Boot Camp help: Windows Installer problem

[jotadeo]

So, got my MBP today. A day earlier than expected!!! (Ordered it on Friday, it shipped Saturday and got here at 10 am today...even with a small credit card snafu and all the way from China, no less).

Anyway, I've got Boot Camp up and running with Windoze XP. Everything has gone swell up till the point of installing the windows drivers. When I put in the cd with the drivers it does the autorun thing and right away it says, "this package requires a newer version of the Windows Installer. Do you want to update the version of the Windows Installer on your system?" If I say no, it cancels the installation process, of course. If I say yes, it comes back with another dialog box saying, "The required resource 'UPDATE' is missing."

Any suggestions? I appreciate the help.
jdo

 

[SteveG4Cube]

Did you use XP SP2?

 

[jotadeo]

Did you use XP SP2?

I thought it was SP2, but I just went booted it up in VirtualPC on my mac mini and I only see MS Windows XP in system properties. Hmmmmm...I thought I needed SP2 for VPC as well. I'll see if I can download it.

I thought of looking at that, but I was fairly sure that it was SP2. Thanks for setting me straight!
jdo

 

[operator]

I had the same problem yesterday, and it was caused by using a Windows disc without SP2. I tried a SP2 version today, and it worked perfectly.

 

[jotadeo]

I had the same problem yesterday, and it was caused by using a Windows disc without SP2. I tried a SP2 version today, and it worked perfectly.

I'd like to try it with SP2, but I don't think that my copy of XP is on the up and up. A guy I know sold me his old PC with XP on it and gave me an install disc on a burned CD...someone had built the computer for him, so it's quite possible that it's not so legal. I'm not sure how to check it out since I can't connect to the internet through XP running in Boot Camp.

I may have SP2 on the old PC, but I'd rather not deal with that hunk o' crap and I wouldn't know how to get that onto a cd or if it's even possible...???

Any suggestions?
jdo