Vista Basic 64 and installing prgrams?

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Hi all,

I am trying to install programs on my new Vista
Basic 64 machine. When I put the cd's in the
drive nothing happens even though the auto
start is turned on. Is this a permissions problem?
How do I make my accout "powerfull" enough
to do stuff?

thanks,
charles.....
 
Re: Vista Basic 64 and installing prgrams?

Hi,

Can you browse files on the CD? If so, what happens when you double
click the setup.exe file?

***** charles wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am trying to install programs on my new Vista
> Basic 64 machine. When I put the cd's in the
> drive nothing happens even though the auto
> start is turned on. Is this a permissions problem?
> How do I make my accout "powerfull" enough
> to do stuff?
>
> thanks,
> charles.....
>
>


--
Gerry Hickman (London UK)
 
Re: Vista Basic 64 and installing prgrams?

Hey,

The only time that I was able to do that was when I did a
D:\Setup.exe command and it eventually said that Vista
couldn't handle 16 bit software. I don't think that all of
my stuff is 16 bit. If the installer is 32 bit I should be able
to install it correctly shouldn't I?

thanks...

"Gerry Hickman" <gerry666uk@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
news:%238n2CnNFIHA.4544@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> Can you browse files on the CD? If so, what happens when you double
> click the setup.exe file?
>
> ***** charles wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am trying to install programs on my new Vista
> > Basic 64 machine. When I put the cd's in the
> > drive nothing happens even though the auto
> > start is turned on. Is this a permissions problem?
> > How do I make my accout "powerfull" enough
> > to do stuff?
> >
> > thanks,
> > charles.....
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Gerry Hickman (London UK)
 
Re: Vista Basic 64 and installing prgrams?

Hi,

In general you can use 32bit software on 64bit o/s. You need to test
this with official CDs such as Office 2007 or a recent cover CD from a
magazine. Are you saying all your CDs fail in the same way, or are you
saying it's just one?

***** charles wrote:
> Hey,
>
> The only time that I was able to do that was when I did a
> D:\Setup.exe command and it eventually said that Vista
> couldn't handle 16 bit software. I don't think that all of
> my stuff is 16 bit. If the installer is 32 bit I should be able
> to install it correctly shouldn't I?
>
> thanks...
>
> "Gerry Hickman" <gerry666uk@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
> news:%238n2CnNFIHA.4544@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> Hi,
>>
>> Can you browse files on the CD? If so, what happens when you double
>> click the setup.exe file?
>>
>> ***** charles wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I am trying to install programs on my new Vista
>>> Basic 64 machine. When I put the cd's in the
>>> drive nothing happens even though the auto
>>> start is turned on. Is this a permissions problem?
>>> How do I make my accout "powerfull" enough
>>> to do stuff?
>>>
>>> thanks,
>>> charles.....
>>>
>>>
>>
>> --
>> Gerry Hickman (London UK)
>
>


--
Gerry Hickman (London UK)
 
Re: Vista Basic 64 and installing prgrams?

But not 32-bit drivers. 64-bit Windows will only allow 64-bit drivers (this
includes multimedia codecs) to install.

--
Steve Riley
steve.riley@microsoft.com
http://blogs.technet.com/steriley
http://www.protectyourwindowsnetwork.com


"Gerry Hickman" <gerry666uk@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
news:uVft2tmFIHA.2004@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> In general you can use 32bit software on 64bit o/s. You need to test this
> with official CDs such as Office 2007 or a recent cover CD from a
> magazine. Are you saying all your CDs fail in the same way, or are you
> saying it's just one?
>
> ***** charles wrote:
>> Hey,
>>
>> The only time that I was able to do that was when I did a
>> D:\Setup.exe command and it eventually said that Vista
>> couldn't handle 16 bit software. I don't think that all of
>> my stuff is 16 bit. If the installer is 32 bit I should be able
>> to install it correctly shouldn't I?
>>
>> thanks...
>>
>> "Gerry Hickman" <gerry666uk@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
>> news:%238n2CnNFIHA.4544@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Can you browse files on the CD? If so, what happens when you double
>>> click the setup.exe file?
>>>
>>> ***** charles wrote:
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> I am trying to install programs on my new Vista
>>>> Basic 64 machine. When I put the cd's in the
>>>> drive nothing happens even though the auto
>>>> start is turned on. Is this a permissions problem?
>>>> How do I make my accout "powerfull" enough
>>>> to do stuff?
>>>>
>>>> thanks,
>>>> charles.....
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Gerry Hickman (London UK)
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Gerry Hickman (London UK)
 
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