Microsoft KB Archive/210888

= Err Msg: Line of the Inf Is Corrupt or Invalid... =

Article ID: 210888

Article Last Modified on 2/20/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition

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This article was previously published under Q210888



SYMPTOMS
During an unattended upgrade from Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 to Windows 2000, you may receive the following error message

Line nnnn of the Inf is corrupt or invalid. Setup cannot continue.

where nnnn is the number of the damaged or invalid line.



CAUSE
This problem can occur if the unattended answer file contains the following lines:

[OEM_ADS]

Banner=""Windows 2000 Unattended Install Banner Message""



RESOLUTION
To work around this problem, disable the lines before running Windows 2000 Setup. To do so, open the unattended answer file using a text editor (such as Notepad), type a semicolon at the beginning of each line, and then save and close the file.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft Windows 2000.

Additional query words: 5.00

Keywords: kberrmsg kbnofix kbprb kbsetup KB210888

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