Re: iSeries Access and Win7

Yep, Sean - I just ran into a catch 22 - I use Corel's Paint Shop Pro X2 on my laptop - they offered a free update download - first time, I'd started PSP running normally. The install failed at the END when it was trying to start some services. So I say to self, "Self, start PSP as admin"- no good - this kind of thing is idiotic, but I'll contact Corel support and get it done somehow.

PSP is great - but we DO remember that Corel now owns WordPerfect, don't we? Is anyone using that these days? I used to love it, but...

OK back to on-topic

Vern

On 2/21/2012 8:02 AM, Porterfield, Sean wrote:

That's a good point, Vern. One of the things that really boggles my mind in Win 7. If I'm an administrator, I should be an administrator! Definitely a good habit to do the run as for all installations. Some work fine without it; some will appear to work then will fail miserably when used. Other programs will automatically prompt for admin credentials when an install is attempted by a regular user. I'm sure there is a logical reason for all that, but I haven't bothered to research it. My regular user profile is not in the administrators group. I install my own software with the run as and admin credentials.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Vern Hamberg
Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 08:51
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: iSeries Access and Win7

Jerry - having admin rights isn't enough - you have to explicitly right-click and pick the option to install as Administrator - at least in the Win 7 I'm using, and I'm in the Administrator group. I'm a duffer, too, sometimes, and grow weary of the "security" stuff that gets so hard in Windows, is so IMHO easy in i5/OS.

Vern

On 2/21/2012 7:45 AM, Jerry C. Adams wrote:

Sean,

Thanks. I have the 7.1 CD and the service pack.

I wasn't aware about the Admin requirement since Win98. Guess I just
never ran into that roadblock. I'll check and see if our hired gun (aka the boss'
son) set up this user with admin rights.

Jerry C. Adams
IBM i Programmer/Analyst
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-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Porterfield,
Sean
Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 7:37 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: iSeries Access and Win7

I don't recall having any issues installing System i Access on Win 7
32 or
64 bit. You do need to use a new enough version. The V5R4 version is
not supported. I'm using the V6R1 version, but the V7R1 version would
be better. You do want to install the latest service pack. You
always need to install programs with administrator access on every
Windows after Win98, so I'm not sure why that is a current issue to bring up.

To determine the Windows version, right click on Computer (I have one
on my Start menu, but I think it's still possible to hide that;
anywhere you can get to it is fine) and click Properties which should
take you to "Control Panel\System and Security\System". You should
see a section labeled System that includes an entry System type that
specifies 64 bit if it is. Another hint is if you have "C:\Program Files (x86)"

In the emulator session, Help -> About Personal Communications shows
version
5.9 in the V6R1 version. I believe the V5R4 version showed 5.8. I
don't have the newer version to confirm what it shows, though it may
be on wiki.midrange.com
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Sean Porterfield

-----Original Message-----
From: Jerry C. Adams
Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 07:48
To: Midrange-L
Subject: iSeries Access and Win7

I have to install iSeries Access on a new PC running Win7. I have the
proper iSeries Access installation CD, but I don't know if the PC is
running
32- or 64-bit version. There has been some discussion on the WDSc
List that, I think, it has to be installed under an Admin profile on
the PC if installing on a 64-bit version of Win7.



I haven't found anything in the archives along the same lines
regarding iSeries Access. Does anyone one of anything that I need to
do and/or be aware of if installing to the 64-bit version of Win7?

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