<font color=pink>I beleive awhile back i posted this in the BG2 forum, but my question didnt really get answered. My problem and question is this:

I have BG2, and have downloaded the patch. However, when i try to install the patch, it says: The contents of this file could not be unpacked. The executable you are attempting to run has been corrupted. Please obtain another copy of the file, verify its integrity, and try again.

Ive downloaded the patch 3 different times now, same message every time. So what is my CPU missing that prevents me from unpacking my patch? And what can i do to fix it? </font>

Id suspect either that the site has a corrupt copy (rare, but possible), or your downloading a patch for a different OS.

Try using a different link to get the patch.

<font color=pink>Im almost positive its not the place im getting it, because i tried to install a similar program, and it gave me the same message</font>

Odd, very Odd. Its highly unlikly its your CPU, but just for the hell of it, post your specs.

And while your doing that ill go see if i can think of any other probems. Its a straight EXE extractor IIRC?

I too think it's unlikely to be your CPU. Could be a bad sector on your HDD - try running Scandisk (overnight if you have a large disk, my 10 Gb disk took 2 hours - and put a check in the auto-repair box, and disable any power-down or standby functions on your PC)

[ 05-25-2002, 04:30 PM: Message edited by: Epona ]

<font color=pink>Everything u just said went right over my head. Tell me where i can find my specs and i'l post them [img]tongue.gif[/img] [img]tongue.gif[/img]

And you may have to explain what an EXE extractor IIRC is</font>

Your specifications would normaly be on a sheet that came with your computer. Dont need most of them, this dosent sound like a hardware problem.

And EXE extractor - usualy called a self-extractor - is simply a program that contains compressed data and it own decompression routine. I hate em, WInZip is good enough for me.

Bad sector on the HDD dosent sound to likley given the amount of swap-files windows has, but do the scan anyway.

OH, and a severe virus could be corrupting the EXE before it can be run, but a virus that severe would probably me showing up in other places. A scan may be in order - and get up-to-date definitions for it as well.

<font color=Orange>I'd just give up, LB. Oh and did you get my pm?</font>

True, but running scandisk today sorted out a few of my problems! Always worth doing occassionally.

<font color=pink>Dont wanna give up! I need this damn patch so i can play online with my friend! And hes not willing to reinstall it with the old patch! And yes i gots ur PM, check yours. And i didnt buy this CPU, so i dont know where my dad put the specs [img]tongue.gif[/img] </font>

<font color=pink>Well i tried scandisc and it didnt fix anything. My friend thought i might b missing some command files, so he sent me PKUNZIP, ZIP, and UNZIP, but it still doesnt work. He said that if he knew what the patch changed the windows registry to, he could tell me how to do it. Anyone know? </font>

If you're having the same problems when installing other applications I would guess your system (Windows?) may have some corrupt files. Windows 98 and up have a utility called system file checker which as the name suggests will check all required system files on your computer to ensure they are working well. Depending on your version, it may be located in different places, but System Tools would be a good folder to look in. If that doesn't work try putting the exact error message in a search engine such as google. I'm quite sure someone out there has had the same problem. It's not a hardware problem though, so don't worry about that.

<font color=pink>Ya im guessing there are corrupt files. I'll check for them, thanks 4 the suggestion. If that still doesnt work i think i'll go insane</font>

In my opinion Windows 9x (95,98,98SE and ME) are quite unstable and really should be reinstalled every year to keep them clean and happy. If that's not possible good routine maintenance will keep things running reasonable well. If your not yet running a version of XP on a machine over 500MHZ, you should be. I used to reinstall 98SE every year because it became so garbled, but running XP Pro this is a fantastic operating system! Good luck getting the patch to work.

<font color=pink>Actually this CPU is only half a year old, Win98. I did the system file checky thingy and all it came up with was setupx.dll...so i tried to restore it but it could find file...ok whatever! So im lost now :( </font>