Over "550 bug fixes and issues fixed" in the Vista SP1 due out soon... I don't know if that makes you feel any better or not, but I try, even if it is in small ways ;-)
----- Original Message ----- From: "Alastair Burr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 3:27 PM Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Another Vista account oddity > Many thanks, Razzak, > > Not much of a mess but I renamed an account in order to keep all the settings > that I had already and then created a new account with the (then unused) > original user name. > > What that did was to have all the default user folders pointing in the wrong > places! > > So I created two new user accounts from scratch and then deleted the older > ones - after setting my desktop up as I wanted it again. What that seemed to > leave was some pointers to the old accounts in various directory permissions > and owners. > > Almost everything works fine but I just suspect that the owner of C:\RBTI\... > is not what Vista expects which might mean that read/write permissions are > not correct. I'm hoping that re-installing from the new administrator account > will put any anomalies right again. > > It's clearly not an R:Base problem as everything was fine before. My > databases accept and return data with no problem - it's just little oddities > that I suspect are written to C:\RBTI... or maybe C:\Windows\... that appear > to hiccup. > > Regards, > Alastair. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "A. Razzak Memon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 7:48 PM > Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Another Vista account oddity > > >> At 01:38 PM 2/12/2008, Alastair Burr wrote: >> >>>I decided to try re-installing R:Base anyhow so that I got the "proper" >>>defaults >>>for Vista but I get an message saying that I must uninstall R:Base first. >>>Am I right in thinking that using the Vista uninstall is the right way to do >>>this? >> >> Alastair, >> >> Before re-installing R:BASE 7.6 for Windows, using the full installer, >> you must un-install the previously registered version of R:BASE 7.6 for >> Windows. >> >> Use "Uninstall or change a program" option of the Vista Control Panel. >> >> Following the correct procedure, if you still encounter the same message, >> you may remove the following product key from the registry in order to >> re-install R:BASE 7.6 for Windows. >> >> Here's how: >> >> Start | Run | REGEDIT | Main Menu | Edit | Find ... >> >> {1F5DE9EC-C06A-4657-B580-BFF743BBEE84} >> >> You'll find these product keys in "two" places. Once found, carefully >> delete them. >> >> >>>Can I presume the same activation keys should still be used for the new >>>install? >> >> Yes, as long as you have not changed the Hardware and OS. >> >> >>>Am I right in thinking that I need only install the original full >>>installation >>>and the latest update (RBG76_Update2_01022008) or is there a newer one? >> >> >> Correct! >> >> The upcoming Update 3 of R:BASE 7.6 for Windows (Build 7.6.3.30214), >> currently under Private and R:Developers Beta, is scheduled to be >> released on February 14, 2008 (7:56AM EST). >> >> >>>Is the default directory better as C:\RBTI\... or should I put RBTI\... in >>>Program Files these days? >> >> >> FWIW, C:\RBTI\RBG76 is the recommended folder. You may install the >> version anywhere on your PC, if you wish. >> >> Hope that helps! >> >> Very Best R:egards, >> >> Razzak. >> >> P.S. >> Just curious ... what did you do on your Vista to result in such a mess? >> >> >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: >> 269.20.2/1272 - Release Date: 11/02/2008 17:28 >> >> > > >
