windows vista - ... .exe does not work properly

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A while ago I bought an acer laptop with a legal windows vista edition
(dutch). "Almost" no problems untill yesterday: when I tried to install
winrar, the message "winrar.exe does not work properly" appeard (I don't
knwow if this is correctly translated from my Dutch version). First I thougt
it it had something to do with winrar, but today I discovered I couldn't
install any software from the internet.

How can I solve this problem?
 
Personally, I would try a system restore to before the problem developed.
If that solves the problem, you can decide whether you want to reverse it
and try to determine what changed. If if doesn't work, post back. What are
you using to download, IE etc. Do your programs on CD's still install.
 
How are you trying to install the downloads?
Directly from the NET, or first saving to your Desktop, then trying to
install?

If saving right-click on setup.exe>Run as ADMIN.
Or, if they are not compatible right-click on
setup.exe>Properties>Compatibility Tab> Install in XP SP2 mode.
 
Thank you for the reply;

System restore does not solve the problem. I have already tried to save the
setup before installing, but the problem remains. I have also tried to change
a few settings of my firewall, including to shut it down entirely, but this
also has no effect. So far, I have no idea what could have caused the
problem...
 
I have seen this problem posted a half dozen times and the methods tried,
include changing to Firefox and using various download managers. So far,
those changes were reported to have worked for a few downloads, but the
problem seems to return. I, personally, have not seen anyone report a
permanent solution. I had one download the file on another computer and run
it on the problem computer, and at least for that one time they reported
that that method worked. If you could try downloading from a computer with
a different ISP, a different operating system, or various combination, maybe
we could isolate the problem more clearly. The OP stopped posting after
getting a successful install from another source.
 
Thank you very much your response; I was surprised to find out it actually
worked to save the setup at another computer on a memory stick and run the
setup from the memory stick on my computer. At least I now can install
programms from the internet on my computer.

But the fact remains this is not the way it should work. I still wonder what
causes this problem. It's not windows defender, not the windows firewall and
not my virus scanner (AVG), I already tried to shut them down completely.
Windows Vista now tells me I have to wait for an update to solve this problem.
 
ralph12 said:
I got my new laptop yesterday and I seem to have exactly the same
problem. Has anyone found a solution? It's really frustrating!
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We'd love to help you but unfortunately no one knows what the "same problem"
is. This is because you are not posting on a real forum as you think you
are and you didn't quote any of the thread to which you are replying. You
are using a web interface that leeches Usenet posts and most of the rest of
us are using real newsreaders. We don't see what you do. If you want to
participate in Usenet, the better way is to set up a newsreader. This is
very easy to do and I'll give you information about that below. If you
prefer to use a forum, then here are two excellent ones:

http://forum.aumha.org/index.php
http://http://computerhaven.info/

Since you are using a web interface, you may not realize that this is really
a newsgroup. You will get far more out of this resource if you learn to use
a newsreader. There are many good newsreaders for Windows, but you can use
Outlook Express (XP) or Windows Mail (Vista) since you already have it.
Here are some links to information about newsgroups:

About Usenet:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/ - Usenet FAQs from the Internet FAQ Archives
http://www.usenetmonster.com/infocenter/
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Usenet - a brief explanation
of newsgroups

Outlook Express/Windows Mail as Newsreader:
http://michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm
http://rickrogers.org/setupoe.htm
http://vistasupport.mvps.org/accessing_newsgrousp_with-windows_mail.htm

How to Post:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Usenet
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 - How to Ask a Question
http://users.tpg.com.au/bzyhjr/liszt.htm - How Not to Get Technical Help on
Usenet


http://aumha.org/nntp.htm - list of MS newsgroups
microsoft.public.test.here - MS group to test if your newsreader is working
properly
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/munad.htm - how to munge email address
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossposting - crossposting
http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm - multiposting

Other Newsreaders for Windows:
http://www.forteinc.com/main/homepage.php - Forte
http://www.mozilla.org - Thunderbird

Malke
 
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