MarkA

Interesting. Yes, I did try installing v2.2 directly (not as an upgrade) several times, with the same result. But, there was a KB article on Sony's site that suggested installing the original 2.0 CD version and then performing the upgrade in case some OpenMG file was corrupt. Same results. I had not noticed the uninstall item in add/remove programs for OpenMG before, but after reading the new post here, found and uninstalled that too, and then did the "deep uninstall" again and tried the install yet another time. Still the same result. Even after uninstall of OpenMG via the add/remove programs, there is still a ton of entries in the registry for OpenMG (some even result in regsvr32 errors on boot after deleting Sony directories). ...Another lame uninstaller that leaves garbage all over the place. I tried Sony support today. A 30 minute anticipated wait on the phone queue (not acceptable), and then I tried the support chat feature. The support person there had no clue and referred me back to the phone support. Still frustrated.... -Mark

I too had this same issue today on Win2k (Omgjbox.exe error on start), but before finding this thread I uninstalled SonicStage and tried to re-install v2.2. My re-install attempt gets to "Currently Installing OpenMG Secure Module" and then aborts with an "Install Terminated" message, but no other explanation. Anyone else seen this issue? I've now tried removing the 3 listed MS Hotfixes above, doing the deep uninstall listed here, installing v2.0 from CD (which works fine) and then upgrading to v2.2, and just about every combination of the above (muliple times, with reboots) and still can't get past the termination of install for v2.2. Frustrating. I now sit at a working v2.0 SonicStage but would like to be back up to 2.2. Thanks, -Mark