Thank you all for your help!!! It is now installed and running..so far.
I think we can close the books on this issue Chris VE3ZO ----- Original Message ----- From: "Neal Campbell" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 7:15 PM Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Dx base and Vista >I have installed DXB2007 on at least 10 copies of Win7 and 5 copies of > Vista. > > If you have already tried to install it and something wrong occurred, > first > you need to start with a clean slate. In the control panel under Programs, > uninstall DXB2007. Then, go into the relevant Program Files directory (if > you are on a 64 bit system, it will be in the Program Files (x86) > directory). Delete the folder called Scientific Solutions. Then, go to the > Windows folder, find the file DXBase.ini and delete that. Then, reboot > your > computer. > > When it comes back up, create a folder, in the root directory of your disk > (i.e., C:\) and call it DXBase2007 (the name is not critical). Then go to > where the setup.exe file is for DXBase 2007, right click on it and select > "Run as administrator". In the dialog box that asks where to install the > program, select the folder you created at the beginning of this paragraph > (eg. C:\DXBase 2007). > > After the installation has finished, go to the directory where DXBase is > installed, select the file Hosts and right click on it, then select Copy. > Now go to the Windows Folder, double click on the System32 folder, then > the > etc folder and paste the Hosts file into this directory. > > That will put everything in its proper spot and you should be good to go. > > 73 > > > Neal Campbell > Abroham Neal Software > www.abrohamnealsoftware.com > (540) 645 5394 NEW PHONE NUMBER > > Amateur Radio: K3NC > Blog: http://www.abrohamnealsoftware.com/blog/ > DXBase bug reports: email to [email protected] > Abroham Neal forums: http:/www.abrohamnealsoftware.com/community/ > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 6:55 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Ive changed my Vista machine to Win7 about a week or 2 ago and although I >> had a little problem with Win7 when I loaded DxBase on Vista it all went >> smoothly with no problems.. Im not real crazy about having to run >> programs >> in administrator mode and Vista and 7 asking me if its ok but thats whats >> needed to make it all run properly.. >> It will work and it should have loaded with no problems but then again >> like >> has been said its my computer so im the boss and no crazy user accounts >> either.. >> Dave N8DC >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Walter Miller, AJ6T" <[email protected]> >> To: "Chris VE3CTP / VE3ZO" <[email protected]> >> Cc: [email protected] >> Sent: Wednesday, March 3, 2010 5:29:41 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern >> Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Dx base and Vista >> >> Chris, >> >> I am using DXBase2007 on my Vista laptop without any significant >> problems, and I did not have to locate the DXB folder in a special >> location. Because of struggles with UAC (User Account Control) and >> other issues prior to installation of DXBase, I was already accessing my >> machine as the "administrator" (not just a named account with >> administrator privileges, but with the account named "administrator"), >> and with UAC disabled. DXB installed without issue in its normal place >> (C:\Program Files\Scientific Solutions), and it runs smoothly. That >> approach has worked extremely well for me. >> >> 73, >> Walt, AJ6T >> >> Chris VE3CTP / VE3ZO wrote: >> > Still no luck...now I can't get through the set up process. >> > >> > Installing a program should not be this difficult. The AppData folder >> does not even exist on my computer. >> > >> > Really getting frustrated with this. >> > >> > Chris >> > VE3ZO >> > >> > >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Dxbase mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Dxbase mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> > ______________________________________________________________ > Dxbase mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Dxbase mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
