ie7 installed on account that no longer exists

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PokerJoker - 30 Jun 2006 21:46 GMT

i'm trying to uninstall my ie7 beta 2, but it is giving me a message to sign
onto the account that it was installed from. Well, that account is long gone
now! What to do? Local and domain administrator accounts don't work.

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Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE - 01 Jul 2006 02:17 GMT

> i'm trying to uninstall my ie7 beta 2, but it is giving me a message to
> sign
> onto the account that it was installed from. Well, that account is long
> gone
> now! What to do? Local and domain administrator accounts don't work.

Go to Start | Run and type
regedit
and press <Enter>
Navigate to the key
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer
Click on Internet Explorer.
Right click in the right pane and select New String Value .
Name that value
InstalledByUser
Right click the new value and choose Modify and give it your User Account
name
Now try to Uninstall IE7 via Add or Remove Programs.

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