== Installing a DXLab Application on Windows Vista ==

DXLab applications will run on both 32-bit and 64-bit flavors of Windows Vista. By default, Vista prevents applications from modifying files that reside anywhere within ''protected folders'':

 * c:\program files 

 * c:\program files (x86)

To install or run a DXLab application within these protected folders, you must override this prohibition by logging into the Vista account named '''Administrator'''; you must also log into this account before running a DXLab application installed within a protected folder on Vista. If you install DXLab outside the protected folders listed above, you can install and run DXLab applications while logged into a Standard account; you may be prompted for an Administrator password during installation.

In Vista, the phrase '''Administrator account''' has two independent meanings, and is thus ambiguous. There are two ''kinds'' of user accounts, '''Administrator''' and '''Standard'''. A user account of ''kind'' '''Administrator''' has more privileges than a user account of ''kind'' '''Standard''', but not enough privileges to install or run a DXLab application in a protected folder. There is also a unique account named '''Administrator'''; logging into this account provides the privilege required to install and run a DXLab application in a protected folder.

The account whose name is '''Administrator''' won't initially appear in the '''User Accounts Control Panel''' because it is disabled by default. The procedure to enable this account so you can login with its privileges depends on the version of Vista you're using:

 * In '''Vista Ultimate''' or '''Business editions''',

  1. right-click '''Computer''' and click '''Manage'''

  1. Under '''Local Users and Groups''', open '''Users''', right-click the one named '''Administrator''', and select '''Properties'''

  1. Uncheck '''Account is disabled''', and the account whose name is '''Administrator''' will appear in the '''User Accounts Control Panel'''

 * In other Vista editions,

  1. click the Vista '''Start''' button to display Vista's Start window, and type the three letters '''cmd''' in the ''Start Search'' box at the bottom of the window (don't strike the Enter key!)

  1. the Start window will display the word ''Programs'' in its upper-left corner; below this, an icon labeled '''cmd''' will appear

  1. right-click the '''cmd''' icon and choose '''Run as administrator'''

  1. when the '''User Account Control''' window appears, click its '''Continue''' button

  1. an '''Administrator: Command Prompt''' window will appear; in this window, type '''Net user administrator /active:yes''' and strike the Enter key (be sure to insert a space character between '''administrator''' and '''/active:yes''')

  1. Log off

  1. log on as '''Administrator'''


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