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by jaleel_mohammed 3 views

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Hi,iam using Pentium III 600 Mhz,with 128MB Ram and 20Gb Hdd,with windows 98 second edition,when i try to install MSN on my pc,installation aborts with following error,error creating process reason:%1 is not a valid win32 application.
I have formatted my pc twice but both times is gives the same error,can anybody help me in this,

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by timthetoolman

Hi,

Where are you installing MSN from? Directly off the net? Or do you have a copy somewhere?

The message implies that the installation application has been corrupted. Try downloading it again.

Cheers,
Tim.

by dmiles

One of the MSN Messenger setup files has become corrupted,you should try downloading from the web site again using the repair option of IE that you are using.

by timthetoolman

Hi,

You need to have IE5+ installed. You've got that? I presume so...most people do these days...

Also you need to be installing the right version of MSN. Dont try to install the version for WindowsXP as it probably wont work!

The correct link to the version you want is...

http://explorer.ninemsn.com.au/install.htm

(remove spaces from the above URL)

...which is a version for Win98.

OK, if that doesn't work... Do you have anti-virus software enabled? You should disable it before doing the download/install.

Also try disabling any firewalls you have running as its possible a corruption could be introduced there.

Cheers,
Tim.

by jaleel_mohammed

Comment from jaleel_mohammed@usa.net on 1/22/02:
hi friends installed windows me the problem is resolved.and also found virus in my system thanks for your replies.
Regsrds
jaleel

by jaleel_mohammed

hi friends installed windows me the problem is resolved.and also found virus in my system thanks for your replies.
Regsrds
jaleel

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