Vista Complaints

[Priest_Sidran]

Ok so my father bought me Vista as a gift, and I installed it this morning, I was able to install Adobe Reader 8 after some brief jumping through hoops, and thought ok great, lets see if I can wiggle Acrobat 8 Professional through the same hoop, nope.

I am getting the message Acrobat is not Activated, try activating or reinstalling.
Then I try watching a movie (Windows Media Player has frills but sucks for movies) I try finding a media player which will do the trick, notta, nothing, they all require DirectX 9.0 I have 10.0 thanks to the Vista.

Gripe, moan, shotgun to CPU moment aside, I actually like the fraking program.

I wish that I could trick the software into letting me use Adobe, I am in the middle of converting all my DM notes to PDF, and this is an inopportune moment to not have a printer.

Any Ideas about how I can get my adobe to work?

 

[Max]

I am currently running Acrobat Professional 8 on Vista with no problems. I didn't have to do anything tricky to get it to run. At the risk of asking the obvious, did you try activating the software? I had to jump through all the activation hoops, but once I did it worked.

Max

 

[XCorvis]

If your old computer had Acrobat installed and activated, you were supposed to deactivate it before you uninstalled it (or formatted the computer). I assume you've tried to enter your serial number. You should call adobe customer support, and they'll deactivate the previous setup and allow you to activate the new one.

Personally, I prefer Media Player, but to each his own. You might try http://www.videolan.org/ for a good general purpose player. If you're looking for a software DVD player, that one will do it. Otherwise, look for updates to the DVD player you already own.

 

[Priest_Sidran]

Yes I activated and I have had some discussions with Adobe, I have attempted to reinstall with a reactivation from old OS to new, no deal

 

[ThirdWizard]

Use Media Player Classic, says I. I recommend the Combined Community Codec Pack download for all your video viewing needs.

 

[Bront]

Then I try watching a movie (Windows Media Player has frills but sucks for movies) I try finding a media player which will do the trick, notta, nothing, they all require DirectX 9.0 I have 10.0 thanks to the Vista.

Um, DX10 is backwards compatable with DX9...

As for your other install problems, assuming you have a legal version, ask Adobe. Chances are, there's a work around, probably involving the permitions.

 

[Man in the Funny Hat]

Any Ideas about how I can get my adobe to work?

Reinstall XP. I'm only HALF joking - I think it's an option worthy of serious consideration. So far, for me, Vista is more trouble than it's worth by far. I have a brand new Gateway laptop that is worthless because I can't get Vista to decently run software that I want and need. Good thing I don't NEED to use the new laptop but can continue to use my 4 yr old Fujitsu while the Gateway works nicely as a paperweight.

 

[Ranger REG]

Use Media Player Classic, says I. I recommend the Combined Community Codec Pack download for all your video viewing needs.

Does that pack have a codec for playing DVD? It is compatible with the most recent WMP11?

 

[XCorvis]

Does that pack have a codec for playing DVD? It is compatible with the most recent WMP11?

Probably yes on both counts. It supports MPEG2, which is the DVD video standard, but it doesn't explicitly state DVDs are supported. It doesn't say they aren't supported either. For WMP11, most codecs are independent of the video player so it shouldn't matter what version you have.

 

[Priest_Sidran]

An update is in order, I have after numerous installs got Adobe to work properly, though I am having trouble with the rest of the CS2 stuff. Overall I like vista, though the troubles have irked me a bit more than I care to admit.

I had found a way to do a dual boot with XP on one partition, and Vista on another, I am happy with the functionality of being able to use either OS so even though it steals a bit more of my HD space I am a happy with the end result enought to keep it.