deleting the registry file, it's time for a total reinstall of the OS.
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Response Number 2
Name: salgolf Date: October 17, 2003 at 15:20:32 Pacific
Reply:
Not to preach, but never never change the registry without backing it up first. It's just a good safety net for the kind of thing you're experiencing.
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Response Number 3
Name: Tufenuf Date: October 17, 2003 at 16:01:32 Pacific
Reply:
mhall812, Can you get to System Restore? Start/Programs/Accessories/System Tools/System Restore. If you can go back to the closest date prior to when the problem started and do a System Restore.
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