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I have my problem solved due to the very kind and persistent efforts of Rob Caron who is an outstanding example of a Microsoft employee going the extra mile for a customer. Although it is not in the Readme (which Rob is/has changed), please, please do NOT install Visual Studio 2005 Beta 1 Refresh over Visual Studio 2005 Beta 1! If you find yourself in the position of being unable to uninstall Visual Studio 2005 Beta 1 via any of the conventional means (like my problem), Rob has given permission to post the sequence of steps we followed:

To remove Visual Studio 2005 Beta - English

msiexec.exe /x {B3A02601-8FE9-4108-8E95-D94171A2F8C8}

 If that fails, try:

msizap.exe TWA {B3A02601-8FE9-4108-8E95-D94171A2F8C8}

msiexec.exe /x {E065DA2A-E1DE-41CF-A8F5-ECF40D9810B5}

 If that fails, try:

msizap.exe TWA {E065DA2A-E1DE-41CF-A8F5-ECF40D9810B5}

msiexec.exe /x {9046F10C-F5E7-4871-BED9-8288F19C70DF}

 If that fails, try:

msizap.exe TWA {9046F10C-F5E7-4871-BED9-8288F19C70DF}

msiexec.exe /x {71F8EFBF-09AF-418D-91F1-52707CDFA274} 

If that fails, try:

msizap.exe TWA {71F8EFBF-09AF-418D-91F1-52707CDFA274}