Hi Matthew, I am not the one that has the issues. I just shared my experience of installing on Vista by copying an XP installation over manually. The installer did not run at the time - quite possibly because I did not run it as Administrator - or maybe some other issue. It was prior to 2.01 The reboot issues are with John Lentz's install, who posted the original ...
Cheers --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Matthew OMeara" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Iko, > > You might try looking at your settings for Windows. There is one > checkbox for "Reboot on System Error". Make sure that is turned off > so that you can at least see the error you are getting. I have seen > Windows ship with this set to be true, normally on the dumbed down > home editions of their OS's. So make sure that is off and at least > it gives you a chance to further debug. > > Matthew > > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "realeyes_jun" jun@ wrote: > > > > Iko, > > > > Sorry you couldn't get the installer to run on Vista, but it did > work > > for me - I was running Windows Vista Business Edition at the time - > and > > others: > > > > - http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/message/66731 > > - http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/message/65094 > > > > -Jun > > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "iko_knyphausen" <iko@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I don't think the installer works on Vista. I installed on XP and > then > > > copied the installation directory over to my Vista machine. I > think > > you > > > will also have to install the the player and debug version of the > > player > > > manually, by visiting the Adobe web site. > > > > > > Iko > > > > > > > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "realeyes_jun" jun@ wrote: > > > > > > > > John, > > > > > > > > Many developers are running Vista with Flex Builder - Including > > myself > > > > until I downgraded back to XP - so I don't think you > encountering an > > > > issue with the Flex Builder setup program... sounds to me more > like > > an > > > > issue with hardware. (Like the machine is having BSOD) > > > > > > > > I would double-check to make sure you have the most appropriate > and > > up > > > > to date vid card drivers, bios firmware, vista patches. Also, > > running > > > > RAM diagnostics (I think there's a memory tester built into > Vista) > > or > > > > disk check (cmdline chkdsk and/or vendor provided disk check > tools) > > > > wouldn't hurt either. You might also want to check your Vista > > > > system/application logs to make sure you're not getting any > errors > > > when > > > > you run the installer. > > > > > > > > Also, if you bought Flex Builder, I would think that Adobe has > 30 > > days > > > > support or something? Just in case it turns out to be the setup > > > program > > > > which I think is not the case. > > > > > > > > -Jun > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "j_lentzz" jlentz@ wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > I've got a new machine that I just installed a full copy of > Vista > > > > > Ultimate onto. I'm trying to install the latest Flex, but > right > > > after > > > > > it finishes extracting the files, the machine reboots. I've > tried > > > > > setting the installation program to XP SP2 compatibility and > > checked > > > > > run as administrator, but it still reboots the machine right > after > > > the > > > > > files have been extracted. I've got Vista on my C drive and > I'm > > > > > installing (at least trying to) Flex onto my F drive. Does > anyone > > > > > have any ideas? One option I could do is to install XP first > load > > > Flex > > > > > and then install Vista over it, but I'm not sure if that would > > help > > > > > any. Any ideas would be great. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > > John > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
