[WriteLog] 10.62h upgrade

Sun Mar 4 20:33:18 EST 2007

Hi Rick,
All those files seem to be preserved. So all is ok now.
Jim W4LC
 ----- Original Message ----- 
 From: Rick Tavan N6XI 
 To: JE Brown 
 Cc: Noel Zeibari ; drpaper at kleega.com ; writelog at contesting.com 
 Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 17:18
 Subject: Re: [WriteLog] 10.62h upgrade
 Did the full Uninstall remove all the data files, log files and other stuff that you really want to preserve? I always get nervous doing uninstalls of products that sprinkle user data around with programs.
 /Rick N6XI 
 On 2/25/07, JE Brown <W4LC at fuse.net> wrote:
 Noel,
 I was hesitant to try that, but finally did. It worked. All ok now.
 Thanks Jim W4LC
 ----- Original Message -----
 From: "Noel Zeibari" <n3nz at rcn.com >
 To: "JE Brown" <W4LC at fuse.net>
 Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2007 13:17
 Subject: Re: [WriteLog] 10.62h upgrade
 > Jim,
 >
 > I was in the same situation for few days struggling to install the full 
 > version. Finally, did a complete uninstall & install and entered my call
 > sign and code.
 > All is working fine now. Try it.
 >
 > Noel, N3NZ
 > ----- Original Message -----
 > From: "JE Brown" < W4LC at fuse.net>
 > To: "Doug Nelson" <dougn1 at dslextreme.com>
 > Cc: <writelog at contesting.com >
 > Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2007 7:28 PM
 > Subject: Re: [WriteLog] 10.62h upgrade
 >
 >
 > > Doug,
 > >
 > > Thanks for the input.
 > >
 > > I still have no joy installing on my 2000PRO SP4 machine. The full 
 > > download did not do it. I have the current installer. My registration
 is
 > > up to date. The installer comes up, takes the registration, starts,
 then
 > > gives a message:
 > > 
 > > "There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A program
 > > required
 > > for this install to complete could not be run. Contact your support
 > > personnel or package vendor." 
 > >
 > > I am told that the problem is being worked on. Do you have any further
 > > ideas?
 > >
 > > P.S. I don't think that I have ever had an MSI install before. No that 
 I
 > > recall. My last full install was 10.56C, but I am told that that was
 not
 > > necessarily an MSI install.
 > >
 > > Jim W4LC
 > >
 > >
 > > ----- Original Message ----- 
 > > From: Doug Nelson
 > > To: JE Brown
 > > Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2007 00:03
 > > Subject: Re: [WriteLog] 10.62h upgrade
 > >
 > >
 > > JE Brown wrote:
 > > Doug,
 > >
 > > If you find out, please let me know. I am in this situation also.
 > >
 > > Jim W4LC
 > >
 > >
 > > Hi Jim,
 > >
 > >
 > > I'm running XP, Service Pack 2.
 > >
 > >
 > >
 > > Ron first suggested I download the v3.1 MSI installer. I did so. No joy.
 > >
 > > Ron next suggested I download the FULL version of 10.62h. This did the
 > > trick, but not sure if it was the new installer, the full version or
 > > both. Another issue was that my license had expired, but I did not get
 > > the usual notification when attempting to upgrade. I did get the 
 > > notification after the FULL download and attempted install.
 > >
 > >
 > >
 > > Looks like the bottom line is that upgrades from now on will be MSI. It
 > > works fine once everything is in place. I just checked the WL download 
 > > site and only the MSI version is listed. I think there are some further
 > > issues for those running 95, 98 and 2000. I tried unsuccessfully to do
 > > a full install on a 98SE machine I was playing around with. Tried all 
 > > the name changing ideas that have been expressed. I gave up. Don't
 > > care. I had success installing on a machine running 2000 with MSI
 > > installer.
 > >
 > >
 > > 
 > > This has caused a lot of flack on the reflector and I think it might
 > > have been avoided if Ron or Wayne had notified everyone via the
 > > reflector of the issues that might be encountered and some procedural 
 > > guidance.
 > >
 > >
 > >
 > > Doug K6HGF
 > >
 > >
 > >
 > >
 > >
 > >
 > >
 >
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