Joseph,
It *does* sound like a corrupted download, but you will want to clear your
cache in IE before trying again or else you will just end up trying the same
corrupted download.

In IE - Tools / Internet Options / Temporary Internet Files / Delete Files

"Joseph di Piazza" wrote:

> Folks,
> 1. After downloading the trial version of OneNote, I clicked on it, only to
> find the ominous msg: "OneNote.exe is not a valid Windows 32 application."
> 2. Was not OneNote to be useable even with a mouse on an XP notebook?
> Indeed, I want to try it out there while I get hardware fixes on my Tablet.
> 3. The size of the download turned out to be only 64 megabytes, when I
> believe it was supposed to be much larger. Is the problem that many bytes
> were lost in the download ( I was forced to use a dial-up download, where
> poor or incomplete downloads often occur). [ Oh, next time I could try a
> T-Mobile hotspot with T1 speeds; 4. but will I have to delete the old
> download first since the new one may detect it and complain that I am trying
> to get a 2nd 60-day free trial. I am already 15 days into the trial, for
> which I had to tell my life story. There was no report in "Add or Remove
> Programs" in Control Panel of the presence of OneNote, so I cannot uninstall
> the download properly: 5. will this lack of an uninstall mechanism lead to
> problems now or down the line?]
> Whatever tips you all can offer, I'll appreciate greatly. 6. Should not a
> dial-up download work ?
> Joe
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