I'm sorry Dave, I can't let you do that

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brother of cain

Hello. I'm having problems installing services in Vista. I tried installing
Apache 1.3.37 (not that the version number should make much of a difference)
on Vista and it doesn't work. Apache is an msi package and it expects to
install a service, which it fails to do. I've tried setting permission on
the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet key by running regedit as admin,
but damn Vista tells me I don't have permission to do that. I'm an admin and
I even turned off UAC, and I don't have enough privileges? What gives? I was
under the impression that this was still my computer, and if I need/want to
install something I should be able to do it. So, to cut a long story short
why can't I set write permissions on that key and how can I set those
permissions ? Or at least how do I get that package to install? I haven't
tried it with MySQL, but I doubt it would fare much better.
 
S

Shane Nokes

I know this may sound "anti-intuitive" but turn UAC back on and then run
regedit as admin and try editing the key.
 
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Robert Moir

brother of cain said:
Hello. I'm having problems installing services in Vista. I tried
installing Apache 1.3.37 (not that the version number should make much of
a difference) on Vista and it doesn't work. Apache is an msi package and
it expects to install a service, which it fails to do.
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You say the version doesn't matter, but does that version actually say it is
compatible with Vista?
I've tried setting permission on the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet key by running regedit as
admin, but damn Vista tells me I don't have permission to do that. I'm an
admin and I even turned off UAC, and I don't have enough privileges? What
gives? I was under the impression that this was still my computer, and if
I need/want to install something I should be able to do it.
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Right. Thing is, it IS your computer but Vista is NOT Windows XP. For better
or for worse, it works differently.
 
M

mikeyhsd

try turning UAC back on.
and right click on the install package and click on Run as Administrator.
then do the same for the shortcut to the program.



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Hello. I'm having problems installing services in Vista. I tried installing
Apache 1.3.37 (not that the version number should make much of a difference)
on Vista and it doesn't work. Apache is an msi package and it expects to
install a service, which it fails to do. I've tried setting permission on
the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet key by running regedit as admin,
but damn Vista tells me I don't have permission to do that. I'm an admin and
I even turned off UAC, and I don't have enough privileges? What gives? I was
under the impression that this was still my computer, and if I need/want to
install something I should be able to do it. So, to cut a long story short
why can't I set write permissions on that key and how can I set those
permissions ? Or at least how do I get that package to install? I haven't
tried it with MySQL, but I doubt it would fare much better.
 
B

brother of cain

Robert Moir said:
You say the version doesn't matter, but does that version actually say it
is compatible with Vista?


Right. Thing is, it IS your computer but Vista is NOT Windows XP. For
better or for worse, it works differently.
Click to expand...

Well the version shouldn't really matter, seeing that it's an .msi package.
If a Microsoft standard installer doesn't work, what else is there expect?
And I tried it with UAC on, it still didn't work. I don't get the run as
administrator menu. just install and repair. Any one else manage to install
programs that require services on Vista?
 
R

Robert Moir

Well the version shouldn't really matter, seeing that it's an .msi
package. If a Microsoft standard installer doesn't work, what else is
there expect?
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A MSI package is *not* some mighty superhero of software installation that
can install anything on to anything. It's a bundle of files, registry
settings and suchlike and a list of instructions about what to do with them.
The fact that a file ends in .msi is no guarantee it will work on your
system (or any system for that matter).
And I tried it with UAC on, it still didn't work. I don't get the run as
administrator menu. just install and repair. Any one else manage to
install programs that require services on Vista?
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Yes. Me. Several times. Whenever I actually had a version of the software
that was designed to work on Vista though. Which is why I suggested you
check version the version you're installing is one that is designed to run
on Windows Vista.

It seems that Apache.org actually think this is a known issue (It wasn't you
that created this bug report was it?)
http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=41611
 

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