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not so much for VS, installing VS often includes other components such as various SQL Server modules, help readers, .net runtimes etc that are automatically [sub] installed in their own right. (i.e. they have their own completely separate installation packages, look like (because they are) completely separate items in the installed programs list)
the vs uninstaller doesn't always uninstall those even though they might never be used again, and as separately install-ered items revo wont (cant, and in fact shouldn't) recognize them as needing to be removed either.
so no, revo and it's kin are no solution either; there will be baggage.
I never bother with those "make windows better" crapware-for-weenies things, they either still only do half the job, or in some cases even break things they shouldn't touch... in complex business environments I've actually seen that revo shite fark things up twice, it was no fun at all.
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the installer is a bootstrap over the installer.
I'd rather be phishing!
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The problem is probably caused by the fact that you applied a VS2017 update and the installer can't uninstall it because the versions are different. IMHO, that's piss poor planning on microsoft's part. It's almost like we're still living in the early 90's.
Beyond that, I though VS2017 had a community edition that is free. Why would it "expire"?
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I am certain that no updates were applied (at least by me). I wanted to see what architecture related options are available and also to check out intellitest. Both are not available with community.
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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btw, a trial version?
why not the community version???
can try it forever... or at least till they properly break it.
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Enterprise edition is needed for intellitest and few architecture related features.
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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The installer is simply another application whose job is to put a second application in place on a system for you to use. Installers routinely include uninstallation logic, given that the two processes are complimentary. Between the time you installed the trial version of VS2017 and now, someone found a bug in the uninstall logic and Microsoft had to fix it.
Frankly, I think the fact that they were smart enough to allow for this case isn't a bad idea. Visual Studio 2017 is a complex application, with lots and lots of installation options. It doesn't surprise me that the uninstall is complicated.
They could have simply published instructions for you to fix the problem by hand, if the uninstall problem is even addressable that way.
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This is why I stick to VMs. Especially to run some trialware. You can be absolutely certain no component is left behind.
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Samsung T5 250GB $123, T5 500GB $125 (portable SSD)
why oh why do they make it so difficult?!?
Should I pay the extra $4 (for 2 pieces?)
C'mon guys, it's Friday, please go easy.
ngggggg, i dunnnnoooo.... <click> wannamissout
yeah I know could get a truckload of spinners for the same dollar,
but nah, dis be a spin free zone! ... with magnets and metal coasters.
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I'd prefer to go with the 2TB one, but Amazon.com has them at $585, while the 250GB is $105, and the 500GB at $123
Lotta money though.
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OriginalGriff wrote: I'd prefer to go with the 2TB one, but Amazon.com has them at $585, while the 250TBGB is $105, and the 500TBGB at $123
FTFY.
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Fixed.
I was probably thinking of the size for a Win10 download in 2022...
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You underestimate the power of "necessary updates" sir.
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I got one 500 GB, and I'm more than content with it.
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You have not given enough data to make a choice. What color are they?
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Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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Yep, good point : the red one is always faster.
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the 250 and 500's are both blue - told you it was too hard for a Friday
above that size they are black and grey - that part of the decision was easy.
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Lopatir wrote: the 250 and 500's are both blue
Tricky. OK, then which ones have blinky lights and what colors are the lights?
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no lights. come on man, fancy stuff like that gonna add at least 2 more cents!
take my last 2 cents will leave me nothing to rub together. was a kind offer sir, but I'll have to pass.
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I visited the facility yesterday. It's on a DoD facility and the work is performed in a SCIF. I wasn't allowed to go into the SCIF during the visit. Each desk in the SCIF has three computers (dev, test, and production) connected to a KVM switch because the different environments are on different subnets.
The app (and I always use the term "app" loosely when talking about web sites) uses a mix of jquery and KendoUI. They don't use ASP.Net at all, nor MVC.
The database merely holds data, and is not instrumental at all in site topology or configuration. Eventually, the data will be moved to "the cloud" (Amazon).
I was told that I was being brought in to perform dual roles that include maintenance of the existing app, and designing/implementing a more maintainable/modern version of it.
There is currently one developer working on it.
There is another team of devs working on other parts of another app, and their lead said that "external documentation is pointless", and "code comments are a complete waste of time".
I accepted the job and start in two weeks.
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Where is John Simmons Outlaw Programmer, and what have you done to him?
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I'm gonna fix their sh*t (and it beats working in Qlikview).
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Oh, come on! This is the DoD we are talking about, you won't be allowed access to your own desk drawers for six months until the security clearance has been re-run! 
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The password policy that annoys me. Must be at least 15 characters, must include upper and lower case chars, special chars, numeric chars, special/numeric chars cannot be adjacent, no part of the password can form a word found in the dictionary, you can't use a password from a list of the 24 most recent passwords, and you have to change the password every 30 days.
By the time you find a password you can use, it's time to change your password again.
You would think that I was going to have access to nuke launch codes...
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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And let me guess ... get it wrong three times and your account is frozen and Large Polite Men With Suspicious Bulges In Their Armpits arrive at your desk to ask a few penetrating questions?
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