help with WinXP and my stupid computer

[Dace De'Briago]

The solution is as follows:

Run "regedit.exe" and locate the key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Uninstall\{74FF0F2E-6C79-11D4-B1B2-0001020AA930}

Delete the key then try re-installing IWD2.

[spydar]

Originally posted by Dace De'Briago: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Uninstall\{74FF0F2E-6C79-11D4-B1B2-0001020AA930}

it doesn't give me that option, I can get all the way through to the uninstall folder, but don't have the {74FF0F2E-6C79-11D4-B1B2-0001020AA930} option.

[Dace De'Briago]

Don't just look at the values within the right-hand pane. Expand the directory view and it will list a number of registry entries.

Click on the right one and delete it.

[spydar]

I looked there and that isn't one of my options.

[philip]

Can't you find any key with Icewind Dale in it there? I think an easier way might be using another registry editor. I had a good one which listed the uninstall things with names instead of keys. However I can't for my life remember what it was called. Maybe going into the configuration screen, select software there and find the uninstall command there?

And always remember: It's not your computer that's stupid, it's windows

[Felix The Assassin]

Originally posted by LennonCook: quote: Originally posted by Felix The Assassin: Unless your running Knoppix Linux from cd, you shouldset your Primary boot to HDD-0. Thats a zero, not an 'O'

1. Knoppix isn't the only distro using a Live CD. There's also Ubuntu, Mandrake, Suse, DamnSmallLinux, and probably plenty more I don't know.

2. Why would boot from CD be restricted to a live CD Linux distro? There are plenty of other reasons to want to boot from the CDROM, including installing almost *any* OS (every linux distro I know of, Windows since Win95, and MacOS all to my knowledge use bootable CDs to install from).

3. Why should the harddrive boot *first*, in any case? [/QUOTE]1. Correct, but Knoppix is the most advertised/popular/ and easiest for a trainee from the M$ drones to attempt.

2. Correct again, but UNLESS you are booting from an OS CD, you are only wasting time.

3. Speed my friend. If you set *first* boot to HDD-0(AKA C: drive, or OS drive, or multi boot sequence directory), and disable all others, you drop your boot time by upto 30 seconds depending upon the slowness of your machine.

I however don't use multi boot, I just swap drives to whichever OS I'm in the mood to load.