Strange thing about this:
Version 1 of Microsoft Security Essentials (the one with the blue background) installs just fine on Windows For Legacy PCs. I mean, why wouldn’t it -- WinFLP is EXACTLY like Windows XP just with a few programs missing (MS Paint, games, OE, WMP, etc.).
However, when trying to upgrade MSE v1 to v2 (the one with the grey background and the white curved grid on the right), I get an "incompatible OS" error, with the 0x8004FF04 error.
Same thing happens when I try to upgrade a current installation of v1 to v2 via Windows Update or its own internal upgrade tool.
So, WTF -- what in Windows is MSE v2 using to disqualify WinFLP, and how can I get MSE v2 to install?
On the other hand, it appears that MSE v2 is much more forgiving in its 64-bit variants, as I have suddenly been able to install it on XP 64-bit and Windows Server 2008 R2 without ANY ill effects at all.
Version 1 of Microsoft Security Essentials (the one with the blue background) installs just fine on Windows For Legacy PCs. I mean, why wouldn’t it -- WinFLP is EXACTLY like Windows XP just with a few programs missing (MS Paint, games, OE, WMP, etc.).
However, when trying to upgrade MSE v1 to v2 (the one with the grey background and the white curved grid on the right), I get an "incompatible OS" error, with the 0x8004FF04 error.
Same thing happens when I try to upgrade a current installation of v1 to v2 via Windows Update or its own internal upgrade tool.
So, WTF -- what in Windows is MSE v2 using to disqualify WinFLP, and how can I get MSE v2 to install?
On the other hand, it appears that MSE v2 is much more forgiving in its 64-bit variants, as I have suddenly been able to install it on XP 64-bit and Windows Server 2008 R2 without ANY ill effects at all.