Quote - erm no... I tried this on 2 different PC's, Windows 7 32bit and 64bit. same results on both, virgin installs on both OS and Poser.

once poser is removed from the UAC controlled areas, it worked just fine. no issues. but in UAC controlled areas, it was unstable. and this is with the main content stored elsewhere.

I know your giving the official line, but I'll go with whats actually working on the systems I have here. I just take exception to being called 'misinformed' when there is a lot of evidence that poser has problems with UAC.

First off, there is no official line.. If anything, the official line is to identify and report all issues. If an issue is found, we also look for any workarounds that we can share with users. These get written up as Knowledge Base Articles in Support.

Most users that have issues, and do not have a default install, resolve those issues with a default recommended install. One reason I harp on this is the number of new users or new Window 7 Users that contact Support with issues and have installed the Program to Documents, an external Drive, etc... because someone in the Forums told them it would not run if they install to the Program Files... Yes, you can get it to work installed to the documents or other location, but it is not needed. If my daughter, who has no real understanding of anything technical about computers, can follow the prompts and install on Vista and the program runs without issues, it should also work for others.

Personally, all of my systems with UAC (Vista, Vista 64, Windows 7, Windows 7 64) all have Poser 7, Poser Pro, Poser 8, and Poser Pro 2010 installed and all use the default install (Program Files with content on Shared Drive, Data Drive and External Drive ) I use these systems everyday to test reported issues or to assist users in resolving issues. The Windows 7 64 Machine is 100% Virgin.. never been connected to the network or Web. If anyone is having issues with a default install for Poser on Vista or Windows 7, they should contact support.

I do have Poser 7 installed to a Data Drive on my Vista machine, and a External Drive hooked to my Windows 7 machine, in addition to the default installs for testing of issues reported by users, but in checking, the last time I used the one on the Vista machine was over 3 months ago and the one on the Windows 7 machine I used just once, to test the issue a user reported.

I will add that my machine I use for my graphics projects is a XP64 System that I had built specifically for doing Graphics work (Quadro Card and all) I actually use this one less than my Vista and Windows 7 64 that I have for work issues, due to time constraints. I am updating that to Windows 7 Ultimate later this year to allow for the multiple Operating System boots, so I can remove a few machines from my Office that I find I am using less and less (my XP, and XP 64 test beds, along with the Vista Home machine hopefully.)

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aka John