HELP - can't install any programs!!!

[dolph]

ok, so i can't seem to install any programs except for shareware virus scanners. it freezes after i click next once i select where i want the program to be installed, i can end the task by ctrl-alt-del but i can't install the program. any help? thank you!!!

 

[dolph]

heh, seriously though, i REALLY need help (i installed the antivirus programs after i discovered the error, thinking that i might have had a virus, but i guess i don't?)

 

[SMK]

Only thing I could recommend is fdisking, then formatting, and starting all over.

 

[UF Jspec]

I agree. Reinstall Windows. Is this the first time you have used this system? Was it working fine, then stop working all of the sudden?

 

[dolph]

it was working great up until i tried to install a dvd decoder card (which kinda blew up in my computer, a transister fried on the board), then i tried to install a program on friday (powerdvd) and it hung. but up until that point, the computer had been working fine.

 

[UF Jspec]

Perhaps try to reinstall Windows, but it kinda sounds like you may have blown something else. I am not sure though.

 

[UF Jspec]

Perhaps try to reinstall Windows, but it kinda sounds like you may have blown something else. I am not sure though.

 

[UF Jspec]

Sorry about the double post. It said the Forums were 'experiencing extremely high traffic' when I tried posting. The next thing I knew, there were 2 posts.

 

[dolph]

s'ok, i'm just confused now because i can install some programs but not others.

 

[esung]

How did the problem started? or it's been like that for a long time?
any IRQ conflicts? There's just too many variables at play here. Can you describe your hardware/software config? and be more specific on your problems?

 

[dolph]

well, i think it all started when i tried to install the dvd decoder card, for my x10 module (wireless av outputs to tv). i also installed boom2000 software, which i have since uninstalled. i also have been getting MMSYSTEM266 errors as well. all of my hardware seems to work fine, 2 hard drives, 1 cdrw, 1 dvd rom drive, usb scanner/printer/mouse/dual memory card reader.