office communicator install fails vista feb ctp

Had Microsoft Office Communicator 2005 version 1.0.559 running fine on Vista Nov 05 CTP. However i can not get Communicator to install on Vista Feb 06 CTP. Install fails with "This installation was interrupted". All Office 2003 SP-2 apps are successfully installed and running including Outlook.
Anyone know something about this? Thanks, John

Try running the install .exe in compatibility mode with XP SP2. If it comes as an .msi package (I can't remmeber...) then you can't :o(
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--- Original message follows --- "John Joyner" wrote in message

Had Microsoft Office Communicator 2005 version 1.0.559 running fine on Vista Nov 05 CTP. However i can not get Communicator to install on Vista Feb 06 CTP. Install fails with "This installation was interrupted". All Office 2003 SP-2 apps are successfully installed and running including Outlook.
Anyone know something about this? Thanks, John

Thanks Zack, Communicator is distributed as an .MSI file. Any workarounds? / John
"Zack Whittaker (R2 Mentor)" wrote in message

Try running the install .exe in compatibility mode with XP SP2. If it comes as an .msi package (I can't remmeber...) then you can't :o(
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--- Original message follows --- "John Joyner" wrote in message Had Microsoft Office Communicator 2005 version 1.0.559 running fine on Vista Nov 05 CTP. However i can not get Communicator to install on Vista Feb 06 CTP. Install fails with "This installation was interrupted". All Office 2003 SP-2 apps are successfully installed and running including Outlook.
Anyone know something about this? Thanks, John

"John Joyner" a écrit dans le message de news: %23fdJE$RTGHA.2156@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl... | Thanks Zack, Communicator is distributed as an .MSI file. Any workarounds? | / John | | "Zack Whittaker (R2 Mentor)" wrote in message | | > Try running the install .exe in compatibility mode with XP SP2. If it | > comes as an .msi package (I can't remmeber...) then you can't :o( | > | > -- | > Zack Whittaker | > » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk | > » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org | > » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk | > » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no | > rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and | > not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we | > cleared that up! | > | > | > --- Original message follows --- | > "John Joyner" wrote in message | > | >> Had Microsoft Office Communicator 2005 version 1.0.559 running fine on | >> Vista Nov 05 CTP. However i can not get Communicator to install on Vista | >> Feb 06 CTP. Install fails with "This installation was interrupted". All | >> Office 2003 SP-2 apps are successfully installed and running including | >> Outlook. | >> | >> Anyone know something about this? | >> Thanks, John | >> | >> | > | > | |

Open Explorer as administrator. When you double-click the MSI file, it should inherit the security environment. -- Pierre Szwarc Paris, France PGP key ID 0x75B5779B ------------------------------------------------ Multitasking: Reading in the bathroom ! ------------------------------------------------
"John Joyner" a écrit dans le message de news: %23fdJE$RTGHA.2156@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl... | Thanks Zack, Communicator is distributed as an .MSI file. Any workarounds? | / John

That did the trick, Pierre, Thank you. MSI setup failed as a local admin, but did succeed when launched with RUNAS using the actual "built in Administrator". / John
"Pierre Szwarc" wrote in message

Open Explorer as administrator. When you double-click the MSI file, it should inherit the security environment. -- Pierre Szwarc Paris, France PGP key ID 0x75B5779B ------------------------------------------------ Multitasking: Reading in the bathroom ! ------------------------------------------------
"John Joyner" a écrit dans le message de news: %23fdJE$RTGHA.2156@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl... | Thanks Zack, Communicator is distributed as an .MSI file. Any workarounds? | / John

Glad to help :) -- Pierre Szwarc Paris, France PGP key ID 0x75B5779B ------------------------------------------------ Multitasking: Reading in the bathroom ! ------------------------------------------------
"John Joyner" a écrit dans le message de news: eYYOcndTGHA.1572@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl... | That did the trick, Pierre, Thank you. | MSI setup failed as a local admin, but did succeed when launched with RUNAS | using the actual "built in Administrator". | / John