[Virtualacorn-list] VA on Windows 8 - CAUTION

[Alan Adams]

In message <5302b35ed8dave at triffid.co.uk>
          Dave Symes <dave at triffid.co.uk> wrote:

> In article <90ea9a0253.Brian at brian.jordan9.btinternet.com>,
>    Brian Jordan <brian.jordan9 at btinternet.com> wrote:
>> I have updated my desktop machine to run Windows 8 and have uncovered
>> a couple of issues with running VA on it.

>> First, despite setting UAC to "Never notify" VA will not overwrite
>> files; the immediate problems are that !Organizer backup doesn't work
>> and that Messenger is unable to identify what news messages to load
>> from. The other issue is with UniPrint; although I managed to persuade
>> Windows Uniserver to run (a Windows firewall problem), the VA side
>> refuses to talk to it.

>> I'll keep digging and advise of any progress I make, meanwhile bear
>> this in mind if you are planning a Windows upgrade.

>> Best wishes

> Can you try running it in Compatibility mode for a previous version of
> Windows?

> Find the VirtualRPCnnn  .exe file, click Context menu (Right mouse button)
> click "Properties" and then the "Compatibility" Tab.

> Tick "Compatibility mode" and select whatever is suitable.

> My machine is 64bit Win 7 Pro, but I have VRPC running in Compatibility
> mode for XP-SP3

> Dave

>From some earlier comments, I would strongly suggest installing VRPC 
somewhere which is NOT part of the Program Files or Program Files(X86) 
file systems. The permissions on those areas will rather aggressively 
interfere with VRPC's ability to alter files stored within itself.

Alan

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