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WCG Installer Crashes with Windows 7 Beta

I'm running the 32-bit version of Windows 7 beta and am seeing a consistent crash when running the WCG BOINC installer. Just wondering if others are having the same experience.

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[Jan 19, 2009 5:32:56 AM]

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Re: WCG Installer Crashes with Windows 7 Beta

Nobody else has reported this.

Can you be a lot more specific, please?

[Jan 19, 2009 5:45:23 AM]

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Re: WCG Installer Crashes with Windows 7 Beta

Sure. Here's what I'm doing:
1. Download the installer. Do a Save to my desktop.
2. Say Yes to the UAC message
3. BOINC splash screen and initial load dialog box appears. Thermometer goes to max.
4. Thud. Get a message from Windows 7 that the Windows installer has stopped working.

[Jan 19, 2009 2:35:32 PM]

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Re: WCG Installer Crashes with Windows 7 Beta

Not sure if your OS is suffered from this bug?

[Jan 20, 2009 2:24:48 AM]

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Re: WCG Installer Crashes with Windows 7 Beta

It's too sad when a "Customer Experience Improvement Program" introduces new ways of crashing...
Bad luck.

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[Jan 20, 2009 8:08:03 AM]

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Re: WCG Installer Crashes with Windows 7 Beta

Thanks for the heads-up, Moonian. That was exactly the problem. Oddly enough, just after I saw your message, the Windows 7 Action Center popped up a message indicating that all users should make the registry modification described in your link.

All's well now.

[Jan 21, 2009 3:12:32 PM]

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