It can sometimes be difficult to get programs to install properly on Windows Vista. We have found the following fix to be useful if you are encountering problems running any of our software on a Windows Vista Operating System.

First, make sure you have the latest updates from Microsoft. You can insure you have the latest updates and Service Packs by clicking here.

  1. Uninstall any existing installations of the problem software from your computer.
  2. Turn on User Accounts Control (UAC) under Control Panel --> User Accounts
  3. Reboot
  4. Re-Download the software (see Download Software menu item above). Right click on the software and Save target as... to your desktop.
  5. Install it by right-clicking the downloaded file on your desktop and select 'Run As Administrator'
  6. Delete the installation icon from your desktop that you just downloaded.
  7. Run the newly installed software from the new desktop shortcut or from the start menu.

If that doesn't do the trick, you can try this one:

There is a super secret Administrator account that has more power than the administrator accounts that are visible in Vista. One might want to try to enable this Administrator account and install the software under it, giving it full permissions over the UAC constraints. To enable this, go to your Command Prompt and type:

Net user administrator /active:yes

Reboot the computer and click on the Administrator account on the welcome screen. Install the software under this account. Then you can shut off this Administrator account by going to the command prompt and typing:

Net user administrator /active:no

You can minimize the amount of prompts that the UAC gives you about every little change. The below instructions are optional and will eliminate most of the prompts done by UAC.

  1. Make sure you have full administrative rights.
  2. Click Vista's start circle.
  3. Click "Accessories"
  4. Click "Command Prompt"
  5. Type 'gpedit' and press enter
  6. Navigate to the following path:
              "Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Local Policies\Security Options"
  7. On the right side, find this policy:
              "User Account Control: Behavior of the elevation prompt for administrators in Admin Approval Mode"
  8. Double click the policy and change from "Prompt for consent" to "Elevate without prompting" and click "OK".

For more security you can keep all these prompts coming by following these steps to turn those back on:

    • Follow the steps above, except change the policy from "Elevate without prompting" to "Prompt for consent" in step 8 and click OK.
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