Despirate to get existing programs to work on Vista

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I did not upgrade to Vista, rather I bought a new computer that already had
Vista loaded. But I'm having an awful time getting my existing programs to
load and run on it.

Quicken 2007: Program installs and works fine until I try to update it. The
update stops at the end and then the program won't run at all. Couldn't
repair, uninstall or reinstall without using Windows' Install Clean Up
Utility. How do I get Vista to allow Quicken to update?

HomeSite: Installed fine, but when it asks for configuration settings, it
returns a message that it's not allowed to write to the file it needs. Then
HomeSite shuts down and won't run.

Top Style: Errors during installation and program won't run at all. Error
message "Exception EOleSysError in module TSLite2.exe at 0005D0C9."

Adobe Update Manager: Blocked from running at start-up.

I'm afraid to even try and load any other programs. Any solutions that
anyone could provide would be greatly appreciated.
 
How to troubleshoot application compatibility issues in Windows Vista
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927386/en-us

The Windows Vista Application Compatibility Update
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929427/en-us

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User

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I did not upgrade to Vista, rather I bought a new computer that already had
Vista loaded. But I'm having an awful time getting my existing programs to
load and run on it.

Quicken 2007: Program installs and works fine until I try to update it. The
update stops at the end and then the program won't run at all. Couldn't
repair, uninstall or reinstall without using Windows' Install Clean Up
Utility. How do I get Vista to allow Quicken to update?

HomeSite: Installed fine, but when it asks for configuration settings, it
returns a message that it's not allowed to write to the file it needs. Then
HomeSite shuts down and won't run.

Top Style: Errors during installation and program won't run at all. Error
message "Exception EOleSysError in module TSLite2.exe at 0005D0C9."

Adobe Update Manager: Blocked from running at start-up.

I'm afraid to even try and load any other programs. Any solutions that
anyone could provide would be greatly appreciated.
 
I've already had the "Pleasure" of several calls to Intuit Tech Support
on Quicken 2007 ( Vista compliant they claim ). All I say is I hope
you have your .Qdf files adequately backed up. The conversion to a
newer internal data format doesn't make me very confident this is a
fully compliant app. Release R4 has issues, so don't be in too big a
hurry to get the boxed/downloaded version updated. Using WICU
on Vista is pretty risky. You might be better to do a Factory Restore
and start over, but don't let Quicken 2007 update itself once you get
the initial install completed. But I've installed 2007 on at least two
Vista machines and can state that it will work ( Mostly ).
 
Jes E. said:
HomeSite: Installed fine, but when it asks for configuration settings, it
returns a message that it's not allowed to write to the file it needs.
Then
HomeSite shuts down and won't run.
Click to expand...

Homesite must be trying to write to a preferences file in ints folder in
Program Files, as it is quite an old program. UAC stops programs from
writing in Program Files. Either disable UAC or right click the HomeSite
shortcut and 'Run as Administrator' when you want to change the settings.
If you install Homesite to another location, not in Program Files, it should
work fine.
Top Style: Errors during installation and program won't run at all. Error
message "Exception EOleSysError in module TSLite2.exe at 0005D0C9."
Click to expand...

TopStyle 3.12 works fine on my computer.

ss.
 
Isn't Intuit the ones that modified your hard drive so that they could
identify you even beyond HD formats and re-installation of Windows? Yep.
Sure are. And you trust them with your finances?
 
http://www.spywareinfo.com/newsletter/archives/march-2003/10.php

A California attorney has filed a class-action lawsuit against Intuit for deceptive trade
practices related to the secret bundling of SafeCast digital rights software. Macrovision's
SafeCast software protects the license for Intuit's TurboTax 2002 tax software. This software
was not disclosed to customers and is not removed when TurboTax is uninstalled. As a result of
the negative publicity, Intuit has started distributing an uninstaller. Unsurprisingly, the
uninstaller doesn't work.

Intuit and Macrovision both have been trying to deceive the public about this software. For
example, documents that were once available at Macrovision's web site which detailed the
abilities of SafeCast and contradicted statements made by Intuit started disappearing after I
started linking to and quoting from them. An investigation by extremetech found that Intuit's
claims that you could use the software on more than one computer in limited mode without
activation was a blatant lie. Without activating the software on additional machines using the
internet (or by calling Intuit on the phone), the software refuses to function at all.

Extremetech's investigation dispelled some rumors about SafeCast, and also confirmed others.
For instance, it was originally believed that the SafeCast technology installed by TurboTax was
spyware. Judging by the documents formerly available at Macrovision's web site (which have now
all vanished), SafeCast's abilities would technically make it spyware by giving publishers the
ability to "gather valuable data about [their] customer base". Each publisher who uses SafeCast
can decide which features to use and which not to use. The investigation shows that Intuit
probably did not enable the features which would have allowed it to gather information about
their users. This means that TurboTax is probably not installing spyware.

Another rumor which made the rounds was that SafeCast was writing to hidden sectors of the hard
drive not normally used by Windows. As it turns out, this is not rumor, it is fact. Extremetech
found that SafeCast was reading and writing to a hidden sector of the hard drive. It is the
same area of the hard drive that boot sector viruses infect. This is apparently where the
license information is being stored. This is a very unsafe area to store that information, and
there are reports of it causing problems with other copy-protected software.

There were rumors that SafeCast would interfere with cd burner drives after TurboTax was
installed. I've had several reports of people who say that after installing TurboTax, their cd
burners malfunctioned while SafeCast was running in memory. Terminating the SafeCast process
cleared up the problem.

Extremetech did not find any of these problems, and even speculated that these reports may be
from people mixing up SafeCast with SafeDisk. SafeDisk, also by Macrovision, does interfere
with cd burning. SafeDisk overwrites legitimate driver and system files with its own files that
disable the burners in certain circumstances and also monitors how you are using the burner.

My advice is don't use TurboTax at all, spyware or no spyware. Maybe next year the feature that
gathers demographics will be enabled. Intuit has lost whatever trust they may have once had
with their customers and there has been a mass migration to less intrusive software made by
less insulting companies. The two main alternatives are TaxAct (which I would recommend) and
TaxCut (which has a horrible privacy statement). One reviewer at Amazon.com summed up the
feelings toward Intuit quite nicely when he said "After all, if they don't trust us with their
software, why should we trust them with our taxes?"
 
I do not use Intuit programs myself. The experiences I related are
from customers who I've helped with Vista upgrades or new PCs.
 
Be sure to print out the link from Michael's post and keep it handy when
talking to your customers about fixing Turbo Tax in Vista.

Dale
 
sounds to me like you need to start installing using RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR and then setting the programs to RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR when done.
I know I have had similar problems but with different programs.



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I did not upgrade to Vista, rather I bought a new computer that already had
Vista loaded. But I'm having an awful time getting my existing programs to
load and run on it.

Quicken 2007: Program installs and works fine until I try to update it. The
update stops at the end and then the program won't run at all. Couldn't
repair, uninstall or reinstall without using Windows' Install Clean Up
Utility. How do I get Vista to allow Quicken to update?

HomeSite: Installed fine, but when it asks for configuration settings, it
returns a message that it's not allowed to write to the file it needs. Then
HomeSite shuts down and won't run.

Top Style: Errors during installation and program won't run at all. Error
message "Exception EOleSysError in module TSLite2.exe at 0005D0C9."

Adobe Update Manager: Blocked from running at start-up.

I'm afraid to even try and load any other programs. Any solutions that
anyone could provide would be greatly appreciated.
 
Problem answer from Quicken ------
https://quicken.custhelp.com/cgi-bi...aqid=5707&p_created=1170449627&p_sp=undefined
When you try to install the Quicken update file on a computer running the Microsoft® Windows® Vista operating system, the installation progresses to a certain point and appears to stop responding. If you press the Ctrl+Alt+Delete keys to open the Task Manager, the Quicken update application appears with a "Not Responding" status. In this case, the Not Responding status does not indicate that the update application is no longer running, and canceling the update process can cause damage to the Quicken update installation, preventing you from uninstalling the program.

To continue an update process that appears to be stalled:

From the Windows Task Manager, do not click End Now.
Allow the update installation to continue. Depending on the configuration of your computer (including the amount of RAM, speed of processor, and so on), this process can take up to 30 minutes or more to complete.
If you canceled the installation of the update file by clicking End Now in the Task Manager, manually update Quicken and allow the update process to complete.
https://quicken.custhelp.com/cgi-bi...J_KHlti&p_lva=&p_li=undefined&p_sp=undefined#
sounds to me like you need to start installing using RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR and then setting the programs to RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR when done.
I know I have had similar problems but with different programs.



(e-mail address removed)



I did not upgrade to Vista, rather I bought a new computer that already had
Vista loaded. But I'm having an awful time getting my existing programs to
load and run on it.

Quicken 2007: Program installs and works fine until I try to update it. The
update stops at the end and then the program won't run at all. Couldn't
repair, uninstall or reinstall without using Windows' Install Clean Up
Utility. How do I get Vista to allow Quicken to update?

HomeSite: Installed fine, but when it asks for configuration settings, it
returns a message that it's not allowed to write to the file it needs. Then
HomeSite shuts down and won't run.

Top Style: Errors during installation and program won't run at all. Error
message "Exception EOleSysError in module TSLite2.exe at 0005D0C9."

Adobe Update Manager: Blocked from running at start-up.

I'm afraid to even try and load any other programs. Any solutions that
anyone could provide would be greatly appreciated.
 
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