Thread: Calibre installation issues on Windows Vista
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Old 10-26-2013, 04:43 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by Dwoof View Post
Hello,

I installed Calibre 1.6.0 onto a Toshiba Satellite L305 laptop running Windows Vista Home Premium.

Now when the machine tries to boot up I receive an error from the Visual C++ runtime library saying the application asked to be terminated abnormally, or something like that. Click OK, wait for awhile, the same error message pops up, over and over. I'm never able to boot the machine normally.

So, boot in Safe Mode with Networking. Go to Control Panel, Programs, try to uninstall Calibre and get a message the Windows Installer Service could not be accessed.

Also, zero System Restore points to go back to.

An hour on the phone with Microsoft Support and $99 later and I still have a computer that can only boot up in Safe Mode. Not acceptable.

Any and all advice/help would be appreciated!

Thanks!
Calibre is NOT a boot time program.
You would still need to Logon to Have it start and that would be IF YOU had added Calibre to the startup folder (not a standard Calibre install)
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