How to uninstall visual studio 2008 !

It is a bit peculiar problem , for a dotnet programmer visual studio is a best friend, most people  never notice  this problem because programmers   usually don’t uninstall visual studio,  today I tried that and got this error :” A problem has been encountered while loading the setup components. Canceling setup” . strange I could not get rid of my best friend, though I really needed some space! So what I did was searching  a little bit and found the solution!

There is a official uninstaller for Vs.net 2008 Team System ! :

Here you can see what the problem is :

“This problem occurs when you install an update that adds a new Windows Installer feature to VSTS 2008. For example, you install the security update that is described in Microsoft Knowledge Base article 952241.”

“This problem occurs because the new Windows Installer feature is incompatible with the setup components for VSTS 2008.”

Both from : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959417

And also here is the cure ! :

Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 RC/RTM uninstall tool

all in all you need to download this file and execute it!

enjoy

 Ok, Ok I am back! I know you missed me! First of all congratulate me for my very first mark in Swedish university! It is Pass with Distinction and it is great incentive for me to study more for next exam and others!

It is almost 2 months that I am here in Sweden so according to the researches it is time for me to lose my  unreal and optimistic view of this new country and culture and become depress and homesick and so on! First of all happily I never get homesick so I hardly understand the concept in the other hand I had so much troubles in a crowded megacity like Tehran that even now I enjoy being in a rather small town like Karlstad especially in the campus that is almost out of town! For me it is like a long big vacation in beautiful place, where I have the opportunity to learn something I like! Upshot: I have the time of my life!     

Though it is not good in every aspect for example here everything is stupidly expensive in comparison with outside of Europe, and it cause you problems when you want to buy something technological! For instance I needed a camera, the US price was only 400 $ for a up-to-date semi-pro canon! It was fairly good but here it was like 5000:- almost 720$ I bought it from US and paid 150$ for shipping! I was almost happy at least I would have my camera with a reasonable price, but last day before day delivery date I have a message on my cellophane to call the courier company and then they told me I have to pay like 1400 :- for as the import tax! What the hell, common! I am student so they made my day like this!

Another stupid problem is they refuse to give me a Swedish ID card so I don’t need to carry my pastor every ware with me! Isn’t it stupid?! I am a 2 year resident here and they don’t give me any type of card with my picture on it to prove that I am the same person that have the card! Even my student card doesn’t have my picture on it! So most of the times when you want to demonstrate that you are the real card holder you have to show and extra ID card too!

Any way! As they always say the sky is same in everywhere, but I think here I can see more stars at night and bountiful colored sky with strangely lovely shapes of clouds!

Tomorrow we are supposed to visit a part of Volvo Company with the university guys; I guess there is much to see there, as long as Volvo is one rare of the companies that use JIT strategy.

Hey friends, It’s 3 weeks that I am here in Karlstad, Sweden and many of you are really eager t  to know where am I, how am I and what my new town looks like!

First of all I have to tell you that it’s not that cold here yet! It’s like a good sunny spring although sometimes it rains or it is windy! But in a holistic view you can imagine heaven! Here, Party is an insuperable of life, especially Fridays and Saturdays nights! So don’t worry I have the time of my life right now!

As I wanted to travel, I recharged my camera batteries and take a picture at home and put my camera somewhere safe, but unfortunately It did not work properly when I arrived, and now it passed away! So I took pictures with my cam!

Here everything is expensive! You feel it first time when you pay abut 1.40 $ to pee (only!) in the train station.

I usually eat pasta or homemade sandwich, if you want to eat out daily it costs you a lot and as I need to save money to buy another camera, it is good Idea to eat inside! Alcoholic beverages are here stupidly expensive though here everybody is alcohol worshipper and they do not have any problem with selling it, although you cannot even buy it from normal supermarket and you have to buy it from special place named “Systembolaget”.

As I always was disappointed from service companies in Iran, I was happy that at least I can receive good services in a developed country! But it seems at least in Iran if you yell at operator and talk to manager you can solve the problem but here operators are not even afraid of angry customer in the other side of the phone! it is 2 weeks that all students here are waiting for their internet access from different companies and they always keep telling them that they will start the service in couple of days or send a technician in a weak! Yesterday a technician supposed to be here between 8 and 12 o’clock and he hasn’t showed up yet!

Ok as you know how I am doing and everything is all right, it’s time for me to upload some pictures of town!

It is a rainy night and I am starting over my website with its new look and application, and I am thinking about the journey that I am going to do in about a month. I’m not talking about only taking a travel, embarking airplane and train for like 10 hours and even visiting new places new people and a new culture, I am talking about making a big step in my life and moving forward. As I believe it is necessary to make some changes in my live once in a while, upgrading my level to master or maybe PhD is that change! I have to study in a totally different environment in English, with international student. I also have to live by myself, so I have to cook, clean and do the laundry. Wow too much work alongside studding!   

Ok let’s not talk too much and publish my very first post on this website