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Old June 20th 04, 03:08 AM
Herbert Chan
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Default Ikernel stops responding during uninstallation

Hello,

I have a SigmaTel IrDA USB adapter and have previously just plugged it in
and let win98se try to search the necessary files for installation. I have
recently learnt that this is not the right way, although the IrDA dongle
actually works as expected, as in allowing me to connect my cell phone to
the PC. I first remove the Infrared device from the Device Manager. Then I
tried to uninstall the SigmaTel IrDA adapter from the Add/Remove Program.
However, the uninstallation would stop after around 8%. Then I pressed
ctrl-alt-del to end the process. When I tried to dismiss the Add/Remove
Program, there was no response. So I pressed ctrl-alt-del again. This time,
an Ikernel showed up in the task list and it was not responding. So I
selected it and ended it. Then another dialog box came up:

Title: SigmaTel USB-IR Adapter
Message: Setup fails to run: Remote procedure call fails.

It is always this whenever I try to uninstall it again.

When I tried to run the setup program from the CD, it still asked me if I
wanted to uninstall, rather than letting me installing it over the original
files.

Any way to either:

1. enable me to uninstall the files; or
2. just to install the files over those already installed previously.

Thanks in advance

Herbert