NIS 2005 installation error message

When installing from downloaded version of NIS 2005 I continually get the
message "The installation is missing the file instopts.dat." I have done
everything on the support sight and called the support line (India) and did
everything they said, which was everything I had already done and it still
will not install. India said Microsoft problem. I would appreciate any
suggestions. Thanks much.
--
Janey

Don't touch NIS with a stick......let alone allow it near your machine.
Get your money back, get a good AV, Firewall and Spyware proggies that work
with Me. Personally, I would not recommend anything from McAfee, either.
Heirloom, old and going to get cold tonight


"Janey R" wrote in message
...
When installing from downloaded version of NIS 2005 I continually get the
message "The installation is missing the file instopts.dat." I have done
everything on the support sight and called the support line (India) and
did
everything they said, which was everything I had already done and it still
will not install. India said Microsoft problem. I would appreciate any
suggestions. Thanks much.
--
Janey

Thank you for your response Heirloom. What AV would you recommend? I am a
novice at this.


"heirloom" wrote:

Don't touch NIS with a stick......let alone allow it near your machine.
Get your money back, get a good AV, Firewall and Spyware proggies that work
with Me. Personally, I would not recommend anything from McAfee, either.
Heirloom, old and going to get cold tonight


"Janey R" wrote in message
...
When installing from downloaded version of NIS 2005 I continually get the
message "The installation is missing the file instopts.dat." I have done
everything on the support sight and called the support line (India) and
did
everything they said, which was everything I had already done and it still
will not install. India said Microsoft problem. I would appreciate any
suggestions. Thanks much.
--
Janey

Janey R

There are a couple of free AV utilities that are highly recommended in
these Newsgroups, Avast and also AVG. I prefer Avast because they
provide customer support. You may download either from:
Avast http://www.avast. com
AVG http://www.grisoft.com

Once you download, immediately check for updates. One other
recommendation is to turn off the default e-mail scanning, since it
isn't required.

A further recommendation, if you don't already have these, I suggest
you download them, immediately check for updates and then run a scan
to clean up your system. Delete everything that AdAware finds but use
judgement with Spybot. Generally you can delete everything that is red
flagged, but just check it over to ensure that it isn't part of one of
your programs.

AdAware http://www.lavasoft.de/

Spybot Search & Destroy http://www.safer-networking.org

Hope this helps.

Dan


"Janey R" wrote in message
...
Thank you for your response Heirloom. What AV would you recommend?
I am a
novice at this.


"heirloom" wrote:

Don't touch NIS with a stick......let alone allow it near your
machine.
Get your money back, get a good AV, Firewall and Spyware proggies
that work
with Me. Personally, I would not recommend anything from McAfee,
either.
Heirloom, old and going to get cold
tonight


"Janey R" wrote in message
...
When installing from downloaded version of NIS 2005 I
continually get the
message "The installation is missing the file instopts.dat." I
have done
everything on the support sight and called the support line
(India) and
did
everything they said, which was everything I had already done
and it still
will not install. India said Microsoft problem. I would
appreciate any
suggestions. Thanks much.
--
Janey

Thanks Dapper Dan.
I will take your suggestion and I will try to get a refund on my Norton
purchase.
Have a great day!
Janey R

"Dapper Dan" wrote:

Janey R

There are a couple of free AV utilities that are highly recommended in
these Newsgroups, Avast and also AVG. I prefer Avast because they
provide customer support. You may download either from:
Avast http://www.avast. com
AVG http://www.grisoft.com

Once you download, immediately check for updates. One other
recommendation is to turn off the default e-mail scanning, since it
isn't required.

A further recommendation, if you don't already have these, I suggest
you download them, immediately check for updates and then run a scan
to clean up your system. Delete everything that AdAware finds but use
judgement with Spybot. Generally you can delete everything that is red
flagged, but just check it over to ensure that it isn't part of one of
your programs.

AdAware http://www.lavasoft.de/

Spybot Search & Destroy http://www.safer-networking.org

Hope this helps.

Dan


"Janey R" wrote in message
...
Thank you for your response Heirloom. What AV would you recommend?
I am a
novice at this.


"heirloom" wrote:

Don't touch NIS with a stick......let alone allow it near your
machine.
Get your money back, get a good AV, Firewall and Spyware proggies
that work
with Me. Personally, I would not recommend anything from McAfee,
either.
Heirloom, old and going to get cold
tonight


"Janey R" wrote in message
...
When installing from downloaded version of NIS 2005 I
continually get the
message "The installation is missing the file instopts.dat." I
have done
everything on the support sight and called the support line
(India) and
did
everything they said, which was everything I had already done
and it still
will not install. India said Microsoft problem. I would
appreciate any
suggestions. Thanks much.
--
Janey

Just FYI, I second the recommendations by Dan.......There are others, some
more $$ than others, but, still good. The Adaware and Spybot are musts.
Would also recommend a good Firewall.... Zone Alarm, has a free version and
a $$ version, both are excellent.
Heirloom, old and uses them all


"Janey R" wrote in message
...
Thanks Dapper Dan.
I will take your suggestion and I will try to get a refund on my Norton
purchase.
Have a great day!
Janey R

"Dapper Dan" wrote:

Janey R

There are a couple of free AV utilities that are highly recommended in
these Newsgroups, Avast and also AVG. I prefer Avast because they
provide customer support. You may download either from:
Avast http://www.avast. com
AVG http://www.grisoft.com

Once you download, immediately check for updates. One other
recommendation is to turn off the default e-mail scanning, since it
isn't required.

A further recommendation, if you don't already have these, I suggest
you download them, immediately check for updates and then run a scan
to clean up your system. Delete everything that AdAware finds but use
judgement with Spybot. Generally you can delete everything that is red
flagged, but just check it over to ensure that it isn't part of one of
your programs.

AdAware http://www.lavasoft.de/

Spybot Search & Destroy http://www.safer-networking.org

Hope this helps.

Dan


"Janey R" wrote in message
...
Thank you for your response Heirloom. What AV would you recommend?
I am a
novice at this.


"heirloom" wrote:

Don't touch NIS with a stick......let alone allow it near your
machine.
Get your money back, get a good AV, Firewall and Spyware proggies
that work
with Me. Personally, I would not recommend anything from McAfee,
either.
Heirloom, old and going to get cold
tonight


"Janey R" wrote in message
...
When installing from downloaded version of NIS 2005 I
continually get the
message "The installation is missing the file instopts.dat." I
have done
everything on the support sight and called the support line
(India) and
did
everything they said, which was everything I had already done
and it still
will not install. India said Microsoft problem. I would
appreciate any
suggestions. Thanks much.
--
Janey

heirloom wrote:
Don't touch NIS with a stick......let alone allow it near your
machine.
Get your money back, get a good AV, Firewall and Spyware proggies
that work
with Me. Personally, I would not recommend anything from McAfee,
either.
Heirloom, old and going to get cold
tonight


"Janey R" wrote in message
...
When installing from downloaded version of NIS 2005 I continually
get the
message "The installation is missing the file instopts.dat." I
have done
everything on the support sight and called the support line (India)
and
did
everything they said, which was everything I had already done and
it still
will not install. India said Microsoft problem. I would
appreciate any
suggestions. Thanks much.
--
Janey


While NIS may have issues(they ALL do, really), it's still a good
program.

Janey, I had the same issue. The problem was I was trying to fix the
problem, assuming the wrong version. I kept trying the solutions they
had for fixing the NIS 2005 errors, when, instead I should have been
focusing on completely removing 2004. I looked up how to completely
uninstall NIS 2004(my previous version). Tthey have a registry patch at
Symantec to clean things up.
After I did this, I was able to install NIS 2005 just fine.