HP Tuners and Windows Vista

[mtcrusan]

Hello,
I am having a problem. I cannot open a .cfg file from going to the VCM Scanner and selecting File>Open Config> then browsing to the HP Tuners folder and selecting the config that I want. It keeps telling me that I do not have permission to open that file or folder. I uninstalled the Suite and changed the location to C:\HPTuners vs. C:\Program Files\HPTuners. I was on the phone with Dell support and even they could not figure out the permissions. I hope someone has an easy fix for this issue. I bought the computer in January. It is an XPS 420 if that helps any. I appreciate your help!

[Bill@HPTuners]

Welcome to the wonderful world of windows vista.

Move your files to a folder you have permission for and you'll be able to open them through hptuners.

[mtcrusan]

Thanks Bill I will try that. It worked fine, but why is Vista like that?

[Bill@HPTuners]

Contact Bill Gates

Honestly I have no clue, I just relocated my files to my documents folder & all has been well.

[bilemke]

It is security. Something long overdue. If you run the setup the right way and install it as normal, you can used HPTuners even when installed under C:\Program Files (I do). An alternative is to run the program as an Administrator all the time. (but then you will be prompted for administrator access every time you run the program).

It is just a change in methodology for using Windows. But in the end, this added security will be a good thing.

[V8_Club]

I read somewhere that you can decrease the security level. Tried to find the thread but couldn't.

[bilemke]

Not required to lower the security level.. I didnt...

By doing so, you would be killing part of the security Vista brings.

[5_Liter_Eater]

Not required to lower the security level.. I didnt...

By doing so, you would be killing part of the security Vista brings.

Yea, how would you live without the Vista security?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=VuqZ8AqmLPY <---

[bilemke]

Yea, how would you live without the Vista security?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=VuqZ8AqmLPY <---

Hey, I dont see you preaching linux either.. But Vista is at least a step forward. At least people complaining about the security in Vista at least know what they were missing in XP and earlier. They just are looking at it in the wrong way.

And the Mac thing, yeah, I one owned a Mac. Back when they were something unique (before OS X). If I wanted another Intel based PC running a non-windows OS, I would just be running Linux on my PC. Hell, I would even buy one of the supported versions of Linux before I purchased OS X. But now we are off topic again.

[5_Liter_Eater]

I'm by no means a Mac advocate, but I dig that commercial. In fact I'm Microsoft through and throuth (MCSE since NT 4). I just think Vista is a bloated POS. My home machine ran fine on XP with 1/2 GB of RAM, stepped up to 2 GB to run Vista and it still ran quite noticably slower. For the enterprise it will require a huge tech refresh to run properly. I'm sure I'll come around. I fought moving to Windows 95 at first too but I think I'll stay on XP until it's end of life.

Sorry for the hijack.

[bilemke]

I'm by no means a Mac advocate, but I dig that commercial. In fact I'm Microsoft through and throuth (MCSE since NT 4). I just think Vista is a bloated POS. My home machine ran fine on XP with 1/2 GB of RAM, stepped up to 2 GB to run Vista and it still ran quite noticably slower. For the enterprise it will require a huge tech refresh to run properly. I'm sure I'll come around. I fought moving to Windows 95 at first too but I think I'll stay on XP until it's end of life.

Sorry for the hijack.

Still jacked. But, shut off what you dont need. XP was the same way when it first came out. I personally havent disabled a thing in Vista. (well, web preview as I did in XP). .Otherwise, 2gb and it runs acceptable. Single core machines I have seen it on suffer though.

Anyway, to the OP. Have you disabled anything in Vista (like UAC or the virtual file system)? If not, uninstall HPTuners and do a simple clean install. Then, run the program, activate, etc. Once you have done that, just save your configs in a nice accessible (with your permissions) location (like you user folder). You wont run in to any other permission issues then.