I've tried several reboots of the XP machine, but each time it halts the OS upgrade because desktop manager is running. I've tried ending every process that looks like it's related, but no dice.

Help.

I had this happen this morning. I just removed the USP connection and did a hard re boot on my desktop system. and then re installed the application , and when I was prompted to I started the desk top manager....

Still no dice, this is very aggravating. Won't even let me uninstall it. I even created a new user profile for the desktop.

Did you ever find a solution to this problem?? I am having the same issue..I'm going nuts!

Yes, bought a laptop to install the app loader on. Sucks.

You went extreme. I hope it was time to replace your computer though. If not, I guess now you have two good computers now.

Well, not really, the desktop's still good, but for some reason desktop manager always runs some background process that I can't see and therefore can't run the apploader.

And I have more than 2 good ones, have a bit of a laptop addiction.