Windows ME

I recently purchase a piece of software that I couldn't
load. I get an error message "Error-File not found
1$#&*...This file is required by Setup." The "1$#&*" just
that--a garbled group of characters that changed every
time I tried to load the software from the CD.
The software company says that I may have to reinstall
Windows. What do I have to do to do this 'n' will I loose
everything on my computer.
Thanks,
RS

I would suggest that you ask the software company for a refund - it their
software can't decide what it needs to install, then it's not worth
installing!!

You may have a virus/spyware hijack

download the Stinger from here and run it to make sure that A-V-disabling
viruses are not present on your PC
http://download.nai.com/products/mca...rt/stinger.exe

- update your virus scanner and run a full system scan of all files.

Reboot to Safe Mode and run CWShredder - to remove variants of the
CoolWebSearch hijacker.
http://www.merijn.org/cwschronicles.html

Use CWShredder, the removal tool:
http://www.merijn.org/files/cwshredder.zip
http://www.merijn.org/files/CWShredder.exe
http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads...CWShredder.exe
http://www.zerosrealm.com/downloads/CWShredder.zip

download AdAware from www.lavasoftusa.com, install, update, and run it to
remove spyware, adware,
and other such nasties from your system.


--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
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"RS" wrote in message
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I recently purchase a piece of software that I couldn't
load. I get an error message "Error-File not found
1$#&*...This file is required by Setup." The "1$#&*" just
that--a garbled group of characters that changed every
time I tried to load the software from the CD.
The software company says that I may have to reinstall
Windows. What do I have to do to do this 'n' will I loose
everything on my computer.
Thanks,
RS