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  • =?Utf-8?B?R3JlZw==?=

    Installation Problems

    I have no idea where to post this question, or even if its appropriate for me
    to post it here. I don't know if installing a VB.Net program has caused the
    problem I'm having or not. All I know is I did install a VB.Net program on my
    desktop computer and lately its been acting very strangely. It could also be
    the result of something else, but I'm not sure.

    The symptom I'm having is the following.

    When I start up my desktop computer I am prompted for a CD to complete an
    installation. I cannot tell what software is being completed, and I have no
    idea what to do to make this installation stop. Everytme I start my computer
    I am prompted to select a location to finish an installation. Like I say, I
    have no idea what to do to make this go away. How can I make an installation
    prompt go away. I currently have to click on the CANCEL button about a dozen
    times to make it go away. And, then afterwards my harddrive continues to spin
    for a very long time. It seems like my computer is trying to finish
    installing something.

    Like I say, it may not be appropirate to post this here as I have no idea if
    my VB.Net installation has caused this problem.

    If at a minium, could someone point me in the direction to find a solution
    to get this startup installation to stop showing up. I'm at a lose.

    Thanks.

    Greg
  • =?Utf-8?B?RmFtaWx5IFRyZWUgTWlrZQ==?=

    #2
    RE: Installation Problems



    "Greg" wrote:
    I have no idea where to post this question, or even if its appropriate for me
    to post it here. I don't know if installing a VB.Net program has caused the
    problem I'm having or not. All I know is I did install a VB.Net program on my
    desktop computer and lately its been acting very strangely. It could also be
    the result of something else, but I'm not sure.
    >
    The symptom I'm having is the following.
    >
    When I start up my desktop computer I am prompted for a CD to complete an
    installation. I cannot tell what software is being completed, and I have no
    idea what to do to make this installation stop. Everytme I start my computer
    I am prompted to select a location to finish an installation. Like I say, I
    have no idea what to do to make this go away. How can I make an installation
    prompt go away. I currently have to click on the CANCEL button about a dozen
    times to make it go away. And, then afterwards my harddrive continues to spin
    for a very long time. It seems like my computer is trying to finish
    installing something.
    >
    Like I say, it may not be appropirate to post this here as I have no idea if
    my VB.Net installation has caused this problem.
    >
    If at a minium, could someone point me in the direction to find a solution
    to get this startup installation to stop showing up. I'm at a lose.
    >
    Thanks.
    >
    Greg

    If you know where you got the product, you should contact them. Since you
    know it is a VB.Net application, you are ahead of most users. Short of that,
    you may want to try the Microsoft install cleanup utility to remove the
    application you are describing. If it helps, then you are better off. If it
    doesn't, then you need to look at other recent installs.

    You can find the utility here http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301.



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    • Steven Cheng[MSFT]

      #3
      RE: Installation Problems

      Hi Greg,

      I agree that the problem may be related to the VB.net program. However, it
      is really hard to get the root cause from the appearnce. Normally, you can
      do the following things for general testing:

      ** use regmon or filemon tool to trace whether there is any particular file
      access or reg access failures

      ** you can also uninstall the VB.NET program to see whether it goes well
      without it installed.

      For further detailed troubleshooting , I suggest you post in some windows
      platform specific newsgroups.

      Sincerely,

      Steven Cheng

      Microsoft MSDN Online Support Lead



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      >From: =?Utf-8?B?R3JlZw==?= <AccessVBAnet@n ewsgroups.nospa m>
      >Subject: Installation Problems
      >Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 10:35:01 -0800
      >
      >I have no idea where to post this question, or even if its appropriate for
      me
      >to post it here. I don't know if installing a VB.Net program has caused
      the
      >problem I'm having or not. All I know is I did install a VB.Net program on
      my
      >desktop computer and lately its been acting very strangely. It could also
      be
      >the result of something else, but I'm not sure.
      >
      >The symptom I'm having is the following.
      >
      >When I start up my desktop computer I am prompted for a CD to complete an
      >installation . I cannot tell what software is being completed, and I have
      no
      >idea what to do to make this installation stop. Everytme I start my
      computer
      >I am prompted to select a location to finish an installation. Like I say,
      I
      >have no idea what to do to make this go away. How can I make an
      installation
      >prompt go away. I currently have to click on the CANCEL button about a
      dozen
      >times to make it go away. And, then afterwards my harddrive continues to
      spin
      >for a very long time. It seems like my computer is trying to finish
      >installing something.
      >
      >Like I say, it may not be appropirate to post this here as I have no idea
      if
      >my VB.Net installation has caused this problem.
      >
      >If at a minium, could someone point me in the direction to find a solution
      >to get this startup installation to stop showing up. I'm at a lose.
      >
      >Thanks.
      >
      >Greg
      >

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