program compatibility assistant

[Powell]

Good Evening Folks:
The following question is directed at someone who functions at a pay grade
way above mine when it comes to IT expertise.
I am in the process of upgrading my inspection qualifications and I received
a disk with the course materials from a third party. The disk was made on
Windows XP. I am running a 32 bit Vista O/S. All the programs on the disk
open just fine except for one. Depending on where in this one application I
try to open the file I get one of two messages. One mesage tells me the O/S
is not adequate to run the program. The other tells me there is a
compatibility problem and I should click the link to the program
compatibility assistant. When I click the link to find a solution, I am
directed to a screen that gives me info on the program compatibility
assistant and informs me that I can make adjustments using "group policy???".
It also gives me a link to the website for IT pros which takes me to the
Windows Vista TechCenter. Now, I am over my head about three windows ago, so
I'll list the applications I am trying to open and perhaps one of you super
knowledgeable dudes, or dudesses, can tell me whether or not to forget it.
The apps are:
Weld_IT Quiz Single-License setup.exe
Weld_IT Quiz Single-License.msi
instmsiw.exe
instmsia.exe
In addition, all the video tutorials in this Weld_IT file will open.
However, this "Single-License" term bothers me. If it is a "no copy" app I'll
leave it alone, but it begs the question as to how it was copied to a disk in
the first place.
If there is fairly simple way around this, I would certainly appreciate any
help I can get.
Powell

 

[Mick Murphy]

Right-click on the odd Program's setup.exe> Left-click Properties>
Compatibility> Install it in XP SP2 compatibility mode.

 

[Powell]

Good Morning Mick:
Thanks for your input. It is much appreciated. My mistake. I forgot to
mention that I had already tried that, as well as trying to open it from a
zip file that was also included. However, all is well. This A.M. I contacted
the guy who had made the disk and he informs me that everything in that
program is included in another program, which he has included, from a
different source. It all has to do with the level of acreditation you are
trying to achieve and the only reason this particular set of files is even on
the disk is that he made the copy in a hurry and wanted to include the short
video tutorials which can be opened without running the .exe file. To open
the main program .exe file you need a second disk which contains data at a
more senior level than that which I am studying and this one is copy
protected. If I don't need it, I won't mess with it. That does not preclude
the fact that I appreciate your response. Thank you.
Powell