English US is not a hard and fast requirement--but the default choices in
the long and short date formats are--whatever the language/locale.
Since the spec for the beta is english only, I'm tempted to suggest
installing with english US settings, but we've a wide range of experience
here--very few have found that it just doesn't work with other language
settings.
Experiment. It'd be nice to verify before installing that the file you have
is the current build--615. I don't have the installation file handy to see
if that can be verified from the file properties.
Then, make sure your date and time are correct.
Then, make sure that the long and short date formats are the topmost choices
in the drop-down boxes, regardless of locale/language.
Try it.
The beta1 program has a number of bugs in relation to time and date
functions--you cannot set scheduled scan times in the afternoon if your
clock format is a 24 hour one, for example.
Others have noted that non-default date formats result in either early
termination notices, or inability to complete the install.
I can't tell from the two messages in this thread--whether the issue is the
wrong file (i.e. the download contains an expired version)--or the
date/time/formatting issues on the machine where you are installing. It is
possible that you and Steven Perry have different issues.
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Hakama said:
I was not set to English (US), nor I had the long and short date formats
that goes with English (US). I already changed that and downloaded the file
again. Should I set to English (US) on the target machine before
installing? Thanks in advance.
Bill said:
[snip]
If you are set to English (United States) and you have not modified your
long and short date formats from the defaults (topmost in the dropdown
controls)--I don't have further ideas except for a bad cache somewhere in
the download path, or confusion between multiples of the same file on a
system.