Error 1906 When Installing a Windows Installer Package

[Guest jbclem]

I'm trying to install Norton Antivirus Corporate edition and keep getting

this error 1906: failed to cache package. According to Microsoft.com this

is a problem with the Windows Installer and

"This error usually occurs when 10 or more merge modules are used. " Also

"This error is caused by reaching a limit associated with the total number

of characters in the cabinet file names."

 

Microsoft.com also states: " Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in

the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. "

And they say "This problem was corrected in Windows 2000."

 

Here's the funny thing...I'm using Windows 2000 SP4 and the problem is still

occuring.

 

Does anyone know a solution for this problem. Is there a newer Windows

Installer that might work? I'd like to find the fix to this rather than

manually opening up all the cab files...I have a lot of software to

reinstall and doing it manual would take a lot of time.

 

jc

[Guest jbclem]

Re: Error 1906 When Installing a Windows Installer Package

 

I just tried installed Windows Installer 3.1. I get this error message

during the installation: "setup could not verify the integrity of the file

Update.inf. Make sure the Cryptographic service is running on this

computer."

 

Checking on this, Microsoft.com has a long set of possible resolutions, 9

different ones to try to get Cryptographic service running. What is this

crap...I've been using Win2000 for years, and have installed this same

Norton Antivirus Corp Edition on two other computers with Win2000 and never

had this problem.

 

I'd sure appreciate it if someone knows a simple solution that won't involve

hours of my time.

 

Thanks, jc

 

 

 

"jbclem" <jbclem1@charter.net> wrote in message

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> I'm trying to install Norton Antivirus Corporate edition and keep getting

> this error 1906: failed to cache package. According to Microsoft.com this

> is a problem with the Windows Installer and

> "This error usually occurs when 10 or more merge modules are used. " Also

> "This error is caused by reaching a limit associated with the total number

> of characters in the cabinet file names."

>

> Microsoft.com also states: " Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in

> the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. "

> And they say "This problem was corrected in Windows 2000."

>

> Here's the funny thing...I'm using Windows 2000 SP4 and the problem is

still

> occuring.

>

> Does anyone know a solution for this problem. Is there a newer Windows

> Installer that might work? I'd like to find the fix to this rather than

> manually opening up all the cab files...I have a lot of software to

> reinstall and doing it manual would take a lot of time.

>

> jc

>

>

[Guest Meinolf Weber]

Re: Error 1906 When Installing a Windows Installer Package

 

Hello jbclem,

 

Install this one and try again:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=889482fc-5f56-4a38-b838-de776fd4138c

 

Best regards

 

Meinolf Weber

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> error 1906: failed to cache package

>

[Guest Meinolf Weber]

Re: Error 1906 When Installing a Windows Installer Package

 

Hello jbclem,

 

Check this one out:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822798

 

Best regards

 

Meinolf Weber

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> I just tried installed Windows Installer 3.1. I get this error

> message during the installation: "setup could not verify the integrity

> of the file Update.inf. Make sure the Cryptographic service is

> running on this computer."

>

> Checking on this, Microsoft.com has a long set of possible

> resolutions, 9 different ones to try to get Cryptographic service

> running. What is this crap...I've been using Win2000 for years, and

> have installed this same Norton Antivirus Corp Edition on two other

> computers with Win2000 and never had this problem.

>

> I'd sure appreciate it if someone knows a simple solution that won't

> involve hours of my time.

>

> Thanks, jc

>

> "jbclem" <jbclem1@charter.net> wrote in message

> news:0Q3lk.3863$Zv3.1560@newsfe01.iad...

>> I'm trying to install Norton Antivirus Corporate edition and keep

>> getting

>> this error 1906: failed to cache package. According to Microsoft.com

>> this

>> is a problem with the Windows Installer and

>> "This error usually occurs when 10 or more merge modules are used. "

>> Also

>> "This error is caused by reaching a limit associated with the total

>> number

>> of characters in the cabinet file names."

>> Microsoft.com also states: " Microsoft has confirmed that this is a

>> bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of

>> this article. " And they say "This problem was corrected in Windows

>> 2000."

>>

>> Here's the funny thing...I'm using Windows 2000 SP4 and the problem

>> is

>>

> still

>

>> occuring.

>>

>> Does anyone know a solution for this problem. Is there a newer

>> Windows Installer that might work? I'd like to find the fix to this

>> rather than manually opening up all the cab files...I have a lot of

>> software to reinstall and doing it manual would take a lot of time.

>>

>> jc

>>

[Guest jbclem]

Re: Error 1906 When Installing a Windows Installer Package

 

I found the solution to this problem, at least on my computer. I

uninstalled a recent install named Windows Application Accelerator...I think

it was part of a Win2000 SP4 re-install, although I'm not positive. That

took care of this problem, as well as a "Crytographic Services are not

working" (or something similar); both problem were preventing me from

installing any new program that was large enough to be compressed in .cab

files.

 

Hope this helps someone else. What a pain... and the only solutions I'd

found were to spend an hour following proceedures on a Microsoft

site...which didn't work in my case.

 

jc

 

 

 

 

 

"jbclem" <jbclem1@charter.net> wrote in message

news:0Q3lk.3863$Zv3.1560@newsfe01.iad...

> I'm trying to install Norton Antivirus Corporate edition and keep getting

> this error 1906: failed to cache package. According to Microsoft.com this

> is a problem with the Windows Installer and

> "This error usually occurs when 10 or more merge modules are used. " Also

> "This error is caused by reaching a limit associated with the total number

> of characters in the cabinet file names."

>

> Microsoft.com also states: " Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in

> the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. "

> And they say "This problem was corrected in Windows 2000."

>

> Here's the funny thing...I'm using Windows 2000 SP4 and the problem is

still

> occuring.

>

> Does anyone know a solution for this problem. Is there a newer Windows

> Installer that might work? I'd like to find the fix to this rather than

> manually opening up all the cab files...I have a lot of software to

> reinstall and doing it manual would take a lot of time.

>

> jc

>

>

[Guest jbclem]

Re: Error 1906 When Installing a Windows Installer Package

 

Thanks for the suggestions, Meinoff. I found the solution as you can see in

my other message.

 

jc

 

 

"Meinolf Weber" <meiweb(nospam)@gmx.de> wrote in message

news:ff16fb66a55bb8cac30b580ec6ab@msnews.microsoft.com...

> Hello jbclem,

>

> Install this one and try again:

>

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=8894

82fc-5f56-4a38-b838-de776fd4138c

>

> Best regards

>

> Meinolf Weber

> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and

confers

> no rights.

> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups

> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm

>

> > error 1906: failed to cache package

> >

>

>

[Guest jbclem]

Re: Error 1906 When Installing a Windows Installer Package

 

 

I mispoke about one thing...the "Crytographic Services are not working"

error came when I tried to install the latest version of Windows Installer,

which I was doing in an effort to fix the original problem.

 

 

"jbclem" <jbclem1@charter.net> wrote in message

news:2wXwk.38613$Fr1.15591@newsfe03.iad...

> I found the solution to this problem, at least on my computer. I

> uninstalled a recent install named Windows Application Accelerator...I

think

> it was part of a Win2000 SP4 re-install, although I'm not positive. That

> took care of this problem, as well as a "Crytographic Services are not

> working" (or something similar); both problem were preventing me from

> installing any new program that was large enough to be compressed in .cab

> files.

>

> Hope this helps someone else. What a pain... and the only solutions I'd

> found were to spend an hour following proceedures on a Microsoft

> site...which didn't work in my case.

>

> jc

>

>

>

>

>

> "jbclem" <jbclem1@charter.net> wrote in message

> news:0Q3lk.3863$Zv3.1560@newsfe01.iad...

> > I'm trying to install Norton Antivirus Corporate edition and keep

getting

> > this error 1906: failed to cache package. According to Microsoft.com

this

> > is a problem with the Windows Installer and

> > "This error usually occurs when 10 or more merge modules are used. "

Also

> > "This error is caused by reaching a limit associated with the total

number

> > of characters in the cabinet file names."

> >

> > Microsoft.com also states: " Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug

in

> > the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

"

> > And they say "This problem was corrected in Windows 2000."

> >

> > Here's the funny thing...I'm using Windows 2000 SP4 and the problem is

> still

> > occuring.

> >

> > Does anyone know a solution for this problem. Is there a newer Windows

> > Installer that might work? I'd like to find the fix to this rather than

> > manually opening up all the cab files...I have a lot of software to

> > reinstall and doing it manual would take a lot of time.

> >

> > jc

> >

> >

>

>