Re: [TCML] Dumb Vista Question

[bartb <bartb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Aaron,

Good info.
Bart

J. Aaron Holmes wrote:
> Hey again, Bart.  On Vista, even if you are an
> administrator user, most programs don't run with those
> privileges unless you tell Vista that they should. 
> I.e., by default, then run as a reduced-privilege
> pseudo-user.  The steps explained below essentially
> take you back to XP Land, as far as user context of
> running programs goes.
>
> Cheers,
> Aaron, N7OE
>
> --- bartb <bartb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>   
> > Hi Aaron,
> >
> > Thanks. Using 9.1 is a thought. I was installing the
> > old 8.0 version and 
> > Vista just didn't like it. I am the administrator. I
> > tried installing 
> > months ago, so it's been a little while. Lots of
> > other programs I would 
> > like to run I can't. Some dos programs that require
> > full screen simply 
> > won't run without installing XP video drivers
> > (should they exist for 
> > your hardware). I even tried DOSBOX which did help a
> > little, but then I 
> > ran into some path frustrations and gave up. Too
> > much work. Vista has 
> > ran just fine other than what programs could and
> > could not be installed 
> > (this to me is the biggest shortfall). Programs like
> > Mediaplayer, 
> > Quicktime, etc.. all seem to do very well.
> >
> > Take care,
> > Bart
> >
> > J. Aaron Holmes wrote:
> >     
> > > Hey, Bart:
> > >
> > > I haven't had any trouble with the 9.1 student
> > >       
> > version
> >     
> > > on Vista, and recently with Service Pack 1.  What
> > > version are you running and what problems are you
> > > having?  Are you explicitly running elevated (as
> > >       
> > an
> >     
> > > administrator) or not?  If not, you might give
> > >       
> > that a
> >     
> > > shot (right-click icon, choose "Run as
> > > administrator").  Many older programs do "bad"
> > >       
> > things
> >     
> > > that Vista won't let them get away with by
> > >       
> > default. 
> >     
> > > As I seem to have accumulated an inordinate number
> > >       
> > of
> >     
> > > such programs, I have the elevation prompting
> > >       
> > disabled
> >     
> > > and elevation set to "automatic" (see secpol.msc)
> > >       
> > on
> >     
> > > my machine, which tends to sweep many of these
> > >       
> > kinds
> >     
> > > of issues under the carpet.  And Microsim 9.1
> > > definitely qualifies as "old".
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Aaron, N7OE
> > >
> > > --- bartb <bartb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > >   
> > >       
> > > > Here's dumb Vista question.
> > > >
> > > > Has anyone been able to get Microsim to work on
> > > > Vista?
> > > > I think I need to "upgrade" to XP.
> > > >
> > > > Bart
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