Still having problems

[Tizzy]

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My friend Decision is still having problems and is wondering what the Aero feature was? Can anyone else help or give my friend more advice on how to fix this problem?

[rootbear75]

To turn off windows aero, follow these steps:

 

Right Click on the Desktop

Select "Personalize"

Click "Window Color and Appearance"

Click "Open classic appearance properties for more color options"

Click SOMETHING OTHER THAN "Windows Aero"

[🜲 Samapico]

How about you create the C:\Program Files\Continuum directory manually?

[Tizzy]

Rootbears way didn't work. And Samapico, what does your way mean?

[rootbear75]

Rootbears way didn't work. And Samapico, what does your way mean?

didnt say it would.. i've had problems with continuum and aero before soooo

[darkhosis]

Rootbears way didn't work. And Samapico, what does your way mean?

go into DOS window

 

cd\progra~1

 

mkdir continuum

 

aha!

Edited January 2, 2008 by darkhosis

[Tizzy]

Whats DOS windows?

[rootbear75]

Double Click "My Computer"

Double Click "Local Drive (C:)" <-or something similar... make sure it has "(C:)" under it tho

Double Click "Program Files"

Click File -> New -> Folder

Rename it continuum.

 

Now when installing, select that folder as the installation directory

[Tizzy]

Dec tried that before, it didn't work. Any other suggestions?

[Trained]

Create a new user on the computer, make it an administrator with full access, try that

[🜲 Samapico]

You don't have rights because you didn't tell Vista what to do in the install.

 

Vista doesn't work the same way as other OS', it doesn't actually have an administrative account, that is why you will still see features such as "run as administrator..." in the right click. Vista's goal is to protect you from absolutely every threat possible, which is a good thing, except it also protects you from you.

 

Your problems are in no way related to Vista itself, but to VirtualStore (which is only compatible with Vista).

The above comments assume that Vista's User Access Control (UAC) feature is on, which is the default setting. If you have turned UAC off, you can write into the Program Files area without being redirected to VirtualStore. Even if you have UAC off you still should not save your address book files into the Program Files area.

 

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows...a/aa906021.aspx

And now that we know VirtualStore is connected to your UAC (User Account* Control), I would recommend turning it off. The advantage is no more annoying warnings, popups, redirects, write errors, and other errors; the disadvantage is you will be less (but still) protected.

 

How to turn it off:

1.Start Menu -> Control Panel -> Security -> Security Center

2. In "Other Security Settings" disable UAC

 

For most Vista users, you will not have to worry about your files. Things such as .log files should still work as long as no other programs are blocking access to them. - Changing it to .txt can help, since Vista recognizes text files as harmless. For any other graphical issues, remember never to set your resolution in Continuum above (or even below) your desktop resolution, set the color bit to 32 bits in the options, never run Continuum under "Compatability mode"...

For graphical issues, you may have to check "Software Emulation" in the advanced options. Same goes for screenshot problems.

 

Did you try this already?

[Guest Decision]

It still dosen't work for me.

[Hakaku]

Rather, did you try this:

The problem is either !@#$%^&*ociated with a) the installer, or your windows settings (a.k.a. UAC)

 

If a), then reinstall Continuum from this specific link: http://www.trenchwars.org/downloads/Continuum040Setup.exe

 

Elsewise, Try installing Continuum in a directory other than Program Files. (such as your desktop or your do!@#$%^&*ents). -- And I doubt you'd need to, but here's info on Vista's UAC and how to disable it if the problem still occurs. By disabling it, it should allow you to directly download files into your Program Files directory.

 

Please post if the issue persists.

[Guest Decision]

Tried that before, didn't work.

[Hakaku]

Issue:

 

The Continuum setup program installs the application under the standard Windows program files folder - usually C:\Program Files. To do this, it first creates the sub-folder C:\Program Files\Continuum then copies the application and documentation into it. For a normal user, the C:\Program Files folder is read-only. A user needs to have Local Administrator Rights to create sub-folders and copy files into this area.

 

If you attempt to install the Continuum installer, and your login does not have Local Administrator Rights, the setup program will fail as soon as it attempts to create the Continuum sub-folder. The error message returned is:

Setup was unable to create the directory "C:\Program Files\Continuum".

 

 

Error 5: Access is denied.

Resolution:

 

You will need to get someone with Local Administrator Rights to login to your PC and do the installation for you - or get your network administrator to temporarily give you these rights on your PC so that you can do the install under your own login name. [1]

 

Or :

 

1. Right click on the installer and select "run as administrator". (DONT DOUBLE CLICK)

2. SAVE IN A DIRECTORY OTHER THAN C:\PROGRAM FILES ! [2]

 

I'm 100% sure you didn't follow any of the solutions (other than the other installer) provided in my quote.

[Shock]

Well said, Hak.

 

It's pretty obvious this guy doesn't try anything. He just !@#$%^&*umes it doesn't work.

[Guest Decision]

Alright, I was able to download Continuum, but now all of my zones are red, and I can't download any other ones... :/

[🜲 Samapico]

Sounds like a firewall issue...

[Guest Decision]

Sounds like a firewall issue...

 

So then what should I do to fix the problem? :/

[Guest Decision]

Nvm, it has been fixed, thank you all for your help!

[darkhosis]

wtf, ppl not knowing what DOS is

[🜲 Samapico]

Vista does not have DOS... neither does XP actually.

And going in DOS to create folders is just re!@#$%^&*ed...

[★ candygirl]

Vista does not have DOS... neither does XP actually.

And going in DOS to create folders is just re!@#$%^&*ed...

 

You can call it Command Prompt=DOS and xp has it

[rootbear75]

Vista does not have DOS... neither does XP actually.

And going in DOS to create folders is just re!@#$%^&*ed...

 

You can call it Command Prompt=DOS and xp has it

 

CP is not equal to DOS!!!

 

its DOS Emulator... there are many functions on the Command Prompt that you cant do in DOS, and vice versa

[Shock]

Thanks, captain obvious!