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10-22-2007
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| | Vista Basic 64 and installing prgrams? Hi all, I am trying to install programs on my new Vista Basic 64 machine. When I put the cd's in the drive nothing happens even though the auto start is turned on. Is this a permissions problem? How do I make my accout "powerfull" enough to do stuff? thanks, charles..... |
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10-22-2007
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| | Re: Vista Basic 64 and installing prgrams? Hi, Can you browse files on the CD? If so, what happens when you double click the setup.exe file? ***** charles wrote: Quote: > Hi all, > > I am trying to install programs on my new Vista > Basic 64 machine. When I put the cd's in the > drive nothing happens even though the auto > start is turned on. Is this a permissions problem? > How do I make my accout "powerfull" enough > to do stuff? > > thanks, > charles..... > > -- Gerry Hickman (London UK) |
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10-22-2007
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| | Re: Vista Basic 64 and installing prgrams? Hey, The only time that I was able to do that was when I did a D:\Setup.exe command and it eventually said that Vista couldn't handle 16 bit software. I don't think that all of my stuff is 16 bit. If the installer is 32 bit I should be able to install it correctly shouldn't I? thanks... "Gerry Hickman" <gerry666uk@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:%238n2CnNFIHA.4544@xxxxxx Quote: > Hi, > > Can you browse files on the CD? If so, what happens when you double > click the setup.exe file? > > ***** charles wrote: Quote: > > Hi all, > > > > I am trying to install programs on my new Vista > > Basic 64 machine. When I put the cd's in the > > drive nothing happens even though the auto > > start is turned on. Is this a permissions problem? > > How do I make my accout "powerfull" enough > > to do stuff? > > > > thanks, > > charles..... > > > > > > -- > Gerry Hickman (London UK) |
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10-24-2007
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| | Re: Vista Basic 64 and installing prgrams? Hi, In general you can use 32bit software on 64bit o/s. You need to test this with official CDs such as Office 2007 or a recent cover CD from a magazine. Are you saying all your CDs fail in the same way, or are you saying it's just one? ***** charles wrote: Quote: > Hey, > > The only time that I was able to do that was when I did a > D:\Setup.exe command and it eventually said that Vista > couldn't handle 16 bit software. I don't think that all of > my stuff is 16 bit. If the installer is 32 bit I should be able > to install it correctly shouldn't I? > > thanks... > > "Gerry Hickman" <gerry666uk@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:%238n2CnNFIHA.4544@xxxxxx Quote: >> Hi, >> >> Can you browse files on the CD? If so, what happens when you double >> click the setup.exe file? >> >> ***** charles wrote: Quote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I am trying to install programs on my new Vista >>> Basic 64 machine. When I put the cd's in the >>> drive nothing happens even though the auto >>> start is turned on. Is this a permissions problem? >>> How do I make my accout "powerfull" enough >>> to do stuff? >>> >>> thanks, >>> charles..... >>> >>> >> -- >> Gerry Hickman (London UK) > -- Gerry Hickman (London UK) |
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10-24-2007
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| | Re: Vista Basic 64 and installing prgrams? But not 32-bit drivers. 64-bit Windows will only allow 64-bit drivers (this includes multimedia codecs) to install. -- Steve Riley steve.riley@xxxxxx http://blogs.technet.com/steriley http://www.protectyourwindowsnetwork.com "Gerry Hickman" <gerry666uk@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:uVft2tmFIHA.2004@xxxxxx Quote: > Hi, > > In general you can use 32bit software on 64bit o/s. You need to test this > with official CDs such as Office 2007 or a recent cover CD from a > magazine. Are you saying all your CDs fail in the same way, or are you > saying it's just one? > > ***** charles wrote: Quote: >> Hey, >> >> The only time that I was able to do that was when I did a >> D:\Setup.exe command and it eventually said that Vista >> couldn't handle 16 bit software. I don't think that all of >> my stuff is 16 bit. If the installer is 32 bit I should be able >> to install it correctly shouldn't I? >> >> thanks... >> >> "Gerry Hickman" <gerry666uk@xxxxxx> wrote in message >> news:%238n2CnNFIHA.4544@xxxxxx Quote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> Can you browse files on the CD? If so, what happens when you double >>> click the setup.exe file? >>> >>> ***** charles wrote: >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> I am trying to install programs on my new Vista >>>> Basic 64 machine. When I put the cd's in the >>>> drive nothing happens even though the auto >>>> start is turned on. Is this a permissions problem? >>>> How do I make my accout "powerfull" enough >>>> to do stuff? >>>> >>>> thanks, >>>> charles..... >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> Gerry Hickman (London UK) >> > > -- > Gerry Hickman (London UK) |
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