You do not say what system you are using. There is a difference between Vista and XP
2008/3/12, Bill Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > "Eric Iverson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > J602 is available. > > I just took a moment to install. Since installing J601, I've followed > MS's recommendations and converted my account to a limited account > status, adding another account with admin privileges. When I ran the J > installer, I ran it as that administrator, because I wanted to install > in c:Program Files/J602. That seemed to work; I have a working J602. > > What didn't work was Pacman. While in J601 I could run Pacman out of my > current J session, J602 complains I need to become an admin. > > I quit J602 and ran j.exe as admin. That seems to work, but is that the > intended process? I cant' find anything that indicates others have run > into this. > > One disadvantage is that Pacman offers the Info button, which does make > it easy to find the JWiki page corresponding to a particular package > quickly. While I can perhaps understand not wanting to run Pacman as a > limited user, it would be nice to be able to open Pacman, see what's > installed, and read the Info pages and have Pacman only refuse when you > try to update or install something. > > One other small installation suggestion: some installers ask in which > group one wants to place the start shortcut. J602 didn't, and so I'll > go back and move it to my Programming group the next time I am logged in > as an admin /and/ I happen to think of it (shutting down 14 windows, > when one of those is Emacs with umpteen windows, isn't a > spur-of-the-moment thing, and I obviously can't make such a change as a > limited user). > > Other than that, it was a simple process. > > Thanks, > > Bill > - -- > Bill Harris http://facilitatedsystems.com/weblog/ > Facilitated Systems Everett, WA 98208 USA > http://facilitatedsystems.com/ phone: +1 425 337-5541 > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) > Comment: For more information, see http://www.gnupg.org > > iD8DBQFH2D3q3J3HaQTDvd8RApR1AJ0WAYalVd1StzU0UC6fxKBZZsNAOQCeLaQR > uzyVmQ7AW5g677/mixhha1w= > =e5tq > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- Björn Helgason, Verkfræðingur Fugl&Fiskur ehf, Þerneyjarsund 23, Box 127 801 Grímsnes ,t-póst: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype: gosiminn, gsm: +3546985532 Landslags og skrúðgarðagerð, gröfuþjónusta http://groups.google.com/group/J-Programming Tæknikunnátta höndlar hið flókna, sköpunargáfa er meistari einfaldleikans góður kennari getur stigið á tær án þess að glansinn fari af skónum /|_ .-----------------------------------. ,' .\ / | Með léttri lund verður | ,--' _,' | Dagurinn í dag | / / | Enn betri en gærdagurinn | ( -. | `-----------------------------------' | ) | (\_ _/) (`-. '--.) (='.'=) `. )----' (")_(")
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