[Dxbase] dxbase2007 and windows vista 64 bit

[Karl Geng]

A number of folks contact me regarding my spring 2007 instructions.  
Based on their questions and cockpit
troubles I revised the instructions.

Here they are:

problem: DXBase cannot find the key and therefore stays in Trial mode.

solution: (updated Jan 5, 2008)

The software cannot handle the automatic placement of the key in both  
the 32
bit and the 64 bit registry.
Therefore it is necessary to make a modification to the 64 bit  
registry in
VISTA 64.
BACK UP THE REGISTRY FIRST !

1) go the system prompt
2) click on "start search" and type in regedit and do a "enter"
3) go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and click on it
4) find the folder "Wow6432Node" and in it place a new folder  
"Scientific
Solutions" and into this one another " Dxb2007"
5) in that folder create a new entry called "Key"  (you will have to  
rename
the " new key#1" into "Key"), Note: this is not another subfolder - it  
is only a key within the Dxb2007 folder
6) go under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE to the existing 32 bit folder that says
Scientific Solutions and under Key copy the text string associated  
with it,
to do this click on the name Key and a little edit window opens up. In  
Value data you see the key value highlighted in blue. Copy this value  
by right clicking on it.
7) go back to the new folder created in the Wow6432Node as Key and  
paste the
text value into it.
Note: the newly entered folder and key value in the Wow6432Node folder  
must look exactly like the one under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, SOFTWARE,  
Scientific Solutions - these entries are case sensitive - be accurate!

8) close the registry

Restart DXbase2007 and it will work.

73 de Karl N1DL

On Jan 6, 2008, at 2:32 AM, joe voelkelt wrote:

> still have had no luck in getting dxbase 2007 to run on my computer  
> with windows vista, however i have managed a work around to the  
> problem and that is to reinstall dxbase 2006 from the cd rom i got  
> when i purchased dxbase 2006 and dxbase 2006 now works fine no  
> problem at all, but no matter what i do have not figured out how to  
> get dxbase to get out of the demo mode, i have tried installing in a  
> new directory, reapplying registration key etc. did e mail  
> scientific solutions and hope to get cd rom from them with dx base  
> 2007 and see if that will work. thanks to all for their suggestions  
> and help, will keep everyone up to date on this problem.  joe  kl7lf
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