Error upgrading VI Client to 2.5

[juchestyle]

Hey Everyone,

Has anyone had an issue upgrading their vi client to the latest 2.5? I had this issue with my laptop and my partner in crime is having this issue. I was able to bypass my problem by logging into my laptop with a different sign on and installing. This solution doesn't work on the other laptop however.

Any ideas or suggestions?

Respectfully,

Matthew

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Kaizen!

[jjohnston1127]

What problem are you having exactlY?

[Milton21]

Are you running SQL locally on your laptop?

Make sure that the user loging into SQL is an Admin

[juchestyle]

Just upgrading the vc client that is used to connect to Virtual Center, just the client on a laptop.

We launch a web browser and connect o Virtual Center and choose download the client. It launches, and starts to go through the process, but then fails.

Ideas?

Respectfully,

Matthew

Kaizen!

[Milton21]

are you running vista?

[juchestyle]

Good question. Nope, XP sp2.

Kaizen!

[juchestyle]

Allright everyone, my buddy Patricia and Chris found the answer to this problem and shared it with me so I could share with you!

Go to start and run, type %temp%

Keep the window open so you can see when a folder gets added.

Launch the upgrade msi - at some point it will error out, and you will see a folder get added to the window. When this happens, keep the error open, if you close it the folder will go away, open the folder and you willl see the msi executable, launch it directly from there or copy it to your desktop and launch it from there!

Oh yeah! Good times!

Respectfully,

Matthew

By the way, I bet this may work for other applications and not just for the vmware client install, so keep this little trick in your back pocket, it will come in handy in the future!

Kaizen!