INSTRUCTIONS:

Work around to get the salon software or our other software working on Vista . Please print this out.

1. Turn off the UAC ( User Access Control) in Vista before installing or downloading the software. And make sure all of your drivers and other software that you will be installing on Vista have been installed before continuing. The UAC is that pop up box that continually asks you if you want to run programs that you just installed.

Go to settings and up to control panel
Find USER ACCOUNTS and FAMILY Safety
Click on ADD or Remove user accounts
Click Continue when you receive a warning message.
Click on go to the main user accounts page link which is on the bottom of that screen.
It is under setup parental controls
Click Turn User Account Control on or off link
Click continue when you receive a warning message
"Uncheck" the UAC box and click OK
Then you will be asked to restart your computer. Restart (aka) Reboot the PC at this time.( even if you are not asked to reboot you must do this to allow the UAC changes to be accepted.
Install the Salon (or other software except the car wizard software) then do the following:
Download and Save to desktop then Run the "install4S.bat" file

This will un-register and then re-register the dll's and ocx files that VISTA has broken.
Since you have a virus scanner and firewall on your PC, you should leave the UAC off so the salon software will function correctly.
The UAC does not need to be on to run VISTA.

It is best to run the salon software in compatibility mode for XP service PK 2 to avoid any compatibility issues. Go to the C:\Program files\SalonSalonII folder and right click on SalonSalonII.exe follow the image below and DO NOT check run program as an administrator. Do the same if this is any other program of ours as well, as this will also allow the other programs to run in XP compatibility mode. Since each installation of the program might function differently on your OS, please contact us if you have problems getting our software to work on VISTA.

*If you are having difficulty with the printers or other hardware you will need to contact the manufacturers of each item and ask them for any upgrade utilities or drivers for Vista.

Alternative ***TO keep the UAC on in the VISTA OS.
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Make sure you are logged into the Vista OS as an administrator.
Go to the C:\program files\SalonSalonII folder
Right click on the SalonSalonII.exe file
Click "Properties"
Click Compatibility tab
Check off Run this program in compatibility mode and choose Windows XP service Pack 2
from the drop down box.
Where you see privilege level, check off run this program as an administrator.

Click on settings for all users below that.
Run the program in XP2 compatibility mode and as an administrator for all users.

This will allow you to keep the UAC on. Do this as soon as the program is installed.
If you receive any error messages telling you that such and such a file is not registered,
please run the install4s.bat file which will re-register the files on the VISTA OS.

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Vista Issues:

Dell brings back XP--- http://news.com.com/2100-1046_3-6177619.html?tag=nl.e406

Windows VISTA information This is an article on windows Vista which explains how older applications might run on VISTA.

Read Forbes magazines article as well. http://www.forbes.com/2006/03/22/vista-microsoft-ballmer_cz_dl_0322microsoft.html

http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=204801084

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