[Finale] VISTA fixxed

2009-08-13 Thread Howey, Henry
I would like to share with all of you how I FINALLY worked out the problems I've had installing SIBELIUS 6. After many exchanges with the folks at SIBELIUS, including an offlist note from one of their heavies, I can now tell all of you what I had to do. The final analysis was the fact that the

[Finale] Vista Compatibility

2009-04-10 Thread Ruth H. Randle
Does anyone know if Finale 2005 runs on Vista? Thanks, Ruth ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Vista Compatibility

2009-04-10 Thread Adam Taylor
Yes, yes it does. That's what I'm running. Adam Ruth H. Randle wrote: Does anyone know if Finale 2005 runs on Vista? Thanks, Ruth ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Vista Compatibility

2009-04-10 Thread Carl Donsbach
I haven't upgraded since '03, but that runs fine on Vista on my notebook. -Carl Donsbach Ruth H. Randle wrote: Does anyone know if Finale 2005 runs on Vista? Thanks, Ruth ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu

[Finale] VISTA, WinFin2008 EDIROL

2007-11-10 Thread Henry E. Howey
I see that there is no sub-heading for MIDI in VISTA, though the Device Manager lists my EDIROL PCR-1 as a midi source. The problem is that all works fine for a while, but eventually I have no keyboard recognized in Speedy Entry, and 2008 tells me there is no midi driver. Restarts help, but the

[Finale] VISTA

2007-10-07 Thread Henry E. Howey
I decided to go ahead and move to VISTA, though not without many headaches. FINALEs before 2007 have issues with a great deal of VISTA, not to mention GPO and related apps. I called (by mistake) FINSUPPORT to reset my licenses. In the course of the discussion I noted a bit of ? that I had not

Re: [Finale] VISTA

2007-10-07 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Gotta love those Dell Monitors. Funny thing about the Support call. I actually had someone who is involved with SmartMusic development leave a comment on my website about my issues with SmartMusic 10.1. Amazing. Perhaps there are a few people out there that listen.. Henry E. Howey

Re: [Finale] Vista (?)

2007-02-04 Thread David W. Fenton
On 3 Feb 2007 at 16:36, Phil Daley wrote: At 07:02 PM 2/2/2007, David W. Fenton wrote: But, since this was not a problem in XP, whose fault is it??? It's the fault of the software maker for not updating the application to work in Vista. Or, your fault, if you've chosen to install on

Re: [Finale] Vista (?)

2007-02-03 Thread Ken Moore
dhbailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ken Moore wrote: Please will you tell me the place in the WinFin 2004 UI that allows me to set the size of the handle square. I did want to point out that MakeMusic have finally included that option in the Program Options dialogue (Finale2007)

Re: [Finale] Vista (?)

2007-02-03 Thread Phil Daley
At 07:02 PM 2/2/2007, David W. Fenton wrote: But, since this was not a problem in XP, whose fault is it??? It's the fault of the software maker for not updating the application to work in Vista. Or, your fault, if you've chosen to install on Vista an app that hasn't been upgraded for

Re: [Finale] Vista (?)

2007-02-02 Thread Ken Moore
David W. Fenton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But why do you need to edit those? Don't your applications provide UIs for changing their settings? Please will you tell me the place in the WinFin 2004 UI that allows me to set the size of the handle square. -- Ken Moore

Re: [Finale] Vista (?)

2007-02-02 Thread dhbailey
Ken Moore wrote: David W. Fenton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But why do you need to edit those? Don't your applications provide UIs for changing their settings? Please will you tell me the place in the WinFin 2004 UI that allows me to set the size of the handle square. Oh, well now you

Re: [Finale] Vista (?)

2007-02-02 Thread dhbailey
dhbailey wrote: Ken Moore wrote: David W. Fenton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But why do you need to edit those? Don't your applications provide UIs for changing their settings? Please will you tell me the place in the WinFin 2004 UI that allows me to set the size of the handle square. Oh,

Re: [Finale] Vista (?)

2007-02-02 Thread Christopher Smith
On Feb 2, 2007, at 3:16 AM, Ken Moore wrote: Please will you tell me the place in the WinFin 2004 UI that allows me to set the size of the handle square. I don't know about WinFin 2004, but FinMac 2006 has this under Program OptionsEditMovable ItemsHandle Size. My default is 8 pixels,

Re: [Finale] Vista (?)

2007-02-02 Thread David W. Fenton
On 2 Feb 2007 at 8:16, Ken Moore wrote: David W. Fenton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But why do you need to edit those? Don't your applications provide UIs for changing their settings? Please will you tell me the place in the WinFin 2004 UI that allows me to set the size of the handle

Re: [Finale] Vista (?)

2007-02-02 Thread David W. Fenton
On 2 Feb 2007 at 6:18, dhbailey wrote: dhbailey wrote: Ken Moore wrote: David W. Fenton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But why do you need to edit those? Don't your applications provide UIs for changing their settings? Please will you tell me the place in the WinFin 2004 UI that allows

Re: [Finale] Vista (?)

2007-02-02 Thread Phil Daley
At 2/2/2007 08:00 AM, David W. Fenton wrote: Of course, why one simply can't edit the permissions on these files manually to get around the problem, I can't say. I'd assume that Phil is knowledgable enough to have tried that. Yes, even logging in as administrator did not fix the problem. Phil

Re: [Finale] Vista (?)

2007-02-02 Thread David W. Fenton
On 2 Feb 2007 at 8:22, Phil Daley wrote: At 2/2/2007 08:00 AM, David W. Fenton wrote: Of course, why one simply can't edit the permissions on these files manually to get around the problem, I can't say. I'd assume that Phil is knowledgable enough to have tried that. Yes, even logging

Re: [Finale] Vista (?)

2007-02-02 Thread Phil Daley
At 2/2/2007 08:40 AM, David W. Fenton wrote: On 2 Feb 2007 at 8:22, Phil Daley wrote: At 2/2/2007 08:00 AM, David W. Fenton wrote: Of course, why one simply can't edit the permissions on these files manually to get around the problem, I can't say. I'd assume that Phil is knowledgable

Re: [Finale] Vista (?)

2007-02-02 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 08:59 AM 2/2/2007, Phil Daley wrote: In Vista, you are not allowed access to files in some directories. You cannot even see them in explorer. And it has nothing to do with them being hidden, it has to do with them being system. Just curious, can you give an example? Have you tried enabling

Re: [Finale] Vista (?)

2007-02-02 Thread Phil Daley
At 2/2/2007 10:56 AM, Aaron Sherber wrote: At 08:59 AM 2/2/2007, Phil Daley wrote: In Vista, you are not allowed access to files in some directories. You cannot even see them in explorer. And it has nothing to do with them being hidden, it has to do with them being system. Just curious,

Re: [Finale] Vista (?)

2007-02-02 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 12:41 PM 2/2/2007, Phil Daley wrote: At 2/2/2007 10:56 AM, Aaron Sherber wrote: At 08:59 AM 2/2/2007, Phil Daley wrote: In Vista, you are not allowed access to files in some directories. You cannot even see them in explorer. And it has nothing to do with them being hidden, it has

Re: [Finale] Vista (?)

2007-02-02 Thread David W. Fenton
On 2 Feb 2007 at 8:59, Phil Daley wrote: At 2/2/2007 08:40 AM, David W. Fenton wrote: On 2 Feb 2007 at 8:22, Phil Daley wrote: At 2/2/2007 08:00 AM, David W. Fenton wrote: Of course, why one simply can't edit the permissions on these files manually to get around the problem,

Re: [Finale] Vista (?)

2007-02-02 Thread David W. Fenton
On 2 Feb 2007 at 13:15, Aaron Sherber wrote: At 12:41 PM 2/2/2007, Phil Daley wrote: At 2/2/2007 10:56 AM, Aaron Sherber wrote: At 08:59 AM 2/2/2007, Phil Daley wrote: In Vista, you are not allowed access to files in some directories. You cannot even see them in explorer. And

Re: [Finale] Vista (?)

2007-02-01 Thread Ken Moore
Daniel Wolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the meantime, I've move so much over to Linux that Finale is the only program I need to use which requires Windows. That makes at least two of us who would benefit from a Linux version of Finale. A more likely possibility would be to run Finale in a

Re: [Finale] Vista (?)

2007-02-01 Thread David W. Fenton
On 31 Jan 2007 at 22:22, Mark D Lew wrote: On Jan 31, 2007, at 10:52 AM, David W. Fenton wrote: Did you consider trying a little Googling to see if your gut belief was true? Why would a died-in-the-wool PC user assume that his guesses about the Mac would be correct? Unless the PC

Re: [Finale] Vista (?)

2007-02-01 Thread Mark D Lew
On Feb 1, 2007, at 6:05 AM, David W. Fenton wrote: Actually, that *doesn't* count as an eggcorn -- it's just a brain- fart typo, since I know the correct spelling for dyed-in-the-wool. The definition of an eggcorn is that the wrong spelling has been justified by some line of reasoning that is

Re: [Finale] Vista (?)

2007-02-01 Thread David W. Fenton
On 1 Feb 2007 at 8:52, Mark D Lew wrote: On Feb 1, 2007, at 6:05 AM, David W. Fenton wrote: Actually, that *doesn't* count as an eggcorn -- it's just a brain- fart typo, since I know the correct spelling for dyed-in-the-wool. The definition of an eggcorn is that the wrong spelling has

Re: [Finale] Vista (?)

2007-01-31 Thread Marcello Noia
A good bunch of reasons not to upgrade to Vista (yet) http://www.digitmag.co.uk/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=220blogid=2 - Original Message - From: Richard Yates [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: finale@shsu.edu Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 1:29 AM Subject: RE: [Finale] Vista (?) Mine has been

Re: [Finale] Vista (?)

2007-01-31 Thread Phil Daley
At 1/30/2007 02:46 PM, Eric Fiedler wrote: To all the PC gurus and/or beta-testers on the list, I know it's probably a little too early to ask, but have you had the time and/or opportunity to form an opinion — or develop a gut feeling — of how our favorite program will run under MS's new OS? I'm

Re: [Finale] Vista (?)

2007-01-31 Thread Christopher Smith
On 31-Jan-07, at 3:07 AM, Marcello Noia wrote: A good bunch of reasons not to upgrade to Vista (yet) http://www.digitmag.co.uk/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=220blogid=2 I dunno, I'm even a Mac guy, and this guy doesn't seem to really know what he's talking about. While I'm happy that he seems to

Re: [Finale] Vista (?)

2007-01-31 Thread David W. Fenton
On 31 Jan 2007 at 11:17, Christopher Smith wrote: On 31-Jan-07, at 3:07 AM, Marcello Noia wrote: A good bunch of reasons not to upgrade to Vista (yet) http://www.digitmag.co.uk/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=220blogid=2 I dunno, I'm even a Mac guy, and this guy doesn't seem to really know

Re: [Finale] Vista (?)

2007-01-31 Thread Phil Daley
At 1/31/2007 11:17 AM, Christopher Smith wrote: On 31-Jan-07, at 3:07 AM, Marcello Noia wrote: A good bunch of reasons not to upgrade to Vista (yet) http://www.digitmag.co.uk/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=220blogid=2 I dunno, I'm even a Mac guy, and this guy doesn't seem to really know what he's

Re: [Finale] Vista (?)

2007-01-31 Thread Christopher Smith
On 31-Jan-07, at 12:10 PM, Phil Daley wrote: At 1/31/2007 11:17 AM, Christopher Smith wrote: Anybody with some better data on Vista? I'm thinking of a MacPro that would be able to run Vista, so I would be interested in how it works. My comments on Vista (I have been running it for 6 months)

Re: [Finale] Vista (?)

2007-01-31 Thread Daniel Wolf
Everyone has had different experiences with Windows machines, but on the basis of Win98, which was seriously flawed until Win98SE came out (and MS didn't offer free upgrades), and WinXP, which took two service packs to solve some serious issues (and the second Service Pack doesn't load on all

Re: [Finale] Vista (?)

2007-01-31 Thread Phil Daley
At 1/31/2007 12:29 PM, Christopher Smith wrote: I am thinking a MacPro will NOT be able to run Vista. This is more to the point. Do you know any reasons why not? It has super copy protection stuff so that it doesn't even install/run on all PCs that well. I would make sure that someone has

Re: [Finale] Vista (?)

2007-01-31 Thread David W. Fenton
On 31 Jan 2007 at 12:10, Phil Daley wrote: At 1/31/2007 11:17 AM, Christopher Smith wrote: On 31-Jan-07, at 3:07 AM, Marcello Noia wrote: A good bunch of reasons not to upgrade to Vista (yet) http://www.digitmag.co.uk/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=220blogid=2 I dunno, I'm even a Mac

Re: [Finale] Vista (?)

2007-01-31 Thread David W. Fenton
On 31 Jan 2007 at 12:50, Phil Daley wrote: At 1/31/2007 12:29 PM, Christopher Smith wrote: I am thinking a MacPro will NOT be able to run Vista. This is more to the point. Do you know any reasons why not? It has super copy protection stuff so that it doesn't even install/run on all

Re: [Finale] Vista (?)

2007-01-31 Thread Phil Daley
At 1/31/2007 01:40 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: You cannot modify zillions of files that you used to have access to. You don't *need* modify access to those files. Files you *need* access to should be stored in your user profile, which is under your full control. Any looser access to

Re: [Finale] Vista (?)

2007-01-31 Thread David W. Fenton
On 31 Jan 2007 at 13:57, Phil Daley wrote: At 1/31/2007 01:40 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: You cannot modify zillions of files that you used to have access to. You don't *need* modify access to those files. Files you *need* access to should be stored in your user profile, which is

Re: [Finale] Vista (?)

2007-01-31 Thread Phil Daley
At 1/31/2007 02:13 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: On 31 Jan 2007 at 13:57, Phil Daley wrote: At 1/31/2007 01:40 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: You cannot modify zillions of files that you used to have access to. You don't *need* modify access to those files. Files you *need* access to

Re: [Finale] Vista (?)

2007-01-31 Thread David W. Fenton
On 31 Jan 2007 at 14:30, Phil Daley wrote: At 1/31/2007 02:13 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: On 31 Jan 2007 at 13:57, Phil Daley wrote: I AM talking about Documents and Settings, those files are now protected and non-modifiable. Which ones? Your document files or your application settings

Re: [Finale] Vista (?)

2007-01-31 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Maybe if you two are going to go back and forth on this, you can do it privately? David W. Fenton wrote: On 31 Jan 2007 at 14:30, Phil Daley wrote: At 1/31/2007 02:13 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: On 31 Jan 2007 at 13:57, Phil Daley wrote: I AM talking about Documents and Settings,

Re: [Finale] Vista (?)

2007-01-31 Thread Darcy James Argue
Here's a report on running Vista using Parallels (i.e., emulation) -- it works, but not very well: http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/software/vista-on-intel-mac-with-parallels- not-quite-there-232596.php Boot Camp, on the other hand (i.e., installing Vista on the Mac and rebooting into Vista)

Re: [Finale] Vista (?)

2007-01-31 Thread Mark D Lew
On Jan 31, 2007, at 10:52 AM, David W. Fenton wrote: Did you consider trying a little Googling to see if your gut belief was true? Why would a died-in-the-wool PC user assume that his guesses about the Mac would be correct? Unless the PC users have been smothered in a pile of sweaters, I

[Finale] Vista (?)

2007-01-30 Thread Eric Fiedler
To all the PC gurus and/or beta-testers on the list, I know it's probably a little too early to ask, but have you had the time and/or opportunity to form an opinion — or develop a gut feeling — of how our favorite program will run under MS's new OS? I'm not asking so much for myself, as we

RE: [Finale] Vista (?)

2007-01-30 Thread Richard Yates
Mine has been ordered. I will report. -Original Message- From: Eric Fiedler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 11:47 AM To: finale@shsu.edu Subject: [Finale] Vista (?) To all the PC gurus and/or beta-testers on the list, I know it's probably a little too early