"cambelr" <cambelr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have WinXP SP2 on a DELL Inspiron 600M laptop. When I try to install VS
> 2003 Academic, and click on PREREQUISITES, I get a popup telling me in
> Spanish, that I am trying to install another version of the ALPS touchpad
> driver. If I click on 'YES', it installs it over the one I already have
> and
> then forceably re-boots. When the system comes back up, and I get back
> into
> the install, I get the same popup with the same results, endlessly
> re-booting.
>
> If I answer 'NO', the install ends and I can go no further.
>
> I got a partial fix for this by installing the prerequisites, VS and MSDN
> by
> running the SETUP.EXE's for each of these. But the installs did not all
> complete. I can use VS 2003, but it abends unexpectedly at times when I'm
> in
> a project.
>
> Does anyone know how I can get past these messages and just do a normal
> install? I even tried deleting the ALPS touch pad driver, but that didn't
> make any difference.
>
> I also looked through all the tech notes and saw the fix for the endless
> re-booting, but I didn't have any of those registry settings.
>
>