You may be wondering what it means, and more importantly how to fix it. What appears to be the sole cause of this error is your versions not matching up between your Flex/AIR SDK and the AIR application descriptor file. This can happen after you update/reinstall Flash Builder, or the SDK folder manually.

The fix is pretty easy: Just open your AIR descriptor file(generally the only XML file in the project src folder) and change the xmlns to the current version of the SDK you are using(1.5.3 => 2.0 for instance). See screenshot below for an example(warning: it’s big):

1. (Re)start the Windows Installer service
   1. Right-click on Computer
   2. Click Manage
   3. Expand Services and Applications
   4. Select Services
   5. Scroll down to “Windows Installer”
   6. Right-click or double-click on it and make sure it is started and NOT disabled
2. Run “sfc /scannow” from a command prompt as Administrator
   1. Should see something like: windows resource protection found some corrupt files but was unable to fix them
      1. Check the log to see if the problem is a corrupt file such as “msi.dll”
         1. Do this by searching for “cannot repair”
      2. If that is the case you can restore this file from the Windows DVD by:
         1. Insert the Windows DVD in the drive, cancel the autorun if it pops up
         2. Open 7-zip and browse to “install.wim” in the DVD:\Sources folder (open it)
         3. Inside you will find numbered folders corresponding to the windows version, open yours:

            1=Home Basic

            2=Home Premium

            3=Professional

            4=Ultimate

         4. Browse to the folder for the version you have installed, and you can copy/extract the file(s) you need. In my case I needed “msi.dll” in the #\Windows\System32 folder
         5. Note that if you are restoring a sensitive file such as this that you have to take ownership of the original file to rename/remove it before you can restore this file from the DVD, and ideally set the restored file back to the original owner and permission.
         6. Also note that the “msi.dll” file is owned by “TrustedInstaller”, so if you are getting a security error you need to take ownership of the file to replace it and then restore TrustedInstaller as the owner. If you can’t find it when you “check” the name use “NT SERVICE\TrustedInstaller”
3. Restore an earlier restore point(not verified to work but try it..)
4. Run the repair option from the installer DVD
5. Reinstall Windows

Hope this helps someone.

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" 
    layout="absolute"
    width="600" height="588"
    applicationComplete="start()">
    <mx:HDividedBox id="divBox" 
    	height="100%" width="99%"
    	liveDragging="true"
    	doubleClickEnabled="true">
          <mx:Canvas width="50%">
          		<mx:Text text="Some example text" />
          </mx:Canvas>
          <mx:Canvas width="50%">
          		<mx:Text text="Some example text" />
	      </mx:Canvas>
     </mx:HDividedBox>
     <mx:Script>
          <![CDATA[
               private function start():void {
                    divBox.getDividerAt(0).addEventListener(MouseEvent.DOUBLE_CLICK, handleDoubleClick);
               }
 
               private function handleDoubleClick(e:MouseEvent):void {
                    Alert.show('Event captured!');
               }
          ]]>
     </mx:Script>
</mx:Application>

The specific resolution was to enable liveDragging and add the event to the divider itself(most people try to set it on the doubleClick property of the DividerBox).

Hopefully this post will be helpful to some people out there with the same issue!

To run as administrator you have a couple of options.. if you’re running a home version of Vista, you might not have some of them:

1. Right-click on the Shortcut or game executable and click Run as Administrator
2. Right-click on the game executable and Click Properties->Compatibility->Check the “Run as Administrator” box, Apply
3. Right-click on the Shortcut, Click the “Shortcut” tab->Advanced, Check the “Run as Administrator” box, Apply

Now, with that said, none of these would work properly for me. The only solution I could find that would work is downloading this update from PunkBuster, adding my game, and hitting Update. Once updated the game ran fine without giving it extra privileges.

Good luck!

Microsoft’s patch was a response to a security hole that could allow an attacker to steal passwords from your computer using a drive-by download initiated on an infected site you might visit, or be sent to. Every version of IE, from IE5 to IE8 beta 2 is affected, so you should update immediately if you don’t use Automatic updates(or if you have it set for a long time in between updates).

Firefox versions 2 and 3 both had patches released too, though the security flaws fixed in FF were unrelated to the IE security flaw. So make sure you grab the latest version of either of those as well. Mozilla says this will be the last update to the 2.x codebase of Firefox.

Even if you don’t use either FF or IE as your primary browser, if you have either installed, update them immediately.