I'm sorry Dave, I can't let you do that

Hello. I'm having problems installing services in Vista. I tried installing
Apache 1.3.37 (not that the version number should make much of a difference)
on Vista and it doesn't work. Apache is an msi package and it expects to
install a service, which it fails to do. I've tried setting permission on
the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet key by running regedit as admin,
but damn Vista tells me I don't have permission to do that. I'm an admin and
I even turned off UAC, and I don't have enough privileges? What gives? I was
under the impression that this was still my computer, and if I need/want to
install something I should be able to do it. So, to cut a long story short
why can't I set write permissions on that key and how can I set those
permissions ? Or at least how do I get that package to install? I haven't
tried it with MySQL, but I doubt it would fare much better.

"brother of cain" <> wrote:

> Hello. I'm having problems installing services in Vista.

This won't help at all but it might give you a laugh:

http://members.cox.net/xs11e/hal.wav

What caused the problem:

http://members.cox.net/xs11e/hmnerror.wav

and, when you get it resolved:

http://members.cox.net/xs11e/runningsmoothly.wav

Who's Dave?

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"brother of cain" <> wrote in message
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> Hello. I'm having problems installing services in Vista. I tried
> installing Apache 1.3.37 (not that the version number should make much of
> a difference) on Vista and it doesn't work. Apache is an msi package and
> it expects to install a service, which it fails to do. I've tried setting
> permission on the
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet key by running regedit as
> admin, but damn Vista tells me I don't have permission to do that. I'm an
> admin and I even turned off UAC, and I don't have enough privileges? What
> gives? I was under the impression that this was still my computer, and if
> I need/want to install something I should be able to do it. So, to cut a
> long story short why can't I set write permissions on that key and how can
> I set those permissions ? Or at least how do I get that package to
> install? I haven't tried it with MySQL, but I doubt it would fare much
> better.
>

Dave Bowman. 2001: A Space Odyssey

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001:_A..._Odyssey_(film)

"David B." <> wrote in message
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> Who's Dave?
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> "brother of cain" <> wrote in message
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>> Hello. I'm having problems installing services in Vista. I tried
>> installing Apache 1.3.37 (not that the version number should make much of
>> a difference) on Vista and it doesn't work. Apache is an msi package and
>> it expects to install a service, which it fails to do. I've tried setting
>> permission on the
>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet key by running regedit as
>> admin, but damn Vista tells me I don't have permission to do that. I'm an
>> admin and I even turned off UAC, and I don't have enough privileges? What
>> gives? I was under the impression that this was still my computer, and if
>> I need/want to install something I should be able to do it. So, to cut a
>> long story short why can't I set write permissions on that key and how
>> can I set those permissions ? Or at least how do I get that package to
>> install? I haven't tried it with MySQL, but I doubt it would fare much
>> better.
>>
>

"Joe Grover" <> wrote in message
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> Dave Bowman. 2001: A Space Odyssey
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001:_A..._Odyssey_(film)
>


That would be cool is MS gave UAC the voice of HAL for SP1 !!

ss.

Duh, How the %#$ did I miss that?

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"Joe Grover" <> wrote in message
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> Dave Bowman. 2001: A Space Odyssey
>

I know this may sound "anti-intuitive" but turn UAC back on and then run
regedit as admin and try editing the key.

"brother of cain" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hello. I'm having problems installing services in Vista. I tried
> installing Apache 1.3.37 (not that the version number should make much of
> a difference) on Vista and it doesn't work. Apache is an msi package and
> it expects to install a service, which it fails to do. I've tried setting
> permission on the
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet key by running regedit as
> admin, but damn Vista tells me I don't have permission to do that. I'm an
> admin and I even turned off UAC, and I don't have enough privileges? What
> gives? I was under the impression that this was still my computer, and if
> I need/want to install something I should be able to do it. So, to cut a
> long story short why can't I set write permissions on that key and how can
> I set those permissions ? Or at least how do I get that package to
> install? I haven't tried it with MySQL, but I doubt it would fare much
> better.
>

"brother of cain" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hello. I'm having problems installing services in Vista. I tried
> installing Apache 1.3.37 (not that the version number should make much of
> a difference) on Vista and it doesn't work. Apache is an msi package and
> it expects to install a service, which it fails to do.

You say the version doesn't matter, but does that version actually say it is
compatible with Vista?

> I've tried setting permission on the
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet key by running regedit as
> admin, but damn Vista tells me I don't have permission to do that. I'm an
> admin and I even turned off UAC, and I don't have enough privileges? What
> gives? I was under the impression that this was still my computer, and if
> I need/want to install something I should be able to do it.

Right. Thing is, it IS your computer but Vista is NOT Windows XP. For better
or for worse, it works differently.

try turning UAC back on.
and right click on the install package and click on Run as Administrator.
then do the same for the shortcut to the program.







"brother of cain" <> wrote in message news:...
Hello. I'm having problems installing services in Vista. I tried installing
Apache 1.3.37 (not that the version number should make much of a difference)
on Vista and it doesn't work. Apache is an msi package and it expects to
install a service, which it fails to do. I've tried setting permission on
the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet key by running regedit as admin,
but damn Vista tells me I don't have permission to do that. I'm an admin and
I even turned off UAC, and I don't have enough privileges? What gives? I was
under the impression that this was still my computer, and if I need/want to
install something I should be able to do it. So, to cut a long story short
why can't I set write permissions on that key and how can I set those
permissions ? Or at least how do I get that package to install? I haven't
tried it with MySQL, but I doubt it would fare much better.

"Synapse Syndrome" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> "Joe Grover" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Dave Bowman. 2001: A Space Odyssey
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001:_A..._Odyssey_(film)
>>
>
>
> That would be cool is MS gave UAC the voice of HAL for SP1 !!

As if the pop ups aren't irritating enough...