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I want a Mac

I posted this as a comment over at greyduck.net, but I'll post it here too:

I decided to upgrade ActiveState Python this am to the newest version. Since their MSI-based installers don't detect old versions and offer to upgrade you, I uninstalled the old version first. It did the usual progress bar hookie-dookie, and then (this being Windows) said "We have to reboot to complete the (un)installation. Reboot now?" I said yes. Machine reboots, Win98 begins loading, NAV starts loading. NAV puts up a dialog box saying "A system file, MSVCRT.DLL, was not found." Well, look harder then. The login dialog comes up. Thinking "uh-oh," I type in login and password.

Machine responds "Can't find MSVCRT.DLL."

Followed by "EXPLORER.EXE cannot run. Reinstall Windows."

I hate ActiveState. I hate Microsoft.