Somewhere there is still a registry entry or a dll still loading that is
causing Vista to think the program is installed. I'd post your question on
their forum where their tech support may know how to solve the problem.
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Kerry Brown
Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
http://www.vistahelp.ca
"mario" <mario@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:77C127A5-A1E2-4962-95A0-3C08E8E75923@microsoft.com...
> No, I have not. I have read their forums and performed the manual
> uninstalls
> and conventional uninstalls provided by the site, but Vista Upgrade
> belives
> the program is still installed. But why should this prevent Vista from
> upgrading? From what I understand Daemon Tools works on the new Vista
> install with the latest version. Why have the upgrade setup abort on this
> find? If anyone with less computer knowledge (I build, repair, and
> upgrade
> systems) than I were to purchase this software, they would just do a clean
> install or obtain a refund. My opinion is so much testing went into this
> new
> windows OS, why is Vista Upgrade aborting on such a simple item?
>
> thank you
>
> mario
>
> "Kerry Brown" wrote:
>
>> "mario" <mario@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:22B45ABC-8E9B-40BC-9A58-2C3159872D25@microsoft.com...
>> > Hello.
>> >
>> > Re: XP Pro SP 2 -> Vista Ultimate Upgrade
>> >
>> > Please forgive me in advance, as I was frustrated when I wrote this. 
>> >
>> > I purchaes the upgrade windows vista ultimate. Might I tell you, I am
>> > very
>> > disappointed. I am very intelligent when it comes to computers. I
>> > purchased
>> > the downlaodable version of the ultimate upgrade, from circuit city,
>> > and
>> > been
>> > tryng for 3 days, off and on, visiting web pages, trying to find the
>> > solution
>> > why vista keeps failing on the compatability check and tells me to
>> > uninstall
>> > DAEMON Tools, when I have reinstalled it and uninstalled it, manually
>> > uninstalled it, used registry cleaners, deleted files, and still the
>> > same
>> > message. I understand this version of windows went under extensive
>> > beta
>> > testing, however something has been missed. I didn't spend $250+
>> > dollars,
>> > for an upgrade version, just to start from scratch with a clean
>> > install, I
>> > wanted to upgrade, and not lose anything but I have tried everyting to
>> > resolve this problem, thanks for anyone who can help out!
>> >
>> > mario
>>
>>
>> Have you posted your question on the Daemon Tools web forum?
>>
>> http://www.daemon-tools.cc/dtcc/index.php
>>
>> --
>> Kerry Brown
>> Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
>> http://www.vistahelp.ca
>>
>>
>>