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Just a note to all those people using Grisoft's AVG Free (a free anti-virus software): they'll be discontinuing the 7.1.x version sometime (slated) in January 2007. Version 7.5.x will be taking its place, and will still offer a free version. I'm updating my father's right now and figured I'd just make a topic about it for the heck of it.

Grisoft's Free Website Section

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Posted by Brendon Kozlowski

Before I forget all about it, I figure I might as well post some informative links over an experiment I did a few weeks ago... My sister was having a problem installing some software on her computer that was made using some version of an InstallShield installer that was having serious incompatibility issues with her Windows system setup. I used LogMeIn Free to attempt to diagnose the problem and solve it, getting the software to install. I saw the error and had absolutely no idea how to solve it. The only similar problem that someone experienced (that I could find) was over a year old and had to do with a DreamWeaver install which only affected a few people and was fixed with a new version of the installer. I tried installing the software on my computer and it worked flawlessly.

In comes two packages to help with a solution (I think, she has yet to try it after all my research and work, haha): Sandboxie, and (of course) NSIS.

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Posted by Brendon Kozlowski