I’ve got a weird one… I found something similar in the forum, but not quite.
I’ve just completed a full re-install of XP Pro for a friend of mine. Before I blew away his OS I copied the license code from his Avast. Once XP was back up I re-downloaded the home edition (setupeng.exe) and installed it… or tried to. It came up several times during install complaining that it couldn’t find m-(something. dll and a re-install was required! I tried aborting the install but it kept going until the final phase at which point I was able to cancel.
I thought for a moment that I may have somehow received the wrong file so I used an older version that I had on a USB drive, knowing it would update once on line. After un-installing, rebooting, and installing the older version (without any errors) I attempted to input his registration key. It came back as invalid. I un-installed and even used the un-installer from the Avast site. Same issue after re-installing. I noticed that under the registration info in the “About Avast” area that it thinks the product is Server. The splash screen says home edition, but I can’t get his registration code back in and I’m wondering if there’s a leftover .dll from the original attempt that’s causing the issue.
Anybody got any clues???