Failed install - hung machine

Attempted to install snow leopard on a two month old MacBook. The machine booted a couple of times and has now been hung, endless hourglass, for five hours.
What gives?

I had a hard disk failure and am restoring on a new one from time machine. It is Macbook Intel, through a USB cable (likely USB 1). I have about 60 G - two hours and it went very smoothly until it got to one minute remaining (about 30 minutes ago) and the blue bar has moved backwards. Ideas

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Error 0xC004C032, Office failed install, multiple machines

I suppose this is a minor problem in the great scheme of things. And maybe, depending on your point of view, it's not a problem. Allow me to explain.
I'm trying to install the trial version of Office 2013, and I did so successfully on laptop A. However, laptop A's hard drive failed within days, and I obtained a new machine, laptop B. (Certainly, this would be a situation that comes up from time to time,
considering the gazillions of Office installs happening.)
I tired to install the trial v of Office, but the Activation seemed to have stalled with the
Error 0xC004C032, the multiple machines error.
Oddly enough, Office opens and it seems to work. But instead of 60 days trial, it says 30 days. I remember 60 on laptop A.
So, is there any solution other than creating a new Hotmail e-addy and installing under a new account? (I hate making new e-addies; I feel personally-attached to my old one. :-( )
Why is the trial now at 30 days? Why does it even work without activation?
{||} Nehmo {||}

Hi Nehmo,
Are you using Office Professional Plus 2013 or Office 365 ProPlus? As can be seen from this site, for Office Professional Plus 2013, you can try it for 60 days, but for Office 365 ProPlus you will only have 30 days:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-office-365-proplus
Have you downloaded the installation file from the same source/site? With the same Microsoft account?
You can go to FILE>Account to check the product information and see if it has been activated.
Regards,
Ethan Hua
TechNet Community Support
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Failed to create machine self-signed certificate for site role [SMS_SQL_SERVER]

SCCM 2012 has been successfully installed on the server:
SRVSCCM.
The database is on SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 CU6 Failover Cluster (CLS-SQL4\MSSQLSERVER04)
Cluster nodes: SQL01 and SQL01. On all nodes made necessary the Security Setup of SCCM. No errors and warning on SCCM Monitoring.
The cluster service is running on the account: sqlclusteruser
The account has the appropriate SPN are registered:
setspn -L domain\sqlclusteruser
Registered ServicePrincipalNames for CN=SQL Cluster,OU=SQL,OU=Users special,OU=MAIN,DC=domain,DC=local:
MSSQLSvc/CLS-SQL4
MSSQLSvc/CLS-SQL4.domain.local
MSSQLSvc/CLS-SQL4:11434
MSSQLSvc/CLS-SQL4.domain.local:11434
After some time on the cluster hosts every day started appearing new folders with files inside:
srvboot.exe
srvboot.ini
srvboot.log
srvboot.log contains the following information:
SMS_SERVER_BOOTSTRAP_SRVSCCM.domain.local_SMS_SQL_SERVER started.
Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager v5.00 (Build 7711)
Copyright (C) 2011 Microsoft Corp.
Command line: "SMS_SERVER_BOOTSTRAP_SRVSCCM.domain.local_SMS_SQL_SERVER CAS K:\SMS_SRVSCCM.domain.local_SMS_SQL_SERVER8 /importcertificate SOFTWARE\MicrosoftCertBootStrap\ SMS_SQL_SERVER".
Set current directory to K:\SMS_SRVSCCM.domain.local_SMS_SQL_SERVER8.
Site server: SRVSCCM.domain.local_SMS_SQL_SERVER.
Importing machine self-signed certificate for site role [SMS_SQL_SERVER] on Server [SQL01]...
Failed to retrieve SQL Server service account.
Bootstrap operation failed: Failed to create machine self-signed certificate for site role [SMS_SQL_SERVER].
Disconnecting from Site Server.
SMS_SERVER_BOOTSTRAP_SRVSCCM.domain.local_SMS_SQL_SERVER stopped.

The site server is trying to install the sms_backup agent on the SQL Server Cluster nodes.
Without successfull bootstrap the siteserver backup is not able to run successfully.
Try grant everyone the read permisson on
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SMS on the SQL server nodes.
This worked for me.
After that a Folder named "SMS_<SITESERVER-FQDN>" appeared on C: on the SQL Cluster nodes, and a "SMS_SITE_SQL_BACKUP_FQDN" Service should be installed.
After the new Folder is created and the new Service is installed, you can safely remove the bootstrap Service by opening a command prompt and enter:
sc delete "SMS_SERVER_BOOTSTRAP_FQDN-of-SiteServer_SMS_SQL_SERVER"

Current progress in fixing 10.4.6 failed install

I'm now making some progress in understanding the failiure, however it's leaving me with some BIG questions as to the checks apple put in.
This still hasn't fully worked for me! This is also an abbreviated account, please don't try unless your familiar with a shell prompt! Once I know what's going on better, I'll expand.
I've so far done the following (appologies for any typos, I7m typing on a tiny pda keyboard).
booted from dvd
opened a terminal.
noted chroot /Volumes/Macintosh\ HD/ /bin/bash seg faults
created a dir fakesys at the root of the hd
copied /var /bin /sbin and /usr from the dvd dir into fakesys
made a tmp dir there
copied the pkg dir for the upgrade which had been moved out of trash just before I rebooted to the fakesys dir as well as stuff like gunzip from /usr/bin on the hd.
chrooted to fakesys running bash
gunziped the Archive.pax.gz
made a subdir, and from it pax -r -f ../Archives.pax
backed up the /usr/lib from the hd (using tar cf - * | tar xf - - C <dest> to preserve links perms etc ... no man pages so couldn't look up the cp switches to do that! . Backed up kernel too
did the same tar trick to install all updates from root
noted a few files were a lot smaller, such as libMath something, libobjc and the kernel...
tried chroot, diffferent error, about math lib. put in old,and chroot worked!
rebooted... no joy... back to dvd, replace old kernel
rebooted... (watching in verbose mode)... system got some way, than auto rebooted as per upgrade! (excitment rose!)
as comming up again, lots of errors about libobjc.. booted from cd and replaced.
tried again in verbose mode.
looked good but then Firewall.app failed. after that I got lots of memberd couldn't find root users. Now on further reboots it panics with the kernel straight away.
I'll keep on digging, and will update this thread as I discover more. I think the problem maybe the library files i had to roll back, as the dmesg command still seg faults in the chrooted environment

Where did you obtain this? If the install failed,
isn't it possible or even likely that the file was
damaged at that point & the truncation is a result of
that? I'm no expert, but the man page for pax says
something about it only partially extracting files if
one is terminated by errors. Additionally, there is a
cryptic man entry under "bugs" about pax not
recognizing multibyte characters, which may be a part
of it.
Also, in another thread, you mention terminal was
open at the time of the install. Were you doing
anything that could have caused the install to fail?
Terminal was open (I normally have it open for ssh/scp to other machines), but wasn't running anything except bash.
As I said, I obtained the file via Software Update, left it downloading to install then went to work. When I returned I had a message the install had failed, and the pkg was in the recycle bin. The machine would not run anything from this point, and even shutdown failed. Is it likely that a failed install would truncate the file? I really can't see why. Why would you write to an archive file in an install situation? Anyway, as I said, I can't say much on pax archives, but the archive was compressed. If you have a hard time understanding my confusion, try the following experiment. take a copy of one of your files, then do the following with a reasonable large file (split by default splits after 1000 lines):
% gzip <file>
% split <file>.gz
% mv xaa xaa.gz
% gunzip xaa.gz
Split will create several files (slipting your compressed file). You'll see unziping a truncated file produces an error.
Now it is quite possible that the install uses something like gzcat, which only produces errors at the end, such as "gzcat Archive.pax.gz | pax -r" the thing is, running gunzip Archive.pax.gz on the file SU downloaded produced no errors, so that's what confuses me. At any rate, it is best practice to checksum patch archives before running, and apple clearly don't do this, which is incredibly poor. I'm really not sure why there are a large number of people on this forum who find it so hard to believe that apple can do no wrong, and that every fault must be that of the user. Apple are not perfect, far from it. This is beginig to tire me. I found a solution when everyone else seemed to be saying use another mac, or re-install. I looked into what happened, and found the update the su had downloaded to be corrupt. I came up with a fix and shared. I think apple should look into this, and take feedback on several issues I've raised (and I'm sure others who found what I did would comment on too). If you want to insist it's not an apple problem, that's your perogative. I'd be the first to admit that I don't know much about macs (and didn't have much nice to say about them pre-osx), however, I do have a lot of experience with unix, and that's what I'm basing my comments on, and what I used to fix my mac.Anyway, enough ranting I need sleep.

Simple two node Cluster Install - Hung after reboot of first node

Hello,
Over the past couple of days I have tried to install a simple two node cluster using two identical SunFire X4200s, firstly following the recipe in: http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/howtoguides/twonodecluster.jsp
and when that failed referring to http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/819-0912 and http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/819-2970.
I am trying to keep the install process as simple as possible, no switch, just back to back connections for the internal networking (node1 e1000g0 <--> node2 e1000g0, node1 e1000g1 <--> node2 e1000g1)
I ran the installer on both X4200s with default answers. This went through smoothly without problems.
I ran scinstall on node1, first time through, choosing "typical" as suggested in the how to guide. Everything goes OK (no errors) node2 reboots, but node1 just sits there waiting for node2, no errors, nothing....
I also tried rerunning scinstall choosing "Custom", and then selecting the no switch option. Same thing happened.
I must be doing something stupid, it's such a simple setup! Any ideas??
Here's the final screen from node1 (dcmds0) in both cases:
Cluster Creation
Log file - /var/cluster/logs/install/scinstall.log.940
Checking installation status ... done
The Sun Cluster software is installed on "dcmds0".
The Sun Cluster software is installed on "dcmds1".
Started sccheck on "dcmds0".
Started sccheck on "dcmds1".
sccheck completed with no errors or warnings for "dcmds0".
sccheck completed with no errors or warnings for "dcmds1".
Configuring "dcmds1" ... done
Rebooting "dcmds1" ...
Output from scconf on node2 (dcmds1):
bash-3.00# scconf -p
Cluster name: dcmdscluster
Cluster ID: 0x47538959
Cluster install mode: enabled
Cluster private net: 172.16.0.0
Cluster private netmask: 255.255.248.0
Cluster maximum nodes: 64
Cluster maximum private networks: 10
Cluster new node authentication: unix
Cluster authorized-node list: dcmds0 dcmds1
Cluster transport heart beat timeout: 10000
Cluster transport heart beat quantum: 1000
Round Robin Load Balancing UDP session timeout: 480
Cluster nodes: dcmds1
Cluster node name: dcmds1
Node ID: 1
Node enabled: yes
Node private hostname: clusternode1-priv
Node quorum vote count: 1
Node reservation key: 0x4753895900000001
Node zones: <NULL>
CPU shares for global zone: 1
Minimum CPU requested for global zone: 1
Node transport adapters: e1000g0 e1000g1
Node transport adapter: e1000g0
Adapter enabled: no
Adapter transport type: dlpi
Adapter property: device_name=e1000g
Adapter property: device_instance=0
Adapter property: lazy_free=1
Adapter property: dlpi_heartbeat_timeout=10000
Adapter property: dlpi_heartbeat_quantum=1000
Adapter property: nw_bandwidth=80
Adapter property: bandwidth=70
Adapter port names: <NULL>
Node transport adapter: e1000g1
Adapter enabled: no
Adapter transport type: dlpi
Adapter property: device_name=e1000g
Adapter property: device_instance=1
Adapter property: lazy_free=1
Adapter property: dlpi_heartbeat_timeout=10000
Adapter property: dlpi_heartbeat_quantum=1000
Adapter property: nw_bandwidth=80
Adapter property: bandwidth=70
Adapter port names: <NULL>
Cluster transport switches: <NULL>
Cluster transport cables
Endpoint Endpoint State
Quorum devices: <NULL>
Rob.

I have found out why the install hung - this needs to be added into the install guide(s) at once!! - It's VERY frustrating when an install guide is incomplete!
The solution is posted in the HA-Cluster OpenSolaris forums at:
http://opensolaris.org/os/community/ha-clusters/ohac/Documentation/SCXdocs/relnotes/#bugs
In particular, my problem was that I selected to make my Solaris install secure (A good idea, I thought!). Unfortunately, this stops Sun Cluster from working. To fix the problem you need to perform the following steps on each secured node:
Problem Summary: During Solaris installation, the setting of a restricted network profile disables external access to network services that Sun Cluster functionality uses, ie: The RPC communication service, which is required for cluster communication
Workaround: Restore external access to RPC communication.
Perform the following commands to restore external access to RPC communication.
# svccfg
svc:> select network/rpc/bind
svc:/network/rpc/bind> setprop config/local_only=false
svc:/network/rpc/bind> quit
# svcadm refresh network/rpc/bind:default
# svcprop network/rpc/bind:default | grep local_only
Once I applied these commands, the install process continued ... AT LAST!!!
Rob.

Time Machine spends hours partially backing up and then fails with "Time Machine couldn't complete the backup due to a network problem." Tried suggestions I've seen on the forum.

Time Machine spends hours partially backing up and then fails with "Time Machine couldn't complete the backup due to a network problem." I've tried various suggestions I've seen on the forum but nothing has worked. TIme Machine worked fine for the last two years and just suddenly started having this problem every time. The only thing that was a little different is that the computer was off for a week while on vacation and then I added a large amount (20 GB) of photos. Now the requested backup size is 82GB, which is large, and process proceeds very slowly for 2-3 hours before failing with the message mentioned. I have more than enough available backup storage space for it. Before failing, Time Machine has backed up no more than 12GB or so of the backup. It fails during different files each time.
I've turned off the computer sleep feature, and I've checked that the NAS is set to never automatically power down. I normally backup over Wi-Fi, but I've also tried connecting to Ethernet and it still has the same problem. It's odd because I also have a MacBook Pro that is still backing up fine to the same NAS using the MacBook's Time Machine.
I am using an iMac with OS X 10.6.8 and an Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 NAS.
I have system logs that I can share if helpful. The logged messages vary a bit from run to run, but here are some messages that I've been seeing:
I always get this message near the beginning of the backup:
Event store UUIDs don't match for volume: Macintosh HD
I've gotten this messsage a number of times:
Bulk setting Spotlight attributes failed.
One Day
Stopping backupd to allow ejection of backup destination disk!
Another day
1/7/12 10:44:20 AM
mDNSResponder[18]
PenaltyTimeForServer: PenaltyTime negative -112916, (server penaltyTime -1132397006, timenow -1132284090) resetting the penalty
1/7/12 10:46:37 AM
kernel
ASP_TCP Disconnect: triggering reconnect by bumping reconnTrigger from curr value 0 on so 0x1106be94
1/7/12 10:46:37 AM
kernel
AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect started /Volumes/TimeMachine prevTrigger 0 currTrigger 1
Another Day
1/6/12 8:03:22 AM
Google Chrome[164]
Cannot find function pointer CMPluginInFactory for factory 3487BB5A-3E66-11D5-A64E-003065B300BC in CFBundle/CFPlugIn 0x16f99e20 </Users/smarmer/Library/Contextual Menu Items/Google Notifier Quick Add CM Plugin.plugin> (not loaded)
1/6/12 8:04:02 AM
com.apple.backupd[193]
Copied 7.5 GB of 67.0 GB, 8866 of 8866 items
1/6/12 8:06:58 AM
/System/Library/CoreServices/CCacheServer.app/Contents/MacOS/CCacheServer[1013]
No valid tickets, timing out
1/6/12 8:29:44 AM
mDNSResponder[19]
PenaltyTimeForServer: PenaltyTime negative -148702, (server penaltyTime 2056822773, timenow 2056971475) resetting the penalty
1/6/12 8:59:22 AM
kernel
ASP_TCP Disconnect: triggering reconnect by bumping reconnTrigger from curr value 0 on so 0xa5ac380
1/6/12 8:59:22 AM
kernel
AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect started /Volumes/TimeMachine prevTrigger 0 currTrigger 1
1/6/12 8:59:22 AM
kernel
AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: doing reconnect on /Volumes/TimeMachine
1/6/12 8:59:22 AM
kernel
AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: soft mounted and hidden volume so do not notify KEA for /Volumes/TimeMachine
1/6/12 8:59:22 AM
kernel
AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: Max reconnect time: 30 secs, Connect timeout: 15 secs for /Volumes/TimeMachine
1/6/12 8:59:22 AM
kernel
AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: connect to the server /Volumes/TimeMachine
1/6/12 8:59:22 AM
kernel
ASP_TCP asp_SetTCPQoS: sock_settclassopt got error 57
Another day
1/5/12 3:48:55 PM
mdworker[2128]
CFPropertyListCreateFromXMLData(): Old-style plist parser: missing semicolon in dictionary.
1/5/12 4:24:54 PM
mDNSResponder[19]
PenaltyTimeForServer: PenaltyTime negative -42698, (server penaltyTime 1148718961, timenow 1148761659) resetting the penalty
1/5/12 4:29:58 PM
com.apple.backupd[2074]
Copied 586.4 MB of 67.0 GB, 9891 of 9891 items
1/5/12 4:39:00 PM
kernel
ASP_TCP Disconnect: triggering reconnect by bumping reconnTrigger from curr value 0 on so 0xa1c0380

bokon0n wrote:
1/11/12 8:53:30 AM
com.apple.backupd[1169]
Warning: Destination /Volumes/TimeMachine does not support TM Lock Stealing
1/11/12 8:53:30 AM
com.apple.backupd[1169]
Warning: Destination /Volumes/TimeMachine does not support Server Reply Cache
Those indicate that your NAS is not fully compatible with Snow Leopard.
1/11/12 8:53:35 AM
kernel
jnl: disk2s2: replay_journal: from: 67182592 to: 78680064 (joffset 0xa7b8000)
1/11/12 8:53:39 AM
kernel
jnl: disk2s2: examining extra transactions starting @ 78680064 / 0x4b09000
1/11/12 8:53:39 AM
kernel
jnl: disk2s2: Extra txn replay stopped @ 79056896 / 0x4b65000
1/11/12 8:53:49 AM
kernel
jnl: disk2s2: journal replay done.
1/11/12 8:53:49 AM
fseventsd[41]
event logs in /Volumes/Time Machine/.fseventsd out of sync with volume. destroying old logs. (253512 14 253512)
1/11/12 8:53:50 AM
kernel
hfs: Removed 1 orphaned / unlinked files and 0 directories
That looks like a problem was found with the file system (data) on the TM disk. I don't know the details, but OSX tried to recover it from the journal, and found extra data on the drive. Likely a result of the incompatibility mentioned above.
1/11/12 9:47:40 AM
com.apple.backupd[1169]
Bulk setting Spotlight attributes failed.
That's a problem writing to the NAS drive.
But the backup continued after all this.
1/11/12 1:25:07 PM
kernel
ASP_TCP Disconnect: triggering reconnect by bumping reconnTrigger from curr value 0 on so 0x9d00b44
Something caused a disconnect. Can't tell from the log what it was.
I doubt it's a problem with something in OSX being damaged or corrupted, but reinstalling OSX isn't a major hassle, so might be worth a try.
To be incompatible with Snow Leopard, this NAS must be at least a couple of years old. It may be beginning to fail.
Contact the maker. See if there's an update to make it compatible with Snow Leopard. If so, that might fix it.
If not, or if that doesn't fix it, see if they have any diagnostics that will shed any light.

I'm trying to install Time Machine and Airport Update V 1.0 but installer

keeps returning error message: You cannot install Time Machine and AirPort Updates on this volume. This update requires Mac OS X 10.5.2 or newer.
I am in fact running 10.5.6. Would the fact that this update was dated in March of 2008 have anything to do with it? I think it's the latest update for TM and Airport.
Any suggestions?

Kappy, how'd you get so smart. On further investigation I discovered that I had already downloaded and installed that update. I will follow your advice in the future, not risking showing off as a fool.

Cannot locate lost work or install time machine

Is the only way to retrieve "lost" information via time machine? If not, please let me know how, and if so I cannot install time machine on my computer as it keeps coming up saying "Airport Utility cannot find a wireless device installed"-do I need another device to keep this information and cannot just keep it on the hard drive?

toothmom wrote:
Is the only way to retrieve "lost" information via time machine? If not, please let me know how, and if so I cannot install time machine on my computer as it keeps coming up saying "Airport Utility cannot find a wireless device installed"-do I need another device to keep this information and cannot just keep it on the hard drive?
Welcome to Apple Discussions:
If by "lost" you mean deleted, there is no way to recover the data, especially if other files have been created since the original was deleted. The area on the HD has been overwritten.
TM does not backup to a wireless device unless that wireless device is TimeCapsule
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=735
You need an external HardDrive that is 3 to 4 times as large as your internal drive connected directly to your computer.

Failed install drivers

failed install drivers

Would you care to expand your Posting by Asking a question, and giving specifics of what it is you did and what it is you want to do?
Hope this helps

Java for Mac OS X 10.5 update 2 fails install

So, I saw the news today. New Java update. Cool, I guess. Check for Software Updates, found Java update, downloaded, and failed install. So, I went and manually downloaded the new Java update and it does the same thing. When it fails installing, it says this: "The source media you are installing from is damaged. Try installing from a different copy of the source media or contact the manufacturer for replacement." Apple is gonna get me a new iMac because Java won't install? Sweet! In all seriousness though, what the deuce is going on? The only thing I have tried, aside from searching the boards for answers, is repairing permissions which didn't do anything. Help?

They will replace the Java media, not your computer. But because you have downloaded the software there is no media to replace.
Obviously your download is damaged. Try again. Be sure you do the following before downloading and trying to install:
Repairing the Hard Drive and Permissions
Boot from your OS X Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Installer menu (Utilities menu for Tiger and Leopard.) After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer. Now restart normally.
If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior (4.0 for Tiger, and 4.1 for Leopard) and/or TechTool Pro (4.6.1 for Leopard) to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X.

When I try to install Time Machine update I get this message: You cannot install Time Machine and AirPort Updates on this volume. This update requires Mac OS X 10.5.2 or newer. I have OS X 10.5.8.

When I try to install Time Machine update I get this message: “You cannot install Time Machine and AirPort Updates on this volume. This update requires Mac OS X 10.5.2 or newer.” I have OS X 10.5.8.

It's bundled with 10.5.3 and newer and can't be installed separately on those OSes.
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I installed time machine but I can't find it in system preferences?

I installed time machine but I can't find it in system preferences? How do I access it? Light is green but is it backing up?

???
You installed Time Machine or Time Capsule? Time Machine is part of Leopard (OS X 10.5.x). If you are referring to Time Capsule, you set it up via AirPort Utility. You should have the install disk. If you are talking about Time Machine, can you confirm you have OS X 10.5.x? Your signature indicates you only have Tiger (OS X 10.4.11). If that is correct, you need to upgrade to Leopard.
Welcome to Apple Discussions!

Failed install now won't ever install properly

I attempted to install Firefox before, but the network security settings at the time never let me complete that install - it got stopped at the point where it had to reboot to finish.
Now it is caught in an endless loop of wanting to restart Windows all the time, but never completes. The security settings were changed to allow me to install, but now when I download and restart the download, or even when I go to the programs menu and attempt to UNINSTALL the program, it just goes back to the damn popup about needing to restart to complete the original install!!! How in the hell do I get rid of the old one? The folder was deleted from the PROGRAM FILES, but STILL gives me this crap!

Not really solved, but I figured out a work-around. I went to "custom" and installed it to a folder on my desktop, then moved it to my program files. However, I still have the rebooting link in my Start menu, and I can't uninstall the new one even -- goes back to the same garbage as above!
There is obviously some remnant of the old, failed install in the system that is screwing with things, but I don't know where/what!

Can't find routing connectors as shell won't find exchange server after failed install

I am trying to uninstall exchange 2010 after a failed install. When attempting to remove the Hub role I get an error that the computer is configured as a bridgehead server for 2 routing groups. I have seen how to find and remove them through the cmd shell,
however, due to the failed install (and the other bridgehead having a huge raid failure and being bricked) I can't locate the connection through the exchange shell. Any ideas on how to delete this connection so I can uninstall 2010 in order to re-install it.

Hi,
Can you set the Exchange 2003 server as the bridge head then try uninstalling the Exchange 2010 server again.
Thanks,
Simon Wu
TechNet Community Support

Failed Mavericks Install / Time Machine

My iMac is stuck in a loop after failed Mavericks install. The message told me to back up data, erase and install again. Naturally, I hadn't run Time Machine in a month and had some important files to try and save (stupid, I know). Fortunately, I got the real important stuff backed up using firewire mode and an old MacBook.
At this point, the iMac can't boot into either safe mode or into the disk repair with my old Snow Leopard disk. My question is whether I can now connect my external drive with an existing backup to the MacBook and have it make a backup of the iMacs contents. I'm curious whether Time Machine will recognize the iMac's hard drive as the same volume even though it is mounted on the MacBook as an external drive. Will this work or should I go buy a new external drive and try and clone the iMac's contents?
I have AppleCare but I'd like to take care of this prior to taking it in as they may want to replace the drive. The Time Machine method seems preferable so I can restore the system exactly the way it was very easily.

My iMac is stuck in a loop after failed Mavericks install. The message told me to back up data, erase and install again. Naturally, I hadn't run Time Machine in a month and had some important files to try and save (stupid, I know). Fortunately, I got the real important stuff backed up using firewire mode and an old MacBook.
At this point, the iMac can't boot into either safe mode or into the disk repair with my old Snow Leopard disk. My question is whether I can now connect my external drive with an existing backup to the MacBook and have it make a backup of the iMacs contents. I'm curious whether Time Machine will recognize the iMac's hard drive as the same volume even though it is mounted on the MacBook as an external drive. Will this work or should I go buy a new external drive and try and clone the iMac's contents?
I have AppleCare but I'd like to take care of this prior to taking it in as they may want to replace the drive. The Time Machine method seems preferable so I can restore the system exactly the way it was very easily.

Failed install - hung machine

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