[Dxbase] Dx base and Vista

[Larry E Price]

I did exactly the same thing. I installed Dxbase2007 under VISTA as
"administrator" and allowed the files to be placed wherever the computer
wanted, that was nearly a year ago and so far I have experienced no problems
of any sort. 

Larry
W4RA

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Walter Miller, AJ6T [mailto:aj6t at comcast.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 5:30 PM
> To: Chris VE3CTP / VE3ZO
> Cc: dxbase at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Dx base and Vista
> 
> Chris,
> 
> I am using DXBase2007 on my Vista laptop without any significant
> problems, and I did not have to locate the DXB folder in a special
> location.  Because of struggles with UAC (User Account Control) and
> other issues prior to installation of DXBase, I was already accessing
> my
> machine as the "administrator" (not just a named account with
> administrator privileges, but with the account named "administrator"),
> and with UAC disabled.  DXB installed without issue in its normal place
> (C:\Program Files\Scientific Solutions), and it runs smoothly.  That
> approach has worked extremely well for me.
> 
> 73,
> Walt, AJ6T
> 
> Chris VE3CTP / VE3ZO wrote:
> > Still no luck...now I can't get through the set up process.
> >
> > Installing a program should not be this difficult.    The AppData
> folder does not even exist on my computer.
> >
> > Really getting frustrated with this.
> >
> > Chris
> > VE3ZO
> >
> >
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