Perform the following before attempting the upgrade/uninstall:
1. We need to manually go to HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\GEProtection"
and delete this registry entry and reboot the machine.
2. After reboot we need to delete "c:\windows\systems32\driver\GEProtFltr.sys".
Now the upgrade/uninstall should complete as expected.
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