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   Before I get started tonight; those of you with Vista machines - do you have a login (multi-user) setup, part of a domain, etc.?

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LightChristmas Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Beta Testers Joined: 15 Oct 2007 Location: Equality, IL Online Status: Offline Posts: 993	Quote Reply Posted: 27 Aug 2008 at 12:31pm
	Before I get started tonight; those of you with Vista machines - do you have a login (multi-user) setup, part of a domain, etc.?


LightsOnLogan Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 11 Oct 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3187	Quote Reply Posted: 27 Aug 2008 at 12:35pm
	...moving this thread to the 0.7 forum since it is still an issue in 0.7.


crichter Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List DMX Joined: 07 Aug 2008 Location: MN Online Status: Offline Posts: 13	Quote Reply Posted: 27 Aug 2008 at 1:03pm
	I have .7 installed on my vista laptop (Dell Precision M4300, Core2Duo T7300 2.0GHz, 2.0GB RAM, Nvidia Quatro FX 360M, Vista Ultimate 32-bit) This is my work laptop and is part of a domain, however I am the only user and admin on the machine. I did not have any problems installing .7.
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Fred S Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Pre-Order User Joined: 11 Dec 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 9	Quote Reply Posted: 27 Aug 2008 at 4:21pm
	The Laptop is an HP with Vista Home Preimum. It is not part of a domain, no login/password required. I have tried all versions .5 up to .7. Version .5 is the only version that I can get to run. All newer versions have the same error message.

JonB256 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List DMX Joined: 19 Dec 2007 Location: Granbury, TX Online Status: Offline Posts: 130	Quote Reply Posted: 27 Aug 2008 at 5:42pm
	Now I can't get the 0.5 version to run. I am running a non-domain but multi-user Vista Ultimate 32-bit version on a quad-core Phenom. I always get the MSCOMM32.OCX error now, regardless of Aurora version, even the newest 0.7.1 posted today. My XP Pro 32-bit has no problems. It is my "production" computer, anyway. The Phenom is my "play" computer. Should I disable Anti-Virus or anything else before install? I haven't tried manually registering the OCX file. If I do, should I un-register it first? JonB
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LightChristmas Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Beta Testers Joined: 15 Oct 2007 Location: Equality, IL Online Status: Offline Posts: 993	Quote Reply Posted: 27 Aug 2008 at 5:58pm
	Alt this point, anything is worth a try, Jon. While I have no proof - just a hinky feeling - that there is some 3rd paty application causing the problem. Finally home now, so will throw a computer together after dinner and get Vista installed on it without any firewalls or virus scanners, Java, etc., then start the tedious process of uninstalling Aurora, reboot, add some 3rd party widgets, reinstall Aurora, rinse, and repeat.


JonB256 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List DMX Joined: 19 Dec 2007 Location: Granbury, TX Online Status: Offline Posts: 130	Quote Reply Posted: 27 Aug 2008 at 6:09pm
	Here's what I tried: I unregistered mscomm32.ocx (regsrv32 /u mscomm32.ocx) Tried Aurora 0.7.1 and got a similar but different message about comdlg32.ocx I unregistered comdlg32.ocx (regsrv32 /u comdlg32.ocx) Now, I get a message about changing Aurora to use Direct Show !!! Aurora starts! It opened an older sequence!! but when I close it, I get an "problem" message from Windows. (Aurora has stopped working) but it appears harmless. So, what were those two OCX files supposed to do and what have I killed??? JonB Edited by JonB256 - 27 Aug 2008 at 6:12pm
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JonB256 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List DMX Joined: 19 Dec 2007 Location: Granbury, TX Online Status: Offline Posts: 130	Quote Reply Posted: 27 Aug 2008 at 6:32pm
	Just to complete the loop, I re-registered both mscomm32.ocx nd comdlg32.ocx. I don't get the error message when Aurora starts (without problem). I'll actually try controlling something later. It must has something to do with the MSDXM settings in the Playback Settings. Once I got it changed to DirectShow, everything seems fine. Is that something your installation routine can "pre-set" for Vista?
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LightChristmas Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Beta Testers Joined: 15 Oct 2007 Location: Equality, IL Online Status: Offline Posts: 993	Quote Reply Posted: 27 Aug 2008 at 8:11pm
	The deal with MSCOMM32 is it tries to be many things. Primarily its a Visual Basic communications intepreter, but its also used for ActiveX routines - some of which are less than friendly to MSCOMM by altering it. You cannot use MSDXM in Vista - it doesn't exist and is totally ignored by Vista (if you'e nutty enough to copy it over from XP like I did!:D ). This is why Vista users MUST use DirectShow. Offhand, I'd say you've licked the problem, and gives me some ideas to try tonight. The error on exit is a known problem and will be fixed, but its more of a cosmetic issue which doesn't affect normal operation - so its low on the to-do list. Edited by LightChristmas - 27 Aug 2008 at 8:13pm


LightChristmas Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Beta Testers Joined: 15 Oct 2007 Location: Equality, IL Online Status: Offline Posts: 993	Quote Reply Posted: 27 Aug 2008 at 9:00pm
	Update Just finished installing Vista Home Basic (SP1) without any add-ons. Auroa installs/runs with no probs. Uninstalled Aurora and installed all the MS updates, enabled native firewall, and installed AVG anti-virus. Aurora was reinstalled/run/uninstalled without any problems Then went to one of those "freeware/abandonware" sites, and waddaya know? It wanted to install an ActiveX plugin. Had nothing to lose so allowed the install of the plugin. Rebooted machine and tried installing Aurora. KEEERASH. Thank you, move along, nothing to see here. Only copy of Vista Ultimate I have is from back when I was beta testing it. We'll see what happens.