Hoster 3.315 DOES RUN on Windows Vista

[Rippera]

If George's fix idea works.. I did search the C; drive for anything with hoser listed last night and all it found was the application file I saved to the computer... Hopefully MTU will find a fix for it soon...

Ripper

[ddouglass]

Originally Posted by Rippera

If George's fix idea works.. I did search the C; drive for anything with hoser listed last night and all it found was the application file I saved to the computer... Hopefully MTU will find a fix for it soon...

Ripper

I would not be too sure the software (MTU) is the problem because it has been loaded by a couple of people who have reported here that it is working fine in Vista.

Default setup for search (at least in XP and I am pretty sure they didn't change that for Vista) is to not look in hidden or system folders. The program files area is considered as a system folder. You can change the settings in Explorer by going to Tools/Folder Options and set to be able to view everything. This is set up to keep the average user from messing with files they shouldn't.

[Rippera]

I will try it again over lunch and let you know how or if it works...

Ripper

[gduns - with the Lord]

I was reading over at the after dawn website, that there will be a new direct x 10.0 version that is a lot different than the current direct x version. I don't know if that will be a problem also.

[Rippera]

Not fixed... In george's idea is great but the hoster folder is empty... I'll try to find a copy of XP and go from there...

thanks for the help...

Ripper

[George]

Originally Posted by Rippera

Hoster said it installed fine and never said anything about and error or anything.......Ripper

Must not have installed

[Beavis]

the first thing i would have done is re-install !

[admin]

Originally Posted by Rippera

I hate to admit it but I have them all scattered around between my house, basement, truck, storage unit and so on... So finding them would have been a hassel... Back to my Sony desktop for now!

Ripper

For legal reasons KEEP THEM ALL in a safe place!

[admin]

Interesting point at MTU today... sales talked to 6 people about Vista.

It appears that ALL computer distributors were ready to cut over today. None of the biggies appear to have XP any more.

We'll start on Monday to prepare our Microsoft VisualStudio .NET to work with VISTA so we can compile for it. We're working hard on Microstudio 4.0. It now appears VISTA has stormed in and XP is REMOVED. Thus, we'll have to make Microstudio 4.0 work under Vista before releasing. I don't know if we can do that. If there is minimal work, we can. If major work required, we can't. Then we'll have to come out with a 4.001 for VISTA.

If there is a DirectX 10.0 that is very different, we may have to jump off a cliff now rather than later.
I'll add that to our schedule.

[George]

This is interesting. Sounds like it's going to be problematic. We may see a vista second edition, just like what happened in 98.

http://technews.ucdavis.edu/news2.cfm?id=1418

[ddouglass]

George most large institutions, businesses and even the government will always move slower to new operating systems. Figure that any problems/headaches that come up with a new program or OS would be multiplied a hundredfold for those larger networks.

[George]

Really!!

[Beavis]

Originally Posted by ddouglass

George most large institutions, businesses and even the government will always move slower to new operating systems. Figure that any problems/headaches that come up with a new program or OS would be multiplied a hundredfold for those larger networks.

and admin gets mad at me for not upgrading right away !

[George]

I never jump right in...very foolish to want to be on the cutting edge especially with software, and a company that has a proven track record of releasing duds, like Microsoft did with the first 98, and ME.

A problem is just as bad a problem for the little guy experiencing it as it is for the corporation.

We've experienced problems with Internet Explorer 7. No reason to believe that 7 isn't included in Vista, and unless that part can be uninstalled and replaced with 6, they can keep Vista.

Heck, on my other box I'm still running 98SE and frankly have had no more problems than I do with XP on this one. I use Norton Ghost on both boxes. I know I'll upgrade eventually as the software manufacturers drop 98SE, but that's life.

[ddouglass]

By the time you upgrade that other box (98se) George you will have to throw it out and get a new one because the hardware won't be compatible with Vista....so much for backward compatability Mr Gates

[George]

Originally Posted by ddouglass

By the time you upgrade that other box (98se) George you will have to throw it out and get a new one because the hardware won't be compatible with Vista....so much for backward compatability Mr Gates

I never buy production line units, but prefer to have them custom built, and upgraded as needed.

Regarding upgrading the OS, I was thinking in terms of XP. They didn't drop 98SE support until a couple of years ago so XP should be viable for another 5 or 6 years.

[gduns - with the Lord]

If there is a DirectX 10.0 that is very different, we may have to jump off a cliff now rather than later.
I'll add that to our schedule.

The article I read on it stated that Vista would run both directx 9 and 10 and would use the version needed for the application running. Only higher end video cards that are out now, will operate with directx 10

[admin]

As I had stated in my early post in this Thread, we did NOT want to convert to Vista until at least SR1... for all the reasons mentioned since that post.

However... if NEW computers CANNOT come with XP, i.e. Microsoft as told all their big customers to "cut over now", then we have no choice. We will loose sales from customers with new computers.

[bobcox- with the Lord]

I read that microsoft will only suport XP for two more yrs.

[George]

Originally Posted by bobcox

I read that microsoft will only suport XP for two more yrs.

I'll take it