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  • InstallShield apps taking forever to install

    From Nightfox to All on Sat Jul 23 20:07:26 2011
    Recently I built a new PC, and as I've been installing software on it, I've noticed that some software takes forever to install and/or un-install (i.e., Nero 10 and LightScribe system software took a very long time). The common thing between these apps is that they may all be using InstallShield, but I'm not sure. Has anyone experienced this and found a way to fix it?

    Nightfox
  • From Nightfox to All on Sun Jul 24 01:49:53 2011
    Re: InstallShield apps taking forever to install
    By: Nightfox to All on Sat Jul 23 2011 20:07:26

    Recently I built a new PC, and as I've been installing software on it, I've noticed that some software takes forever to install and/or un-install (i.e., Nero 10 and LightScribe system software took a very long time).

    I've re-installed Windows fresh and installed my apps, and so far things are working fine. The thing I haven't done so far is to run Windows Update, which leads me to believe that some Windows fix/patch messed things up, which seems a bit odd to me..

    Nightfox
  • From Access Denied@VERT/PHARCYDE to Nightfox on Sun Jul 24 09:05:08 2011
    Re: InstallShield apps taking forever to install
    By: Nightfox to All on Sat Jul 23 2011 08:07 pm

    Recently I built a new PC, and as I've been installing software on it, I've noticed that some software takes forever to install and/or un-install (i.e., Nero 10 and LightScribe system software took a very long time). The common thing between these apps is that they may all be using InstallShield, but I' not sure. Has anyone experienced this and found a way to fix it?

    Yep. There's a definite fix by not running Windows. :)

    axisd

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  • From Dreamer@VERT/TIME to Nightfox on Mon Jul 25 10:55:00 2011
    Nightfox wrote to All <=-

    Re: InstallShield apps taking forever to install
    By: Nightfox to All on Sat Jul 23 2011 20:07:26

    Recently I built a new PC, and as I've been installing software on it, I've noticed that some software takes forever to install and/or un-install (i.e., Nero 10 and LightScribe system software took a very long time).

    I've re-installed Windows fresh and installed my apps, and so far
    things are working fine. The thing I haven't done so far is to run Windows Update, which leads me to believe that some Windows fix/patch messed things up, which seems a bit odd to me..

    Really? Several years ago there as an update that crashed a good percentage
    of systems. If I remember right, you couldn't even get to the desktop!


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  • From Nightfox to Dreamer on Mon Jul 25 13:06:35 2011
    I've re-installed Windows fresh and installed my apps, and so far things are working fine. The thing I haven't done so far is to run Windows Update, which leads me to believe that some Windows fix/patch messed things up, which seems a bit odd to me..

    Really? Several years ago there as an update that crashed a good
    percentage of systems. If I remember right, you couldn't even get to the desktop!

    I suppose that's possible. :)

    Nightfox
  • From Tracker1@VERT/TRN to Dreamer on Sun Jul 31 04:46:02 2011
    On 7/25/2011 10:55 AM, Dreamer wrote:

    Really? Several years ago there as an update that crashed a good percentage of systems. If I remember right, you couldn't even get to the desktop!

    Not sure what you are referring to, but there was an issue about a year ago where if you ran the update, and a certain rootkit was on your system, the updated windows wouldn't boot...

    IMHO not really such a bad thing getting rooted systems off the internet. lol.

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