[TCML] Dumb Vista Question

[bartb]

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 at classictesla.com> 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 at classictesla.com> 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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