A: This error usually indicates that you have the
"Restrict CD-ROM access to locally logged on user only" system
security option turned on.
To confirm this condition, launch
Registry Editor,
expand "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE", then "Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon".
Do you have a string named "AllocateCDRoms"? If it shows 1, all
installations from CD are likely to fail unless they copy to an
intermediate hard disk location first. Many installers do this
by default, but the original Amiga Forever 2008 installer was
designed to optimize disk use, and therefore avoided the
intermediate copy.
To resolve the issue you can choose any one of these methods:
- Copy the CD content to hard disk, and then install from
there
- Set the AllocateCDRoms value to 0, then reinstall (a
reboot may be required if the error persists)
- Use the installer provided in the downloable CD image,
which is newer than the one on the CD, and has the issue
resolved
The technical explanation for this problem is that the
"Restrict CD-ROM access to locally logged on user only" policy
restricts access to the CD to you only, preventing other users
from reading files on the CD. Because the Windows Installer
service runs as the "Local System" user, the original Amiga
Forever 2008 Plus Edition installer cannot copy files from the
CD. In a newer version of the installer this has been resolved
by means of an automatic temporary hard disk copy.
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