Guest Ǝøçεl Posted June 17, 2010 Posted June 17, 2010 See if this sugesstion can help you: Please let us know what fixes the problem or if the pÑÂoblem remains Ǝøçεl ◕‿◕ -=- "cjg" wrote: > Windows XP SP3 -- automatic updates enabled. > I have a version of McAfee that was installed when I bought the computer. > > I would like to remove .net 1.1 from this computer. > In add/remove, it shows that program. > > When I try to uninstall it, it says "Another installation is in progress." > > The history of my problem is: > 1) Saw the updates icon on the taskbar. When I started the update process, > McAfee popped up and said "Suspicious script detected." Sadly, I lost the > note I made with whatever details were provided. I only remember it said > something about trying to create a text file. Don't remember if it said .txt. > I allowed it to stop the script. > > 2) The update process said 'An update failed to install' and identified it > as .net1.1 (KB979906). I clicked Cancel, making the rash assumption that > this would cancel the update. The update icon persisted on my task bar, so I > started updates again, guessing that there were some other updates. I did > this several times, resulting in errors 643 (once), 80242007 once, and 652 > (five times). Each time, I hit the Cancel button. > > 3) Tried to install another program (opera) and got the "Another > installation in progress" message. > > 4) Downloaded some other MS updates and installed without problems. > > 5) Found this forum by checking out error 652 and read all the message re > garding .net. > > 6) Found .net 1.1 in the Add/Remove list. Since I have no known use for > it, I tried to uninstall it. It said "Another installation in progress." > > I only run IE8, Google Chrome (rarely), Google Earth, Visual Studio > (writing VB6 programs just for fun) and "Progammer's File Editor" on this > machine. > >
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