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

Joe, you should post your issues to the microsoft.public.onenote newsgroup.
Before you do, take a look around previous posts and do a little search. I
seem to recall a solution for this issue being posted.
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone


"Joseph di Piazza" <dipiazza@sprynet.com> wrote in message
news:O38UAs7lEHA.236@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> 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
>
>

The cause is probably a corrupted download. I had the same thing happen.
Re-downloading resolved it.

--
Charlie.

Chris H. wrote:
> Joe, you should post your issues to the microsoft.public.onenote
> newsgroup. Before you do, take a look around previous posts and do a
> little search. I seem to recall a solution for this issue being
> posted.
> "Joseph di Piazza" <dipiazza@sprynet.com> wrote in message
> news:O38UAs7lEHA.236@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> 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

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
>
>
>