Well it's a long time since I wrote Unix scripts. But the O/S would be flawed if it allowed software to become an administrator and go and grab the information from and external source and become admin. No way, ever. It might be possible using Vistas scripting to get there and report to the user that they don't have the right permissions but remember that the script would have to use VER or some other method of getting the O/S, the determine the version, then report back to the user that "Dear Pg Music Customer...

The following might affect your use of this software:

1. You are attempting to install 32 bit VSC on a 64 bit computer which is not allowed.

OR

2. You have some file permissions in the PG music folders which do not have the appropriate security levels set to be used by our software.

OR

3. You have files such as SCREAMATBILL.mgu that we found do not have permission to be loaded once Realband or Band in a Box is running and you should get the vista manual and determine how to change file permissions.

It all seems arcane but in the end someone with the problem and a registered product need only contact PGMusic through email or live help.

AND, you often cannot, but sometimes can, unplug a vista external hard drive and have it work on another system. I've had to go back, and beg vista on the old machine to 'unmount' or safely remove the device, and then travel back to the other system and plug it in. Not fun. Now I never unplug an external vista device without going to Computer, right clicking on the PGMusic drive, and the click Safely Remove and waiting for the reply before doing so. Note that in doing that you must close all folders and programs using the external device.

All that said some experience with Vista changes the way you did things in XP.

John Conley
Musica est vita