today i REALLY HATE the VS2003 installer
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about 3 months after betting a new 80gig hard drive for my work machine, and nearly 3 months since getting MS Office 2003 to put on it (not sure if i care) i finally got a lull in my work load, so i was able to take out the old tiny hard drives and reformat. all went well, at first. i dug out the VS2003 CD's (from the middle of a pile) and what i thought was the correct CD key. everything installed perfectly, which i took to be a good sign. so i load VS2003 and am informed that the products key is missing or invalid, and that i should enter it. i muttered a slightly rude word and waited for the chance to enter the key. a box commenting about being windows installer popped up for about 4 seconds, and then both this installer box and VS close. totally. without a trace. :mad: i went through this cycle several times, threw in some reboots, etc, and still i got nowhere. due to our network being c**p the Internet is totally down, again, so no hope of looking online for any clues, plus i am being badgered to activate winXP and Office on a regular basis. i have pinned down i accidentally used the VS2002 key when i installed VS2003 :sigh: however this was accepted, and now i have no way of fixing this without spending ages doing an uninstall and reinstall of the IDE. now i am at home and have net access back a google search suggests this is the only answer :mad: who's bright idea was it to have an installer that accepted invalid keys??? :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: this is bad, but leaving me with no way to fix it?!!! :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad: zen is the art of being at one with the two'ness
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about 3 months after betting a new 80gig hard drive for my work machine, and nearly 3 months since getting MS Office 2003 to put on it (not sure if i care) i finally got a lull in my work load, so i was able to take out the old tiny hard drives and reformat. all went well, at first. i dug out the VS2003 CD's (from the middle of a pile) and what i thought was the correct CD key. everything installed perfectly, which i took to be a good sign. so i load VS2003 and am informed that the products key is missing or invalid, and that i should enter it. i muttered a slightly rude word and waited for the chance to enter the key. a box commenting about being windows installer popped up for about 4 seconds, and then both this installer box and VS close. totally. without a trace. :mad: i went through this cycle several times, threw in some reboots, etc, and still i got nowhere. due to our network being c**p the Internet is totally down, again, so no hope of looking online for any clues, plus i am being badgered to activate winXP and Office on a regular basis. i have pinned down i accidentally used the VS2002 key when i installed VS2003 :sigh: however this was accepted, and now i have no way of fixing this without spending ages doing an uninstall and reinstall of the IDE. now i am at home and have net access back a google search suggests this is the only answer :mad: who's bright idea was it to have an installer that accepted invalid keys??? :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: this is bad, but leaving me with no way to fix it?!!! :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad: zen is the art of being at one with the two'ness
i feel i need to say YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING!!!!!!!!!!!! http://support.microsoft.com/?id=818532 RESOLUTION To resolve this problem, remove Visual Studio .NET, and then reinstall the program by using the correct Product Key for the version that you are installing. STATUS This behavior is by design. :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad: one tiny mix up in the product keys, and i am going to be down 5 hours or more of time???!!!! i think it is time to lie down and try to think calm thoughts. zen is the art of being at one with the two'ness
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i feel i need to say YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING!!!!!!!!!!!! http://support.microsoft.com/?id=818532 RESOLUTION To resolve this problem, remove Visual Studio .NET, and then reinstall the program by using the correct Product Key for the version that you are installing. STATUS This behavior is by design. :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad: one tiny mix up in the product keys, and i am going to be down 5 hours or more of time???!!!! i think it is time to lie down and try to think calm thoughts. zen is the art of being at one with the two'ness
feline_dracoform wrote:
i think it is time to lie down and try to think calm thoughts.
OM....OM....OM... :-D Marc Pensieve
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feline_dracoform wrote:
i think it is time to lie down and try to think calm thoughts.
OM....OM....OM... :-D Marc Pensieve
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Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote:
I've accidently walked into a yoga session once.
Hmmm. Yoga meets martial arts. Sort of like Bambie meets Godzilla. OW....OW....OW.... Marc Pensieve
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Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote:
I've accidently walked into a yoga session once.
Hmmm. Yoga meets martial arts. Sort of like Bambie meets Godzilla. OW....OW....OW.... Marc Pensieve
I'd rather see myself as defender of yoga people. :)
And no, that does not have anything to do with the fact that many of those who were in the session I accidently walked into, were hot, and were able to bend their bodies into all kinds of interesting forms and positions. ;) -- Pictures[^] from my Japan trip.
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about 3 months after betting a new 80gig hard drive for my work machine, and nearly 3 months since getting MS Office 2003 to put on it (not sure if i care) i finally got a lull in my work load, so i was able to take out the old tiny hard drives and reformat. all went well, at first. i dug out the VS2003 CD's (from the middle of a pile) and what i thought was the correct CD key. everything installed perfectly, which i took to be a good sign. so i load VS2003 and am informed that the products key is missing or invalid, and that i should enter it. i muttered a slightly rude word and waited for the chance to enter the key. a box commenting about being windows installer popped up for about 4 seconds, and then both this installer box and VS close. totally. without a trace. :mad: i went through this cycle several times, threw in some reboots, etc, and still i got nowhere. due to our network being c**p the Internet is totally down, again, so no hope of looking online for any clues, plus i am being badgered to activate winXP and Office on a regular basis. i have pinned down i accidentally used the VS2002 key when i installed VS2003 :sigh: however this was accepted, and now i have no way of fixing this without spending ages doing an uninstall and reinstall of the IDE. now i am at home and have net access back a google search suggests this is the only answer :mad: who's bright idea was it to have an installer that accepted invalid keys??? :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: this is bad, but leaving me with no way to fix it?!!! :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad: zen is the art of being at one with the two'ness
feline_dracoform wrote:
zen
...no comment... :-D :rose:
TOXCCT >>> GEII power
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Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote:
I've accidently walked into a yoga session once.
Hmmm. Yoga meets martial arts. Sort of like Bambie meets Godzilla. OW....OW....OW.... Marc Pensieve
Marc Clifton wrote:
Sort of like Bambie meets Godzilla.
I have this image of Godzilla holding Bambi in a sesame seed bun... The tigress is here :-D