Often you need to completely uninstall earlier versions before you can
install an update correctly and have it work right. Vista uninstaller does a
poor job of this and leaves install/uninstall debris on your system that must
be removed before normal install process can occur. Details in this tutorial.
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/87...ram-vista.html
"Vladimir Gutman" wrote:
> All of my software worked fine, but as I update for new version it no longer
> connects to the internet.
>
> I have made exceptions in my firewall and my Symantec malware protection
> (several times, meaning that I took them off the exception list and put them
> back in again), I have shut down Windows Defender, and I have uninstalled
> Spyware Doctor. I have reset my winsock, I have tried running programs as an
> administrator. I have tried connecting on multiple networks. Nothing has any
> effect.
>
> The two programs that this is happening to are Ebay Blackthorne (a
> storefront manager for companies with and Ebay presence) and Gran Paradiso,
> the alpha testing version for the next Firefox. At first I thought it was a
> software issue, but when these two independent packages both came up with the
> same problem I became suspicious.
>
> Anything anyone can suggest..please!