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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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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: 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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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" wrote in message ... 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) |
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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: 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" wrote in message ... 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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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 http://blogs.technet.com/steriley http://www.protectyourwindowsnetwork.com "Gerry Hickman" wrote in message ... 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: 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" wrote in message ... 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) |