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Setup could not verify integrity of file

August 31, 2003 Aug 31, 2003 08/31/03
Raymond Chen
When you try to install a patch, you may get the error message "Setup could not verify integrity of file. Make sure the cryptographic service is running." This typically means that the signature catalog has been corrupted. There was a patch to fix this problem, but of course if you haven'...

What are those little overlay icons?

August 27, 2003 Aug 27, 2003 08/27/03
Raymond Chen
Windows XP ships with a number of icon overlays. The black clock is particularly baffling because you sometimes see it even if your system is not equipped with Hierarchical Storage Management. When this happens, it's because some program (...