no, i did not copy it from a floppy disk
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> From: Garry Hamilton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [SURVPC] uninstallers
> Date: Thursday, March 25, 1999 6:16 AM
>
> Wow, Stephen!
>
> Are you installing this product from floppy disks?
>
> If you are, there is another dimension to the problem.
>
> When you install (some) software from diskettes, it
> writes back some of the install information to the
> diskette. It now "knows" what it did, where it put
> the files, etc., and if you undo EVERYTHING on the
> hard disk and try to reinstall it, the setup
> program looks at its own private "log" data and
> looks for its files on the system. What?? They're
> gone? They "tampered" with my "security resources!"
>
> The only way around this is to make EXACT binary
> images of the original floppies and install ONLY
> from the copies. I use CopyQM for this. It's a
> DOS product, but will copy any floppy (including
> the Windows 1.66mb DMF (distribution media format)
> diskettes.
>
> I have a shareware copy. If anyone is interested,
> I will place it on my download page.
>
> -- Garry
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> > Recently, Stephen Lloyd wrote:
> >
> > ok, so now I have an uninstaller.
> <snip>
> > Why then, when I reinstalled the trial software does it
> > say security resources tampered with?
>
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