4.005 won't run on Vista Business - Microstudio 4.006 fixes problem

[admin]

I forgot to mention this change we made in 4.006 Beta 1:

FIXED Windows Vista Compatibility - Vista does not allow editing or changing any files saved in the \Program File\ path. Version 4.006 detects Windows VISTA on installation. If updating a prior Microstudio version (including 4.005), existing working files are automatically moved from the C:\Program Files\... folder to a new C:\Documents and Settings\[User]\Local Settings\Application Data\MTU\Microstudio\ folder. For new installations the working files are created in this new folder.

This would explain why 4.006 worked, and 4.005 also worked after installing 4.006. The working files that we use and EDIT, that Vista doesn't like being in C:\Program Files\ path are now moved. That would totally explain what you saw.

Thus, this has been an excellent test and verification that our changes are working.

We are moving on with 4.006 Beta 2, which has a major overhaul of our Import Tracks code to automatically retry when any error remains after the first read from the disc track.

Watch for its release. It'll be a free upgrade for you from 4.005.

Thanks again for your feedback.

[norrodb]

Awesome support guys

Originally Posted by admin

I forgot to mention this change we made in 4.006 Beta 1:

FIXED Windows Vista Compatibility - Vista does not allow editing or changing any files saved in the \Program File\ path. Version 4.006 detects Windows VISTA on installation. If updating a prior Microstudio version (including 4.005), existing working files are automatically moved from the C:\Program Files\... folder to a new C:\Documents and Settings\[User]\Local Settings\Application Data\MTU\Microstudio\ folder. For new installations the working files are created in this new folder.

This would explain why 4.006 worked, and 4.005 also worked after installing 4.006. The working files that we use and EDIT, that Vista doesn't like being in C:\Program Files\ path are now moved. That would totally explain what you saw.

Thus, this has been an excellent test and verification that our changes are working.

We are moving on with 4.006 Beta 2, which has a major overhaul of our Import Tracks code to automatically retry when any error remains after the first read from the disc track.

Watch for its release. It'll be a free upgrade for you from 4.005.

Thanks again for your feedback.

[admin]

We try!

Thanks for noticing. Whenever we find a problem with any product that is a real "nasty", we do everything we can to remove it quickly.

[norrodb]

Originally Posted by admin

We try!

Thanks for noticing. Whenever we find a problem with any product that is a real "nasty", we do everything we can to remove it quickly.

As an IT director and being in the HW/SW industry for 29 years, I am sorry to say we don't always see your level of professionalism. So this was refreshing

[admin]

Originally Posted by norrodb

As an IT director and being in the HW/SW industry for 29 years, I am sorry to say we don't always see your level of professionalism. So this was refreshing

As President of a small, high-ideal company for many, many years, I truly appreciate your compliment.

We are a small, dedicated crack team here, and we still take pride in our work. We work by the Biblical command... "Whatsoever you do, do it hardily as unto the Lord, not unto man." If we please our Heavenly Father, we also please our fellow man (and woman).

As I'm sure you well know, all it takes is ONE example proving the problem to be able to nail it. Your working with us gave us what we needed, and we all truly thank you for "hanging in there" with us!

We are very glad, and breathing deeply, that this "fix" now makes Microstudio work on all Vista versions. One of our Beta Testers is still reporting a weird problem, so we've got some more to go before we're done. Then again, we are running under Microsoft code, so I'm sure yet another problem will surface.

We just released Hoster 3.319 with this fix... and a few others added in to make it seem worthwhile releasing.