After creating a new batch of CDs, they were tested on a couple of our systems and this error was still there. After a lot of testing I have found out that this error is not caused by a bad CD or a corrupt data.cab file but rather by a bug introduced into Microsoft Windows XP SP1 and in one of their Windows Updates. This might affect Windows 2000 also, I'm not sure. This error currently effects many other programs as well such as installing Microsoft Office 2000 on Windows XP and products by Sony. I hope that Microsoft will eventually fix this in one of their next Windows Updates.
I have removed my previous post about sending replacement CDs to everyone who ordered this past month, that will not be happening because this is not a CD error and the batch of CDs produces the same errors on Windows XP.
Fortunetely before Microsoft fixes this error, there is a way around it. I have found a sollution to this problem on the Sony web site
http://sony.storagesupport.com/cgi-bin/sonysupport.cgi/2DrEtF1Qt7=14J3aBwCXDSidj5adkAMm/faq/view/494 I have added this text to
http://www.zabaware.com/assistant/trouble.html and I'll post it here as well:
1. Click Start and then click Run.
2. In the Open box, type msconfig and then click OK.
3. On the BOOT.INI tab, click Advanced Options.
4. In the BOOT.INI Advanced Options dialog box, select the /MAXMEM= check box, and then change the setting to 256 (or lower if your computer has less RAM).
5. Click OK to close the BOOT.INI Advanced Options dialog box.
6. In the System Configuration Utility dialog box, click Apply.
7. Click OK to close the System Configuration Utility dialog box.
8. Click Restart to the following message: You must restart your computer for some of the changes made by System Configuration to take effect.
9. After you restart your computer, install.
10. After you install, follow steps 1 through 8 to clear the /MAXMEM= check box.
Robert Medeksza