Microsoft KB Archive/315091

= Error Message: Inf Install Failure. Reason: No Signature File Was Present in the Subject =

Article ID: 315091

Article Last Modified on 1/31/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 2
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 2

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This article was previously published under Q315091



SYMPTOMS
When you try to update the system component, you may receive the following error message:

Inf Install Failure. Reason: No signature file was present in the subject.

After you click OK on this error message dialog box, Setup does not work.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack

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

  Date       Time   Version        Size     File name --  04-Jan-02  13:48  5.0.2195.4806  592,144  Setupapi.dll



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 2000 Service Pack 3.



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about how to obtain a hotfix for Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

265173 The Datacenter Program and Windows 2000 Datacenter Server Product

For additional information about how to install multiple hotfixes with only one reboot, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

296861 Use QChain.exe to Install Multiple Hotfixes with One Reboot

Additional query words: kbSetup

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbwin2000presp3fix kbqfe kbwin2000sp3fix kbenv kbsetup kbhotfixserver KB315091

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