In trying to be objective this afternoon I came across this amusing installation problem with Microsoft's new browser plug in Silverlight.
First things first. I thought that I'd attempt to do this as kosher as possible. On my work XP machine using IE7 I attempted to view some Silverlight content only to be prompted to download the plug in.
One thing that I did do that was irregular was to allow the plug in to install from the prompt rather than save local first. With my third click I allowed the installer to execute only to have it's progress stick at 54% for ages. At the end of the process that it ran I got an installation error message with a link to find out more, normally I would have assumed that all went wrong and possibly would have shrugged the shoulders and given up - but click on the link I did.
The browser opened, a url was called and the page displayed offered an explanation for the installation error. It was a classic, so good that I've taken a screen shot to save it for prosperity.
I was informed that I had an error 3010, and it's a good one:
Installation was completed successfully. However, a restart is required to complete the install. Please save your work and restart your computer to finish installation.
I wonder if a noob would have bothered to check what had gone wrong...
Click on the thumb below to see the screenshot on Flickr:
