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| - | ====== Vista Compatibility ====== | + | ====== |
| - | ===== POPFile 0.22.4 (or earlier) | + | ===== Introduction |
| - | Windows Vista includes | + | Windows Vista introduced |
| - | One of the ways Vista uses to detect whether or not a program needs to be given **administrator** privileges is to examine the program' | + | One of the ways Vista uses to detect whether or not a program needs to be given **administrator** privileges is to examine the program' |
| - | Vista will run these old programs | + | Windows 7 includes some improvements to the **UAC** introduced |
| - | The POPFile 0.22.5 installer includes | + | Although |
| - | ===== Installing | + | POPFile |
| - | ==== From an administrator account ==== | + | |
| + | ===== POPFile 1.1.1 (or later) ===== | ||
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| + | The installer for the 1.1.1 release was the first to be fully compatible with Windows 7. The installer allows easy installation from a **standard** user account or an **administrator** account. Although Windows 7, like Vista, includes **UAC** there are some subtle differences from Vista which mean that only the POPFile 1.1.1 (or later) installer works properly on Windows 7. | ||
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| + | ===== POPFile 1.0.0 (or later) ===== | ||
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| + | The installer for the 1.0.0 release was the first to allow easy installation from a **standard** user account or an **administrator** account. Similar improvements were also made to the uninstaller. | ||
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| + | POPFile 1.0.0 incorporates many Vista-related improvements over the 0.22.5 release. | ||
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| + | ===== POPFile 0.22.5 ===== | ||
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| + | The POPFile 0.22.5 installer includes the XML manifest data for Vista so it was the first version to run on Vista without triggering Vista' | ||
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| + | ==== Installing 0.22.5 on Vista ==== | ||
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| + | === From an administrator account | ||
| The POPFile 0.22.5 installer and the NSIS-based programs it installs all contain the XML manifest data for Vista so Vista can tell which programs do not need administrator mode. This means all of these programs should work properly when used from an administrator account. | The POPFile 0.22.5 installer and the NSIS-based programs it installs all contain the XML manifest data for Vista so Vista can tell which programs do not need administrator mode. This means all of these programs should work properly when used from an administrator account. | ||
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| After POPFile has been installed it can be run from a **standard** account (see [[#Running 0.22.5 on Vista]] below). | After POPFile has been installed it can be run from a **standard** account (see [[#Running 0.22.5 on Vista]] below). | ||
| - | ==== From a standard account | + | |
| + | === From a standard account === | ||
| When the installer is started from a standard account, Vista will detect that the installer requires administrator privileges and ask for an administrator password. After the password has been entered the installer will run as if the administrator started it. | When the installer is started from a standard account, Vista will detect that the installer requires administrator privileges and ask for an administrator password. After the password has been entered the installer will run as if the administrator started it. | ||
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| When this WELCOME page shows the **administrator** username the **standard** user should click the " | When this WELCOME page shows the **administrator** username the **standard** user should click the " | ||
| - | To configure POPFile for use by the **standard** user who started the main installer the "Add POPFile User" wizard should be run. The safest way to do this is to run the '' | + | To configure POPFile for use by the **standard** user who started the main installer the "Add POPFile User" wizard should be run. The safest way to do this is to run the '' |
| Start -- All Programs -- POPFile -- Support -- PFI Diagnostic utility (simple) | Start -- All Programs -- POPFile -- Support -- PFI Diagnostic utility (simple) | ||
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| Once the wizard has configured POPFile, the standard user should be able to use the "Run POPFile" | Once the wizard has configured POPFile, the standard user should be able to use the "Run POPFile" | ||
| - | ===== Running 0.22.5 on Vista ===== | + | ==== Running 0.22.5 on Vista ==== |
| After POPFile has been installed it can be configured and run from a standard account. To configure POPFile for a new user, use this Start Menu shortcut created by the installer: | After POPFile has been installed it can be configured and run from a standard account. To configure POPFile for a new user, use this Start Menu shortcut created by the installer: | ||
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| Although POPFile 0.22.5 has some limited multi-user features, it should only be used by one user at a time (see the [[multiuserphase1forwindows|Multi-user support in POPFile 0.22.x]] page for further details) | Although POPFile 0.22.5 has some limited multi-user features, it should only be used by one user at a time (see the [[multiuserphase1forwindows|Multi-user support in POPFile 0.22.x]] page for further details) | ||
| - | ===== Known 0.22.5 Issues on Vista ===== | + | ==== Known 0.22.5 Issues on Vista ==== |
| The POPFile 0.22.5 installer and the NSIS-based programs it installs contain the special data for Vista so Vista knows which programs do not need administrator mode. However this is only the first step towards making the Windows version of POPFile work properly on Vista. | The POPFile 0.22.5 installer and the NSIS-based programs it installs contain the special data for Vista so Vista knows which programs do not need administrator mode. However this is only the first step towards making the Windows version of POPFile work properly on Vista. | ||
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| This redundant message box appears because the code used to test if POPFile is running is not compatible with Vista' | This redundant message box appears because the code used to test if POPFile is running is not compatible with Vista' | ||
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| + | ===== POPFile 0.22.4 (or earlier) ===== | ||
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| + | Windows Vista includes a new feature called **User Account Control (UAC)** which is intended to help prevent unauthorised changes to the computer. UAC does this by asking for permission or an administrator password before performing actions that could potentially affect the computer' | ||
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| + | One of the ways Vista uses to detect whether or not a program needs to be given **administrator** privileges is to examine the program' | ||
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| + | Vista will run these old programs in compatibility mode. In this mode Vista does not always do exactly what the installer requests so unexpected things can happen, such as Start Menu shortcuts being created in the wrong place. This behaviour can cause some confusion when trying to use (or uninstall) POPFile so it is **not recommended** that these old versions are used on Vista. | ||
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