Well I am frustrated to tears with my update to 4.8. I was using 4.5.5 successfully had a fun little private site up for me and my friends. I made a rash decision to update after looking at the change log and seeing a few performance updates for 4.8. I backed up my files but forgot to backup the SQLServer. Everything seemed to go ok with the update until it redirected me from the install/update screen to my now fantastic yellow asp.net error screen:

Exception Details: System.ArgumentNullException: Value cannot be null.
Parameter name: type

View this error page and all its splendor at: www.mygammerfriends.org

Well its been about 5 hours of trying to fix it even reverted back to the old version, it didn't work because of lack of restoring on the sql end, and tried to update again. All for the same result. I don't know what else to do, I am now the proud owner of a dedicated asp.net error page that me and my friends can enjoy.

I hope others have had better luck.

Where is it installing the LiveID.dll? It should be in the bin/Providers directory and nowhere else. I suspect that when you tried to reinstall it under Host->Host Settings->Authentication Services that it didn't actually install. The packager module won't install the a version if that version already exists in the database.

I do not have a bin/providers directory. I have tried intalling the LiveID_01.00.00 package through "/install/install.aspx?mode=installResources" and it said I was succesful but it didnt do anything. Is there anyway to disable the LiveID with out loging in? 

Site has been down for 12 hours now after trying to upgrade to 4.8