nearly to point of giving up :(

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Hi peeps,

I have "upgraded" my system with Vista Ultimate Upgrade.....no probs during
installation.

However, THE most important thing for me is Sage Instant Accounts which
worked fine in RC2 (i checked!)...though now in retail it wont accept a
restore....just asks for a password that i have never set.

I have searched everywhere for a solution...tried running in Admin mode
etc....tried copying ACCDATA files from a working system.....you guys are my
last hope before i consign Vista to the shelves for a few months/year.

Any kind replies graciously recieved :)

Lee
 
Lee said:
Hi peeps,

I have "upgraded" my system with Vista Ultimate Upgrade.....no probs
during installation.

However, THE most important thing for me is Sage Instant Accounts which
worked fine in RC2 (i checked!)...though now in retail it wont accept a
restore....just asks for a password that i have never set.

I have searched everywhere for a solution...tried running in Admin mode
etc....tried copying ACCDATA files from a working system.....you guys are
my last hope before i consign Vista to the shelves for a few months/year.

Any kind replies graciously recieved :)
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Have you tried running it in compatibility mode for XP?
 
I would also suggest turning off UAC until you have everything installed and
working. I have had to do this with a couple of apps that required access to
now off-limits sections of the registry.
 
Hi peeps,

I have "upgraded" my system with Vista Ultimate Upgrade.....no probs
during installation.

However, THE most important thing for me is Sage Instant Accounts which
worked fine in RC2 (i checked!)...though now in retail it wont accept a
restore....just asks for a password that i have never set.

I have searched everywhere for a solution...tried running in Admin mode
etc....tried copying ACCDATA files from a working system.....you guys are
my last hope before i consign Vista to the shelves for a few months/year.
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What does the software vendor say?
 
So, you advocate allowing poorly written programs to place code in the
registry (where it shouldn't be), possibly inviting someone to hack into
your system 3 months from now.

Since 2002 Microsoft has been warning companies not to use the registry to
communicate with other programs or the system. Quick Books got their as* in
a jamb because of this. There is no way now that they can get their older
programs to work with Vista.

UAC is there for a reason. Bypassing it, or turning it off is foolish. Just
stick with Windows XP to use your poorly written program.

--


Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
 
One of the worst features of all versions of Windows is the
encouragement of storing variables and/or code in locations other than
an application program's own directory. Perhaps Microsoft has
recommended that the registry not be used for "communication with other
programs", but they have certainly encouraged its general usage by
application programs.
Microsoft and other vendors extensively use the registry, system32 and
other DLL directories (with the result of the well-known "DLL Hell") and
the latest twist, the assembly, which is supposed to reduce DLL Hell,
but just adds additional complications.
The main objections to storing any application program information in a
system partition are that you have to re-install all of these
application programs if you re-install the operating system, the
problems that result from the DLL and assembly ambiguity, and the
difficulties in completely removing all of an application program's code.
QuickBooks is an unfortunate example of a misbehaving program that makes
too much usage of the system partition. Intuit has announced that
QuickBooks 2006 will not be modified to run on Vista. Anyone who wants
to use the software on Vista will be stuck with a $500+ charge to
purchase QuickBooks 2007.
Vista users should beware that there are a number of incompatible
programs and that it may be very costly to purchase new versions of
these programs.
 
However, THE most important thing for me is Sage Instant Accounts which
worked fine in RC2 (i checked!)...though now in retail it wont accept a
restore....just asks for a password that i have never set.
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What has Sage said concerning this problem?

They would be the first call you need to make - they can tell you if their
product is supported on Vista. It doesn't matter what you've tested until
Sage states their product is fully supported on Vista.
 
Thanks for your replies.

I have tried running the program in XP compatibility mode, and no that didnt
work.

I've now tried disabling the UAC, also to no effect on the Instant Account
package :(

I havent contacted Sage as of yet for reading what goes on in the sage
forums it would be a pointless exercise.....one look in their forums would
leave you in no doubt that they would simply say that it wont work and they
dont support Vista in ANY of their packages yet.....no doubt i will have to
upgrade at great cost later if i wish to remain using their software suite.

Thanks again for your comments, and hopefully more people will become aware
of the foibles of computer programming mistakes/laziness of the past and
make efforts in the future to make things a bit easier for us mortals ;)

Meanwhile, if anyone does come up with a solution of how to get Instant
Accounts V11 working (and accepting restores!), then i would be most
grateful.

Lee
 
Leythos said:
What has Sage said concerning this problem?

They would be the first call you need to make - they can tell you if their
product is supported on Vista. It doesn't matter what you've tested until
Sage states their product is fully supported on Vista.
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Surprised no one has suggested it, but if you want to stick with Vista
without dual booting, you could run Sage Intsant Accounts from an XP Virtual
Machine from within Vista until Sage get their act together and no need for
dual booting.

VPC 2007 (currently in Beta) is available for free from Microsoft and the
only problem you will have is if your Sage restore files are on a USB memory
stick - floppy or CD are ok, but USB is not supported in VPC2007 (but you
should be able to work around this shortcoming by mapping the USB stick as a
network drive).

Geoff
 
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