Article ID: 250027
Article Last Modified on 1/27/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
This article was previously published under Q250027
SYMPTOMS
When you install Windows Millennium Edition (Me) from a network share that is longer than eight characters you receive the following error message:
When you click OK the message below appears:
WORKAROUND
To work around this issue, map a network drive to the installation point or create a shortcut to the Setup.exe file, adding the following switch at the end of the command line, as in the following sample:
\\machinename\sharename\Setup.exe /is
This disables real-mode scandisk and stops it from running.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition.
Keywords: kberrmsg kbfaq kbprb kbsetup KB250027