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Installing Legitimate Programs? How to get Vista to allow?

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  Posted 30 August 2008 - 10:59 AM

Hi,

I'm finding that I'm running across more and more that Vista will not allow the instillation of legitimate programs, like this one:

http://downloads.yahoo.com/internetexplorer/

It says that it isn't a valid Win32 application?

Also, Vista wont allow updates for a few programs like Adobe and my Logitech web cam update.

Is there a way to get Vista to allow them?

That simple,

John :huh:

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Posted 30 August 2008 - 12:08 PM

Let's start with going to microsoft for IE7 since it is their application, http://www.microsoft.com/windows/downloads/ie/getitnow.mspx

Make certain you choose the correct Operating System.

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Posted 30 August 2008 - 03:47 PM

See if fixing your file associations will help:
File Association Fixes for Vista
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/105/...dows-Vista.html
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