Installation Advice Needed

I'm testing Vista Enterprise and Office 2007 for the company. I've sent many
problems to the commmunity that are still not solved. No complaints here,
All the people were so helpful and each gave me something to think about or
try. Still, I have so many problems, I'm thinking of formating the test
system and trying again. I'm looking for opinions on the best ways to
install programs. All of my problems have been directly related to
permission problems in the registry even though I turned of UAC and I am an
administrator, running in administration mode. I suspect that there is one
logon which is preferrable for ALL installations and that logon ID should
also be the first to run the progam. So, should I use the logon that Vista
setup requires me to add or with the first domain admin logon ID that
accesses the box. For XP I have always used the latter and had no problems.
What is the optimum logon for installing ( and running for the first time)
applications? Also, do you think it would help to do all the installations
and running, before joining the domain? Normally, that is one of the first
things I do. Any ideas will be appreciated.
--
Bettie

Ok, when you are installing Vista, leave the Admin Username and Password,
blank.
At end of install, just put in your username!
I have always done that with XP, and Vista, on my computers, and home
clients..

Installing programs; if any probs(which there should not be, if follow
above.):
1. Right-click on setup.exe> Run as Admin
2. Mmore importantly compatibility: right-click opn
setup.exe>Properties>compatibility Tab> XP SP2 or what ever mode

Good luck with testing!
--
Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia


"Bettie Claxton" wrote:

> I'm testing Vista Enterprise and Office 2007 for the company. I've sent many
> problems to the commmunity that are still not solved. No complaints here,
> All the people were so helpful and each gave me something to think about or
> try. Still, I have so many problems, I'm thinking of formating the test
> system and trying again. I'm looking for opinions on the best ways to
> install programs. All of my problems have been directly related to
> permission problems in the registry even though I turned of UAC and I am an
> administrator, running in administration mode. I suspect that there is one
> logon which is preferrable for ALL installations and that logon ID should
> also be the first to run the progam. So, should I use the logon that Vista
> setup requires me to add or with the first domain admin logon ID that
> accesses the box. For XP I have always used the latter and had no problems.
> What is the optimum logon for installing ( and running for the first time)
> applications? Also, do you think it would help to do all the installations
> and running, before joining the domain? Normally, that is one of the first
> things I do. Any ideas will be appreciated.
> --
> Bettie

That worked really, really well. All of my Vista/Applications problems went
away when I did that. thank you so much for the advice.
--
Bettie


"Mick Murphy" wrote:

> Ok, when you are installing Vista, leave the Admin Username and Password,
> blank.
> At end of install, just put in your username!
> I have always done that with XP, and Vista, on my computers, and home
> clients..
>
> Installing programs; if any probs(which there should not be, if follow
> above.):
> 1. Right-click on setup.exe> Run as Admin
> 2. Mmore importantly compatibility: right-click opn
> setup.exe>Properties>compatibility Tab> XP SP2 or what ever mode
>
> Good luck with testing!
> --
> Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia
>
>
> "Bettie Claxton" wrote:
>
> > I'm testing Vista Enterprise and Office 2007 for the company. I've sent many
> > problems to the commmunity that are still not solved. No complaints here,
> > All the people were so helpful and each gave me something to think about or
> > try. Still, I have so many problems, I'm thinking of formating the test
> > system and trying again. I'm looking for opinions on the best ways to
> > install programs. All of my problems have been directly related to
> > permission problems in the registry even though I turned of UAC and I am an
> > administrator, running in administration mode. I suspect that there is one
> > logon which is preferrable for ALL installations and that logon ID should
> > also be the first to run the progam. So, should I use the logon that Vista
> > setup requires me to add or with the first domain admin logon ID that
> > accesses the box. For XP I have always used the latter and had no problems.
> > What is the optimum logon for installing ( and running for the first time)
> > applications? Also, do you think it would help to do all the installations
> > and running, before joining the domain? Normally, that is one of the first
> > things I do. Any ideas will be appreciated.
> > --
> > Bettie