ARGH.... win2k help please

[iamwiz82]

I just installed win2k pro on my new computer. So far the computer is jus tthe basics. I have a cd-rw, a t-bird 900, a7v, 320 megs of ram, and a geforce 2 gts installed. All other components are not in yet.

When i install win2k, it goes thru the setup and does the first boot into the splash screen, and then hangs. I figured i'd try booting thru safe mode. I did this and got 2 errors.

first:

Setup had problems registering the following OLE DLL: C:\winnt\system32\initpki.dll.

second:

The signature for win2k pro setup is invalid. <<something>> code is 800b001

unknown trust provider.

What happened?? I tried installing win2k with my ata/100 connection, but the install would die after 99% complete, with a bad_trade_place error, i believe. SO i hooked it to ata/33 and it installed, and now hangs. Grrr...

Help please...

 

[AndyHui]

I am thinking there is either something wrong with your Win2K CDROM, or you may have a RAM problem.

 

[iamwiz82]

i thought ram too, but it comes up with the right amount, maybe i should instal it with just 128 for now.

 

[iamwiz82]

bump

 

[AndyHui]

Normally faulty RAM will still count up to the right amount. It's just that particular chips which fail will still test out OK by POST. You need to run a RAM testing program....I don't have a link right now though...

 

[iamwiz82]

well, its not the ram. I think it could be the install, but i have no way of testing. I looked on a few win2k sites, and both of those errors are IE related, which makes no sense to me...

 

[Bluga]

try setting your BIOS to &quot;SAVE BOOT&quot; option.

 

[iamwiz82]

i did, still nothing.