Hi Alan, Ah, OK then.
Do you *need* the patch? Does your system work without it? I had an issue with installing it too. I finally gave up and tried without it, there have been no issues. -------------------------------- On Dec 21, 2010, at 8:41 PM, Alan P. Biddle wrote: > Justin, > >>> I was able to download the patch and unzip it. > > Thanks, but the problem occurs AFTER it is unzipped, using the included > password. > > Alan > WA4SCA > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Justin M. Mayrand [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 6:03 PM > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Problem installing XP Firewire patch > > MS Hotfixes require a password to decompress, it should have been emailed to > you automatically when you requested the hotfix. If you have the email from > MS, read it carefully, the password is there. > > > -------------------------------- > > On Dec 21, 2010, at 5:44 PM, Alan P. Biddle wrote: > >> I received a call that my VU5K was on the way, so I decided to experiment >> installing the software. During the process, I got a message suggesting >> that I install the MS Firewire patch. I am running XP Pro, SP3, so that > was >> not unexpected. I was able to download the patch and unzip it. However, > it >> does not install. >> >> Running from a full administrator account, if I use the RUN command, it >> runs, giving me a quick message about unzipping, but then comes up with an >> error box saying "Access Denied." Clearing that, another message, >> "KB9555408 installation did not complete." Clicking on the file, or using >> the "Run As" command, I get an error message which says "Unable to find a >> volume for extraction. Please verify that you have proper permissions." > If >> I check with Windows Explorer while the error message is up, I find that >> there is indeed a directory and subdirectory created with the sort of EXE >> and DLL files you would expect. However, it is locked, and when I clear > the >> error messages, it is deleted. >> >> I have tried using a different admin account, downloading the patch again, >> booting to safe mode, installing from a USB drive, and of course disabling >> the antivirus protection, Norton. There is about 250 G of unused disk >> space. I even rolled back to an image before I installed the SDR > software, >> but no help. Googling on the error message text brings up several > sources, >> usually about installing SP3, but none seem relevant. >> >> Any ideas? >> >> >> Alan >> WA4SCA >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> FlexRadio Systems Mailing List >> [email protected] >> http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz >> Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ >> Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: > http://www.flexradio.com/ > > > _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List [email protected] http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
