Redshift 3 and Vista after installation - will only run from CD
Light2
The new pc with Vista, now demands that a LOT of the old programs
neeeds the CD in the -drive ongoing to be executed,
even though they were meant to be installed and executed from the hardrive
only,
once installated.
For instance Redshift 3, which refuses to run without the CD.
(Works fine on our old XP machine)
Copying all the files to the HDD on the new PC and executing from there
doesn´t help.
Any suggestions ?
PS. Keep your XP operating system.
Vista is.....(censored)
Pete
Mark S.
Hi,
Create an image of the CD and mount it using "Daemon tools." I use an
old version (V2.47 freeware) of this program to mount images on Windows
2000. This way you never need to use the old CDs. It works works fine
for Redshift 3 and many other CDs. For more info please check out the
newsgroup "alt.comp.freeware" where you will get lots of help.
Mark S
Chris L Peterson
>Windows Vista is turning my hair into grey.
>The new pc with Vista, now demands that a LOT of the old programs
>neeeds the CD in the -drive ongoing to be executed,
>even though they were meant to be installed and executed from the hardrive
>only,
>once installated.
>For instance Redshift 3, which refuses to run without the CD.
>(Works fine on our old XP machine)
>Copying all the files to the HDD on the new PC and executing from there
>doesn´t help.
>
>Any suggestions ?
IMO you can't really complain when a program that was designed around
DOS doesn't work with a new, and substantially different operating
system. While my primary advice would be to convert to a newer
planetarium program, something designed with a modern OS in mind, my
second suggestion would be to try running your old software in a virtual
machine. VirtualPC is a free download from Microsoft, and you can set up
several if you like, running XP, W98, or even DOS. You can then install
your old software in whichever machine is most appropriate.
_________________________________________________
Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com
Light2
We`ll stick to the real sky,
instead of one which has to be generated via Microsoft ;-)
And doing all this confirmation on and on just for opening a menu-window in
VHP
is better spend under the stars.
Clear skies.
"Chris L Peterson" <c...@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote
news:ql2qe49qjt56lg89h...@4ax.com...
Chris L Peterson
>Virtual PC 2007 does not support Vista Home Premium
>We`ll stick to the real sky,
>instead of one which has to be generated via Microsoft ;-)
>And doing all this confirmation on and on just for opening a menu-window in
>VHP
>is better spend under the stars.
>Clear skies.
Whether its worth the trouble or not is your own call. I've read that
VirtualPC actually does work with Vista Home, but is not supported (that
describes a number of possible guest OSs as well). Another option is
VirtualBox, which definitely runs under all versions of Vista, and is
also free.
My personal solution is to simply avoid using Vista, which so far seems
to offer very few advantages, and those in exchange for way too many
hassles.
