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Problems with Windows Installer Over Wireless Connection

Article ID: 309495 - View products that this article applies to.

This article was previously published under Q309495

SYMPTOMS

When you install a Microsoft Installer-based software Setup program over a wireless network connection, you may receive following error message:

Error 2229. An internal error has occurred

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CAUSE

This problem can be caused by unexpected network drop outs that the Windows Installer service did not handle.

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RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows XP. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

322389

(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322389/EN-US/ )

How to Obtain the Latest Windows XP Service Pack

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

   Date         Time   Version      Size       File name  Platform
   ---------------------------------------------------------------------
   12-Oct-2001  17:45  2.0.2600.15  1,994,752  Msi.dll    Intel
   12-Oct-2001  17:46  2.0.2600.15  6,044,160  Msi.dll    Itanium 64-bit

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STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows XP Service Pack 1.

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