In search of perfection…

I upgraded to Windows 7 today and failed to Uninstall .NET 4.0 and VS2010 BETA 1. This left me with non working SQL Management Studio (2005 & 2008) with the error “Microsoft SQL Management Studio Package failed to load”

It also screwed up all my Red Gate software and VS2010. Then I found out you should install Windows 7 after removing .NET 4.0 BETA 1 and Visual Studio other wise you will have to flatten your PC and do a fresh install as the .NET Framework is broken and unfixable. Not really true. I found this worked for me.

Remove .NET 4.0 BETA 1

For x86 OS:

cmd /c "msiexec /x {19BD09BF-3BBD-3663-A5ED-50B6B2B07E42} /qb"
cmd /c "msiexec /x {1DF6A8F6-5048-323F-8758-DA533CE0F07E} /qb"

For x64 OS:

cmd /c "msiexec /x {175D5555-EE49-3033-99AF-BC1E206223FD} /qb"
cmd /c "msiexec /x {13B27C82-19BA-3494-9420-F932B40673CA} /qb"

Then

• Reboot
• Uninstall Visual Studio 2010 and its redistributables
• Reboot
• Install .NET 4.0
• Reboot
• Install Visual 2010

Links to this :-

Download .NET 4.0 Beta 1
MSDN Forums where I found above info.
Hanselman – Before Upgrading To Windows 7

Now I can wait until I get an SSD drive before I do a clean install .

I don’t normally rant on this blog, but don’t buy this product it’s rubbish. It slows down you pc to a crawl, takes up loads of resources, crashes trying to backup your data. Last time I ever spend money on Symantec software.

p.s. Can’t even attempt to get a refund.

Update

I have just uninstalled it and quite shocked how much quicker my computer is……