cannot upgrade from SP0.1 to SP1.1

Could be something wrong with the CD or CD drive? So, try and copy E:\swwi\data\English_i386_Solidworks.Msi to your local (C:) drive, if it does copy over with no errors, point the installer towards it. If you can't copy the file or if it still gives you that error, it may be a corrupt *.Msi file? (btw, I don't think it would matter but, try to remove the read-only on the copied *.Msi file and see if that works?)

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i tired coping the file to my c:\ but still can't access it. i've also tried using another set of SW2005 cds and the same thing occurs, so it can't be the files being corrupt. any other suggestions?

Turn off any virus checking software running and also turn off your firewall (if you have one running).

You may need a patch from Microsoft. There is an issue with installing more that 3 SW service packs on a windows xp machine. Did you install a beta service pack from SW. If you have the error message it should give you a link to solve the problem. I had to call microsoft and give them the error and they e-mailed me a link to download the patch. Hope this helps-

I had the exact same problem! I never got the service pack installed. And..........when I went to 'Add/Remove Programs', I couldn't uninstall Solidworks either. It said something about a missing resource '.dll' file. I couldn't fix or repair it either. I ended up deleting all the files on my hard drive and then I had the tedious task of cleaning out the registry. Luckily, I have jv16-registry tool and it made the job very easy.

Instead of trying to install SP0.0 again and try applying the the latest SP, I used a set of CD's I just got for another seat of Solidworks we got. The CD's have SP1.1 on them already! That was nice, it installed without a hitch and now everything is working just fine.

Richard

Did you download 0.0 from SW or load it from CD? Are the CDs you have the same as the ones you are using now?

Did you try to copy on another computer? If this works, your CD drive is broken.

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do u still have the link? I read that my problem might be a Windows Installer problem for XP Pro SP 2.