> But meanwhile, I tried the MSI file. It installed "MSI to
> redistribute MS VS2005 CRT libraries" successfully, but even
> after calling instreg/instsvc/instclient manually from an Admin
> cmd shell, nothing changes (Guardian is started and stopped,
> Server does not respond to start request, error 1053).
>
> Do I have to reboot after MSI installation? I'll give this
> a try...
>
> -Matt

I woul dsay that a reboot is, in fact, necessary in your case because you
have tried to load the client lib or udf lib etc without the assemplies. You
will need to re-boot to clear this broken setup
Alan