LabVIEW 2014 Install failed

Question

They did it again...
Tried downloading the new LV 2014 version via the NI Update tool (which first popped-up for update of itself).
Everything went smoothly during the download (except that there was some conflict with NI Vision - but I was not offered to update NI Vision?) but ignoring this, eventually I was told that the install failed because of some permission issue with a datasocket forlder and that I should login as an Administrator.
I AM AN ADMINISTRATOR on my machine!
I tried to find the downloaded installer to at least try to run it as Administrator (Windows 7 64 bits), but the download was nowhere to be found (thanks NI Update...not).
No comments.

Answer 1

Let me comment:
- NI Updater prompted me that an update of itself was available. A 110 MB update no less (this is an updater!).
- Once this was over, I was prompted to take a look at the cool updates available: LabVIEW 2014 64bit and 32bit, some MathScript RT and FPGA stuff, as I recall.
It was a bit late and I was dreading the GB+ download so I only checked the LV2014 64bit version. It took some time but eventually it fired up (no download option or anything), albeit with a cryptic message about the lack of a NI Vision Toolkit for 2014 (I don't recall the details, but I remain under the impression that NI Vision 2013 was not compatible with LV 2014?). Anyhow, as I was just curious to check which bugs had been fixed (I watched the useless promotional video for LV 2014, which is a model of corporate marketing with zero informational value and had a look at the "what's new" page, with a feeling of deja vu all over again).
As I said, the install failed because of permissions rights for a specific folder. Since I could either retry or cancel, I did both (in that order), with the retry option running in a loop and the cancel one leaving me flat face in the mud with no way of finding the installer to try and run with Administrator privileges. I tried the usual NI Downloads folder, and I have no idea where this putative NI Updater Install folder may be, so for me that was "let's call it a week and wait for SP1".
I had install problems pretty much every year since I recall using LV, but up to now I was DOWNLOADING the installer from NI's website and I had a handful of versions, toolkits, etc. My installation is currently pretty clean, with only LV 2014 64 and 32 bits, so not really that challenging, I would say. At the very least, I would expect a 110 MB NI Updater to do the job properly.
But, hey, silly me, I probably just need to get me a LabVIEW Installer Certification... Where can I sign up?