SB 4.03 on Win 7 64 bit

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I just had a colleague write that he was not able to run a SB 4.03
install package on his Windows 7 Ent. 64 bit system. I tested it on my
Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit system and it worked just fine. Any known
issues in this area?

Thanks,

Jeff King

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Jeff,

> I just had a colleague write that he was not able to run a SB 4.03 install
> package on his Windows 7 Ent. 64 bit system. I tested it on my Windows 7
> Ultimate 64 bit system and it worked just fine. Any known issues in this
> area?

Well, any application that is not "UAC-aware" can cause problems <g>. And
SetupBuilder 4.03 (7 years old!!) does not know nothing about 64-bit
operating systems and has absolutely no idea what User Account Control (UAC)
is. There are group policies in Vista/Windows 7 that prevent unsigned
applications from running at all. Or installer detection is disabled and so
old installers do not get enough privileges. And even if such a
"non-UAC-aware" installer starts, virtualization might kick in (because it's
a "legacy" application) and then the hell breaks loose.

Rule #1 is: never ever use a non-UAC-aware installer on Windows Vista,
Windows 2008, Windows 7 and Server 7 <g>

What you can do is to ask your colleague to start the old SB 4.03 install
"as administrator". But you can't count on it.

Does this help?

Friedrich

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Friedrich,

Yes! That clears things up. In fact, I now recall that I have UAC
turned off on my Win 7 machine and this probably explains why I was able
to use the old installer. I will download the latest version and update
as soon as possible. Thanks for the help.

Jeff

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You are welcome, Jeff!

Friedrich

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> Friedrich,
>
> Yes! That clears things up. In fact, I now recall that I have UAC
> turned off on my Win 7 machine and this probably explains why I was able
> to use the old installer. I will download the latest version and update
> as soon as possible. Thanks for the help.
>
> Jeff

Jeff,

Of course, updating your install with the current SetupBuilder is just a
part of what is really needed.

For an indepth list created by Friedrich Linder - study this newsgroup
thread - #3 entry contains the list.

http://www.lindersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21593&highlight=include+manifest+Windows

David

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