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[Tomasz Wolniewicz <twoln AT umk.pl>]

Such a situation may happen when something wrong happens during the
installer signing. I will try to locate the faulty installer and delete
it from the cache, the new one should be fine. Will let you know when
this is done.

Tomasz Wolniewicz


W dniu 19.07.2019 o 16:16, Robert Franklin pisze:
> Hello,
>
> We had a problem with our Windows 7 installer, first reported on 16th July 
> (i.e. Tuesday) displaying an error dialog when run, stating:
>
>   Installer integrity check has failed.  Common causes include
>   incomplete download and damaged media.  Contact the
>   installer's author to obtain a new copy.
>
>   More information at:
>   http://nsis.sf.net/NSIS_Error
>
> This error occurred each time it was downloaded and run, on multiple 
> different machines (including ones with only the built in Windows 
> anti-virus software, so I don't think any third party anti-virus software 
> is to blame).
>
> We didn't have this issue with our Windows 10 installer (although the error 
> will be displayed on Windows 10, if you mistakenly use the Windows 7 
> installer on it).
>
>
> I found some emails from 23rd October 2017 saying this had happened in the 
> past which suggested a corrupt version may have been downloaded.
>
> In our case, I went to the CAT page for the installer and edited the 
> profile, made no changes but then saved it.  After doing this, the 
> downloads all succeed, on the same machines, with an installer that is 10kB 
> larger (same as the previous report).  My suspicion is that a corrupt 
> installer was created and cached and editing the profile forced a rebuild - 
> I don't think the client machine was to blame as all the affected machines 
> are now working.
>
> I have a copy of the installer before and after it being fixed, if they're 
> of interest - the last broken one downloaded at 14:51 BST (GMT+01) today 
> (19th July - Friday) and the fixed one at 14:52.  Are they of interest to 
> investigate this or is it just a spurious problem?
>
>   - Bob
>
>
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