With help from Dave, AA6YQ, I have been able to load and run DXLab Launcher, Commander and DXKeeper under Vista. I expect that any of the DXLab suite modules will work under Vista but I have not tried them. Perhaps some other group members have done this and can update us.
Because of the greatly increased security of Vista, you can no longer manipulate executables as easily as you could in the past. You must have root privileges which Vista calls Administrator. You may find that a program just will not install. For example, I was unable to even extract the zip files initially. Here is the procedure that I used: Right Click on the file you want to extract Select Properties from the sub menu Select the Compatibility tab Go to the last item - "Privilege Level" Check the box "run this program as an administrator" This allows you to have root control over the file. I am not sure why other files I have extracted do not need this but I am sure we will find out such things as we use the OS more. Because of the greatly increased security of Vista, it just will not let programs (malicious or not) have the privileges that were possible under the previous, more unsecure versions of MS OS, so it does take a bit of getting used to. But it will become second nature after a while and it also makes you realize that when you manipulate files (even moving them) you are doing things that you don't want some rogue program doing as used to be the case. When you enter into a root privilege the screen mostly darkens except for the User Account Control window that opens up and is highlighted. You can not miss the fact that you are doing some thing at the root level. One offshoot of this increased security is that everytime you boot DXLab's Launcher module, you will have to give it permission to run. Perhaps there is, or will eventually be, a method to let Vista know that this program is OK to run anytime. 73, Rick, KV9U
