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11-06-2008
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| | Installation of Windows Live wave 3 beta products A couple of days ago I installed the new beta products on my machine (I am trusting, I know.....) The installation resulted in all of my desktop icons and files being removed (could not find the files on my system anywhere), my wall paper being replaced, my Groove account being deleted and, when my machine restarted, it acted almost as if it was a new installation of the OS. Had I known that would happen, I could have been prepared and saved all of my files. I was able to do a system restore to the previous day's check point and everything was reset as it should. However, when I ran Windows Live mail, it kept quitting. I had to repair the program for it to work. I still would like to the the Betas but is there any way to do so without everything being messed up as it was? I have also tried contacting live support but their site is "temporarially down for maintenance." |
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11-07-2008
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| | Re: Installation of Windows Live wave 3 beta products "Mitigation Elf" <MitigationElf@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:B663B1D9-FF88-4F8E-B795-01583454FA2D@xxxxxx Quote: > A couple of days ago I installed the new beta products on my machine (I am > trusting, I know.....) Quote: > The installation resulted in all of my desktop icons > and files being removed (could not find the files on my system anywhere), my > wall paper being replaced, my Groove account being deleted and, when my > machine restarted, it acted almost as if it was a new installation of the OS. Was it an installation on a Mesh machine? Quote: > Had I known that would happen, I could have been prepared and saved all of my > files. I was able to do a system restore to the previous day's check point > and everything was reset as it should. However, when I ran Windows Live mail, > it kept quitting. I had to repair the program for it to work. > > I still would like to the the Betas but is there any way to do so without > everything being messed up as it was? > > I have also tried contacting live support but their site is "temporarially > down for maintenance." |
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11-08-2008
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| | Re: Installation of Windows Live wave 3 beta products Yes, I do have Live Mesh installed on that machine. I presume from that question, that would be the cause and I should uninstall mesh before installing the beta? I guess my next question would be could you help me understand the why behind it... Thank you for any help! "Robert Aldwinckle" wrote: Quote: > > > "Mitigation Elf" <MitigationElf@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:B663B1D9-FF88-4F8E-B795-01583454FA2D@xxxxxx Quote: > > A couple of days ago I installed the new beta products on my machine (I am > > trusting, I know.....) Quote: > > The installation resulted in all of my desktop icons > > and files being removed (could not find the files on my system anywhere), my > > wall paper being replaced, my Groove account being deleted and, when my > > machine restarted, it acted almost as if it was a new installation of the OS. > > Was it an installation on a Mesh machine? > > > Quote: > > Had I known that would happen, I could have been prepared and saved all of my > > files. I was able to do a system restore to the previous day's check point > > and everything was reset as it should. However, when I ran Windows Live mail, > > it kept quitting. I had to repair the program for it to work. > > > > I still would like to the the Betas but is there any way to do so without > > everything being messed up as it was? > > > > I have also tried contacting live support but their site is "temporarially > > down for maintenance." > |
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11-08-2008
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| | Re: Installation of Windows Live wave 3 beta products "Mitigation Elf" <MitigationElf@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:B90E5F68-3296-4324-A0BA-372CECB3094B@xxxxxx Quote: > Yes, I do have Live Mesh installed on that machine. I presume from that > question, that would be the cause and I should uninstall mesh before > installing the beta? Only if you were confused about which machine you were installing the Live beta into... ; ) Quote: > > I guess my next question would be could you help me understand the why > behind it... Thank you for any help! The question was more facetious than knowing. Good luck Robert --- Quote: > > "Robert Aldwinckle" wrote: Quote: >> >> >> "Mitigation Elf" <MitigationElf@xxxxxx> wrote in message >> news:B663B1D9-FF88-4F8E-B795-01583454FA2D@xxxxxx Quote: >> > A couple of days ago I installed the new beta products on my machine (I am >> > trusting, I know.....) Quote: >> > The installation resulted in all of my desktop icons >> > and files being removed (could not find the files on my system anywhere), my >> > wall paper being replaced, my Groove account being deleted and, when my >> > machine restarted, it acted almost as if it was a new installation of the OS. >> >> Was it an installation on a Mesh machine? >> >> >> Quote: >> > Had I known that would happen, I could have been prepared and saved all of my >> > files. I was able to do a system restore to the previous day's check point >> > and everything was reset as it should. However, when I ran Windows Live mail, >> > it kept quitting. I had to repair the program for it to work. >> > >> > I still would like to the the Betas but is there any way to do so without >> > everything being messed up as it was? >> > >> > I have also tried contacting live support but their site is "temporarially >> > down for maintenance." >> |
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