[Nova-Net] Nova problems with Vista.

[Michael R. Owen]

Jerry -

One of Vista's "features" is its User Account Control (UAC).  It is 
explained many places on the Web, including here: 
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/issues/2007/06/UAC/default.aspx
Unless an application is adapted specifically for Vista, which most ham 
software is not, then you will run into problems.  I don't think that 
UAC is worth the hassle so I have turned it off on my Vista computer.

MRO

Jerry wrote:
> Mike,
>
> I bought Nova a couple weeks ago and attempted to install it on my Vista
> Laptop. I had problems installing it and getting it to run.
>
> I had the same problem as was reported elsewhere, with the missing DLL files,
> msvcp71.dll and msvcr71.dll. Once I found them on the Net and installed them,
> I had other problems.
>
> Currently, when I start up Nova, it gives me a message saying, "NfW32.exe has
> stopped working," with the following information:
>
> Problem signature:
>   Problem Event Name:	APPCRASH
>   Application Name:	NfW32.exe
>   Application Version:	2.2.0.49
>   Application Timestamp:	2a425e19
>   Fault Module Name:	kernel32.dll
>   Fault Module Version:	6.0.6000.16386
>   Fault Module Timestamp:	4549bd80
>   Exception Code:	c0000005
>   Exception Offset:	0004fcac
>   OS Version:	6.0.6000.2.0.0.768.3
>   Locale ID:	1033
>   Additional Information 1:	b37c
>   Additional Information 2:	2a7328d8bb40c81c93b4b5f46adb8e10
>   Additional Information 3:	b37c
>   Additional Information 4:	2a7328d8bb40c81c93b4b5f46adb8e10
>
> In order to get it working, you need to set it up to Run as Administrator.
>
> Nova seemed to come up and run, mostly after that. However, it seems like all
> other programs that use the Nova DDE for frequency tracking now have to be run
> as an Administrator too, or they don't have DDE access and can't see the DDE
> stream. I tried Ham Radio Deluxe as a test, and its DDE works with my other
> software (ASatLogger) without either one being run as Administrator.
>
> Jerry
>
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-- 
Michael R. Owen, Ph.D.
Northern Lights Software Associates
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