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I have just installed VMWare Workstation 8 over my old VMWare Workstation 6.5 on Windows 7. On my first run I already got the error message: Could not get vmx86 driver version: The handle is invalid. You have an incorrect version of driver "vmx86.sys". Try reinstalling VMware Workstation. Failed to initialize monitor device. Obviously, I was concerned, but there is a simple way to solve it - just right-click the VMWare Workstation icon and use Run as Administrator. This is a bit annoying, but at least it is easy to solve. Update: I forgot to mention it, but as Dave said on the comments, you can right-click on the program shortcut, choose Properties, Compatibility tab and check Run as Administrator so that it will always run properly. Thanks, Dave!

Since I tried to install an update about a month ago, I've been unable to use iTunes. I've uninstalled and reinstalled several times, but there was always a new error. Quicktime wasn't installed properly, Apple Software Support wasn't installed (but trying to install made the installer complain that it was already installed), and several more. What did solve my problem was following this article by Apple  . In particular, I looked at these folders and some of them still had files after I uninstalled everything. Re-installing iTunes now seemed to solve everything. BTW, I can't help but feel that the Windows version of iTunes (at least, I've never used the Mac version) is horribly full of flimsy dependencies. There are a ton of similar complaints about the web. At least they are now designing their iOS so that you don't really have to use it for downloads or upgrades...