Visual Basic ActiveX Controls: 1

[Advocate]

After the install of the Windows AntiSpyware (Beta), I get a dialouge box
that pops up asking for the location of Visual Basic ActiveX Controls: 1.
Although the Icon for the Antispyware IS in the notifiacation area, and it
appears to be running....

Has Anyone else run into this?
And if SO - what does it mean, and do I need to download/re-install
something?

 

[Bill Sanderson]

Anything more to say about that dialog box? This sounds like one of the
installer snafus that we are seeing--do you know where to find the item
(i.e. download and reinstall) that is being requested?

 

[Advocate]

Regarding that question:

I need to correct my earlier statement - "...Although the Icon for the
Antispyware IS in the notifiacation area, and it
appears to be running...."
While PART of this is true - (the part about it being down there), the
reality is that when I try to actually DO the scan, THAT is when I get the
error.

The errors are as follows:

Window 1. [Caption Bar at top of window] "Visual Basic ActiveX Controls"

The feature you are trying to use is on a network resource that
is unavailable.
Click OK to try again, or enter an alternate path to a folder
containing the installation
package 'vbcontrols[1].msi' in the box below.

Window 2. [Caption Bar at top of window] "Visual Basic ActiveX Controls"

The path 'c:\Documents and Settings\xp_user\local
settings\Temporary internet
files\content.IE5\AHB66G7R\vbcontrols[1].msi' cannot be found.
Verify that you have access to this location and try again., or
try to find the installation package 'vbcontrols[1].msi' in a
folder from which you can install the product Visual Basic ActiveX Controls.

Window 3. [Caption Bar at top of window] "Visual Basic ActiveX Controls"

Error 1706. No valid source could befound for the product Visual
Basic ActiveX
Controls. The Windows installer cannot continue.

I hope this information is helpful...I am trying to install the software for
the 3rd time today...
Hope someone can shed some light on this for me...

Thank You.

 

[Bill Sanderson]

The .MSI package referenced in the message appears to be something which you
at some point downloaded from an Internet source and attempted to install.
Apparently, the installation was incomplete--at least that's my
understanding of what happens when you get these wierd linkages between two
different Windows Installer programs.

If you can re-download and install that package (and then remove it
immediately, if you really have no use for it!) that is one way to fix this,
I believe.

A different route is to download the Windows Installer clean-up app from
Microsoft:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;290301

and use it to remove the traces remaining of that ActiveX Controls package.

I think that either of these two methods should remove this issue for you,
but can't guarantee results, unfortunately.
--
FAQ for MS AntiSpy http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.txt

Regarding that question:

I need to correct my earlier statement - "...Although the Icon for the
Antispyware IS in the notifiacation area, and it
appears to be running...."
While PART of this is true - (the part about it being down there), the
reality is that when I try to actually DO the scan, THAT is when I get the
error.

The errors are as follows:

Window 1. [Caption Bar at top of window] "Visual Basic ActiveX
Controls"

The feature you are trying to use is on a network resource that
is unavailable.
Click OK to try again, or enter an alternate path to a folder
containing the installation
package 'vbcontrols[1].msi' in the box below.

Window 2. [Caption Bar at top of window] "Visual Basic ActiveX
Controls"

The path 'c:\Documents and Settings\xp_user\local
settings\Temporary internet
files\content.IE5\AHB66G7R\vbcontrols[1].msi' cannot be found.
Verify that you have access to this location and try again.,
or try to find the installation package 'vbcontrols[1].msi' in
a folder from which you can install the product Visual Basic ActiveX
Controls.

Window 3. [Caption Bar at top of window] "Visual Basic ActiveX
Controls"

Error 1706. No valid source could befound for the product
Visual Basic ActiveX
Controls. The Windows installer cannot continue.

I hope this information is helpful...I am trying to install the software
for the 3rd time today...
Hope someone can shed some light on this for me...

Thank You.