Setup package keeps wanting reboots and doesn't finish

[Sashanan2]

I've finished up a VB6 database application using MS Access, and created a setup package to install it on several client systems (various Windows versions, most XP like my development computer though). When I run the setup package, it starts out by installing seven files - .dlls mostly - before the actual phase of choosing a folder for the application to be installed to begins.

However, on several systems, the setup package calls for a reboot to update "out of date system files" after the first seven files are installed. Setup won't let me continue unless I allow it to reboot. If I do, and run the setup again afterwards, it does exactly the same thing again. It installs the files it already did and wants another reboot.

This has happened so far on all the computers I've been able to test it out on in the company. On my home computer, also XP, it works fine; goes through the first files once and then on with the rest of the setup like it should. The development computer here at the company gives no trouble either. Both of those systems have VB installed on them, though, so that might be the reason why it isn't getting stuck.

What could be causing my problem? I don't get any error messages during the installation, just the forced reboots, so I don't really know where to look.

 

[zemp]

See my post in Thread222-445231.

zemp

 

[Sashanan2]

Thanks for your help! Found that I either had to make sure that all machines ran the same Windows version (which would be XP SP2), or that I'd have to use a rather sneaky workaround involving registry changes and hex editing to disable Windows File Protection. Fortunately, I got permission for the former.