'Error with Windows installer package' upgrading iTunes

If you're trying to install iTunes (in my case 64-bit version on Windows 7) and get an error to the effect of 'There is an error with the Windows Installer package...', try these steps.

First you'll get more details in the Windows Event Log - the Application Event Log.

Here's what mine read:

Product: Apple Software Update -- Error 1721. There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A program required for this install to complete could not be run. Contact your support personnel or package vendor. Action: SoftwareUpdate_UnregServer, location: C:\Program Files (x86)\Apple Software Update\SoftwareUpdate.exe, command: /UnregServer

So that means it could not uninstall the "Apple Software Update" program. To verify that open up the Programs list and try to uninstall it. If you get the same error, then instead do a REPAIR on it.
That should clean the problem. Then manually uninstall it to prove the problem is fixed.

Voila you can now install iTunes without error.

-Krip

P.S. got the tip here.

How to set favorite channels in Windows Media Center

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Use-the-Guide-in-Windows-Media-Center

No "2" on iPad 2 Box Cover

If you receive your iPad 2 and notice that there's no mention of "2" on the box, don't worry. Apple isn't labeling that way. The picture on the cover will tip you off. It's a profile view of the device to show its slimness (rather than a full on face view that fills the entire box cover as was the case with the original iPad). Personally I think it's a mistake not to complete the branding with "2". -Krip

HOW TO work around not being able to Publish Blogger post

If you press the "publish post" button and nothing happens then try clicking the compatibility button just to right of address in Internet Explorer (in my case IE9). Should work then. Got tip here. -Krip

Getting around "Saving changes is not permitted" in SSMS

Surprised to get message in SQL Server Management Studio 2008 R2: "Saving changes is not permitted. The changes you have made require the following tables to be dropped and re-created. You have either made changes to a table that can't be re-created or enabled the option Prevent saving changes that require the table to be re-created." That's a new "safety" on certain types of changes (like inserting fields in the middle of table definitions). To turn off this safety, go to Tools-->Options-->Designers, and untick the box "Prevent saving changes that require table re-creation". Thanks to Deem for the tip. -Krip

My Favourite Movies

1953: The Glenn Miller Story
1955: Oklahoma!
1956: The Ten Commandments
1965: The Sound of Music
1968: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
1990: Awakenings New!
1993: Jurassic Park
1994: IQ
1997: Dante's Peak
1997: Titanic
1999: Anna and the King
2000: For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story
2001: A Beautiful Mind (A+!)
2001: Lagaan
2001: Pearl Harbor New!
2004: National Treasure
2005: Cheaper by the Dozen 2
2007: National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets
2007: Dan in Real Life
2009: Tum Mile

-Krip

Categories: Video_

HOW TO get iphone to sync photos again

If you're iPhone suddenly stops sending new photos to your PC, try the following (Windows 7):

Control Panel
Devices and Printers
right click Apple iPhone
select Troubleshoot

Got tip from here: http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vistapictures/thread/94f5c656-c1d9-48e6-9b6f-796ae048b75e

-Krip