re: GDIPLUS.MAN error on installation
Monday, June 2, 2003 at 12:40 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Erik Tryggestad
(2 messages posted)
On Wednesday, December 25, 2002 at 5:41 pm, Loren wrote:
>On Sunday, December 8, 2002 at 5:34 am, Jmay wrote:
>Where did you get the file, gdiplus.dll?
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>
>I was having the exact same problem while trying to install Windows XP home on my
>daughter's computer (the upgrade was a Christmas gift for her). What I noticed
was
>that the CD rom drive was doing a lot of thrashing around as it was finishing up
>in the "copying files" mode. After the next restart, then the fatal error with
the
>"A component's file does not match the verification information" error. I had successfully
>installed another copy of XP on my computer a few months earlier, so I inserted
her
>disc into my drive and opened the GDIPLUS.MAN file in notepad. It opened easily
>and I was able to read the file. I then took the same CD down to her computer and
>did the same thing. The drive would thrash around a while and then open, but the
>file was jibberish. Her drive just couldn't read that CD, even though it read fine
>on my machine. So...I swapped CD rom drives with her and the install then went
fine
>from then on, with no problems, and I got it up and running.
>
>For some reason (copy protection, maybe?), some cd rom drives just can't read the
>CD correctly (her drive was about 2 years old, while mine is a new Sony). Probably
>by updating your CDrom drive, if it's a few years old, will get you around the problem
>also. Not sure this will help you, but it worked for me.
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