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Just a heads up, I had installed the first beta to see what it was like.
I then decided I would see what the second beta was like.
It informed me I had to uninstall the first beta first from the control
panel add/remove software, that seemed simple.

I then started the installation of the second beta preview.
I had taken snapshots with system restore before this and before
installing beta 1 also.

Anyway part way through the installation I get an error box "access
denied" and the only thing I could click was ok, the system then rebooted.

I cannot run IE, it won't let me uninstall it as it gives me some error
telling me to uninstall as the user who installed it (which of course I
am) tried as administrator too but no joy. I cannot reinstall it as it
says it is already there, I cannot install an older version as it says
there is a newer version already there, windows update of course doesn't
work, along with outlook etc etc..

Ok so i try system restore.. no, now that errors out too...

Am I alone? no, a quick search on google finds others with the same
problem....and they tried many tricks to get it sorted but in the end
had to do fresh installs or windows repairs..

Great that system restore is so flakey

I guess it was about time for a fresh install of windows anyway

"Nova" <> wrote in message
news:43ea6824$...
> Just a heads up, I had installed the first beta to see what it was like.
> I then decided I would see what the second beta was like.
> It informed me I had to uninstall the first beta first from the control
> panel add/remove software, that seemed simple.
>
> I then started the installation of the second beta preview.
> I had taken snapshots with system restore before this and before
> installing beta 1 also.
>
> Anyway part way through the installation I get an error box "access
> denied" and the only thing I could click was ok, the system then rebooted.
>
> I cannot run IE, it won't let me uninstall it as it gives me some error
> telling me to uninstall as the user who installed it (which of course I
> am) tried as administrator too but no joy. I cannot reinstall it as it
> says it is already there, I cannot install an older version as it says
> there is a newer version already there, windows update of course doesn't
> work, along with outlook etc etc..
>
> Ok so i try system restore.. no, now that errors out too...
>
> Am I alone? no, a quick search on google finds others with the same
> problem....and they tried many tricks to get it sorted but in the end had
> to do fresh installs or windows repairs..
>
> Great that system restore is so flakey
>
> I guess it was about time for a fresh install of windows anyway

Thats always the risk you run with you install beta software :-p
esp if it comes from microsoft *lol*

KB

On Thu, 09 Feb 2006 10:42:36 +1300, Nova wrote:

> I cannot run IE, it won't let me uninstall it as it gives me some error
> telling me to uninstall as the user who installed it (which of course I
> am) tried as administrator too but no joy. I cannot reinstall it as it
> says it is already there, I cannot install an older version as it says
> there is a newer version already there, windows update of course doesn't
> work, along with outlook etc etc..
>
> Ok so i try system restore.. no, now that errors out too...

Now it's really unusual that all this should happen after installing a
Micro$oft browser.

I mean... Micro$oft's software is such good software... nothing usually
goes wrong as a result of using Micro$oft software.

Yeah right!!

When you put a new OS on that computer, how about trying something better
than Micro$oft Windows?


Heisse Kapiti Trinken

--
Adam L. Penenberg: "The next time Bill G. promises to make software that is
so fundamentally secure that customers never have to worry about it, ask him
what decade he plans to release it."

"Krazy Bob" <> wrote in message
news:1%tGf.137723$...
>
> "Nova" <> wrote in message
> news:43ea6824$...
>> Just a heads up, I had installed the first beta to see what it was like.
>> I then decided I would see what the second beta was like.
>> It informed me I had to uninstall the first beta first from the control
>> panel add/remove software, that seemed simple.
>>
>> I then started the installation of the second beta preview.
>> I had taken snapshots with system restore before this and before
>> installing beta 1 also.
>>
>> Anyway part way through the installation I get an error box "access
>> denied" and the only thing I could click was ok, the system then
>> rebooted.
>>
>> I cannot run IE, it won't let me uninstall it as it gives me some error
>> telling me to uninstall as the user who installed it (which of course I
>> am) tried as administrator too but no joy. I cannot reinstall it as it
>> says it is already there, I cannot install an older version as it says
>> there is a newer version already there, windows update of course doesn't
>> work, along with outlook etc etc..
>>
>> Ok so i try system restore.. no, now that errors out too...
>>
>> Am I alone? no, a quick search on google finds others with the same
>> problem....and they tried many tricks to get it sorted but in the end had
>> to do fresh installs or windows repairs..
>>
>> Great that system restore is so flakey
>>
>> I guess it was about time for a fresh install of windows anyway
>
> Thats always the risk you run with you install beta software :-p
> esp if it comes from microsoft *lol*
>
Yeah, lucky you were doing it on your development system right?


-KENT

Heisse Kapiti Trinken wrote:

> On Thu, 09 Feb 2006 10:42:36 +1300, Nova wrote:
>
>> I cannot run IE, it won't let me uninstall it as it gives me some error
>> telling me to uninstall as the user who installed it (which of course I
>> am) tried as administrator too but no joy. I cannot reinstall it as it
>> says it is already there, I cannot install an older version as it says
>> there is a newer version already there, windows update of course doesn't
>> work, along with outlook etc etc..
>>
>> Ok so i try system restore.. no, now that errors out too...
>
> Now it's really unusual that all this should happen after installing a
> Micro$oft browser.
>
> I mean... Micro$oft's software is such good software... nothing usually
> goes wrong as a result of using Micro$oft software.
>
> Yeah right!!
>
> When you put a new OS on that computer, how about trying something better
> than Micro$oft Windows?
>
>
> Heisse Kapiti Trinken

Why the "$" sign in the name "Microsoft"? A tad immature I think, Mr
Undeniably Sluttish. People should use whatever OS they want to use.

Allistar.

On Thu, 09 Feb 2006 14:51:31 +1300, Allistar wrote:

> People should use whatever OS they want to use.

Of course they should. And why would anyone actually *want* to use
Micro$oft Windows?


A Nice Cup of Tea

--
Adam L. Penenberg: "The next time Bill G. promises to make software that is
so fundamentally secure that customers never have to worry about it, ask him
what decade he plans to release it."

Heisse Kapiti Trinken wrote:
> On Thu, 09 Feb 2006 10:42:36 +1300, Nova wrote:
>
>> I cannot run IE, it won't let me uninstall it as it gives me some error
>> telling me to uninstall as the user who installed it (which of course I
>> am) tried as administrator too but no joy. I cannot reinstall it as it
>> says it is already there, I cannot install an older version as it says
>> there is a newer version already there, windows update of course doesn't
>> work, along with outlook etc etc..
>>
>> Ok so i try system restore.. no, now that errors out too...
>
> Now it's really unusual that all this should happen after installing a
> Micro$oft browser.
>
> I mean... Micro$oft's software is such good software... nothing usually
> goes wrong as a result of using Micro$oft software.
>
> Yeah right!!
>
> When you put a new OS on that computer, how about trying something better
> than Micro$oft Windows?
>
>
> Heisse Kapiti Trinken
>

Heh, I think this is a pretty big screwup for a beta, I knew it was a
beta and so expected there to be bugs, I didn't expect it to basically
bring down major parts of the OS and result in having to reinstall
entirely, even the repair didn't work in the end..

Changing the OS just can't be done, too much software that I _need_ and
_like_ to run requires windows..

But yes at times like this i wish there was more support on other OS's

A Nice Cup of Tea wrote:

> On Thu, 09 Feb 2006 14:51:31 +1300, Allistar wrote:
>
>> People should use whatever OS they want to use.
>
> Of course they should. And why would anyone actually *want* to use
> Micro$oft Windows?

Because they aren't aware of any alternatives, and no alternatives are
available when they buy their computer from Harvey Norman or Noel Leemings.

> A Nice Cup of Tea

Allistar.

Nova <> wrote in news:43ea6824$:

> Just a heads up, I had installed the first beta to see what it was like.

In a virtual machine?
If not, be prepared to FDISK.
This is clearly stated all over the place. IE is part of Windows since
above windows 95...

Anyways, did you like it? I would like to try it, but am quite happy with
a few plugins for firefox, and the web sites that don't work in FF, I just
open in IE. Right Click , open in IE. Done.

--
Ciao, Dave

Dave Taylor wrote:
> Nova <> wrote in news:43ea6824$:
>
>> Just a heads up, I had installed the first beta to see what it was like.
>
> In a virtual machine?
> If not, be prepared to FDISK.
> This is clearly stated all over the place. IE is part of Windows since
> above windows 95...
>
> Anyways, did you like it? I would like to try it, but am quite happy with
> a few plugins for firefox, and the web sites that don't work in FF, I just
> open in IE. Right Click , open in IE. Done.
>

It wasn't on an all important machine but thought I'd warn others.
It looks very nice though, I use Opera most of the time now and use IE
when I come across a site that doesn't work, but once ie7 goes non beta
I'll probably just start using that as it has everything I use opera for
in it.