"The system cannot open the device or file specified..."

Whether I download the file or install it on line, I get the above error.
If I click retry it just keeps giving the same error. If I click cancel I
get the message:
"The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package.
This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2755."

I then click on OK and then 'finish' and I get the message box 'MSN
messenger set-up has failed with error code 1603......'

But however many times I download the file it is the same result. It all
started because I could log in with my .NET password on the .NET site but
when I tried to use messenger I always got the 'cannot connect' message when
there was actually nothing wrong. I therefore uninstalled version 5 and
downloaded version 6. First attempts at set-up said I did not have
sufficient permissions on 'c:\config...'. but when I looked there was no
such file anywhere so I uninstalled and downloaded the new version. Now I
get the error in the subject line. I have also set full control to all
users and system on everything on C: and subdirectories. Still no joy. Any
ideas?

Suggestions appreciated.

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Shadow
Mon Sep 08 21:47:54 CDT 2003

If your systems a win98 version, you'll have to do an update of the
Windows installer here:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=f1b7a5b0-611b-45a7-
a06d-cadff33e64da&DisplayLang=en

if yours is an XP or win2000, there may be an update to the installer, or
you'll have to do other updates to then get it to install correctly, though
I'm not sure what updates that will be needed for those systems.

"SQL DBA" <Wyatt@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
news:3f5cf4d6$0$259$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com...
> Whether I download the file or install it on line, I get the above error.
> If I click retry it just keeps giving the same error. If I click cancel I
> get the message:
> "The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this
package.
> This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2755."
>
> I then click on OK and then 'finish' and I get the message box 'MSN
> messenger set-up has failed with error code 1603......'
>
> But however many times I download the file it is the same result. It all
> started because I could log in with my .NET password on the .NET site but
> when I tried to use messenger I always got the 'cannot connect' message
when
> there was actually nothing wrong. I therefore uninstalled version 5 and
> downloaded version 6. First attempts at set-up said I did not have
> sufficient permissions on 'c:\config...'. but when I looked there was no
> such file anywhere so I uninstalled and downloaded the new version. Now I
> get the error in the subject line. I have also set full control to all
> users and system on everything on C: and subdirectories. Still no joy.
Any
> ideas?
>
> Suggestions appreciated.
>
> --
>
>
>