[Virtualacorn-list] VA on Windows 8 - CAUTION

[Brian Jordan]

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

I have tried a couple of compatibility modes since I wrote my previous 
message but that doesn't provide a solution. A Google search on 
"Windows 8 doesn't really switch off UAC with the slider" will help 
understand why, although there is a red herring offered suggesting a 
regestry change as a fix... Not for VA I fear.

I now have VA (no compatabilty settings nor even the need to turn UAC 
off [1]) running under Windows 8 after discovering the strange blocky 
UI can be persuaded to have a link to VA and that right clicking on 
that link provides a menu containing "Run as Administrator" [2] which 
works, it's all there with no complaints except that UniPrint is still 
not talking to Windows UniServer.

[1] I have UAC turned off to avoid nags from Windows, but this appears 
not to be necessary, and I have made no registry changes.

[2] "Run as Administrator" doesn't work from the filer window - this 
just tells me that my copy of VA is unregistered.

-- 
Brian Jordan