MARK on Vista

[jlaake]

Has anyone tried MARK on the Vista operating system? I'm primarily interested in the FORTRAN executable. In principle it should work but I'm hoping someone has tried it and will let me know whether it works. I'd stay with XP but I'm buying a new machine and it is supplied only with Vista.

Thanks for any input. --jeff

[bmcclintock]

Jeff,

I've played around with some of the models on a machine running Vista and did not have any problems. However, as an indication that there will likely be some to come, the help files are no longer accessible.

Brett

[Fish_Boy]

I am having trouble with the mrk6823z.tmp. I seem to recall having this trouble before on my last machine that ran XP. I am the Guinea pig at work with Vista...

The program runs, but I am unable to view the results due to the mrk6823z.tmp is unable to be found.

[Fish_Boy]

Still no luck viewing parameter estimates... The mrk****z.tmp cannot be found. I wish this were an RTFM issue. I have uninstalled several times and reinstalled, but no luck.

The program runs the tutorial (i.e. Chapter 3) but no results can be viewed.

[cooch]

Still no luck viewing parameter estimates... The mrk****z.tmp cannot be found. I wish this were an RTFM issue. I have uninstalled several times and reinstalled, but no luck.

The program runs the tutorial (i.e. Chapter 3) but no results can be viewed.

I *suspect* it has to do with Draconian decisions made by Messy-soft with Vista, in terms of how security of various file writes is handled (which *might* mean temp files). Can you try installing/running everything as Admin on the system?

I wish I could help you more, but I don't have access to a Vista system - of the 200+ or so machines in my Department, none run Vista (nor are they likely to) - mine are all XP or Linux. I could run Vista under a virtual machine on one of my Linux boxes, but someone would need to give me a copy of Vista. Probably not worth the hassle.

One think - is the .tmp file created, but simply not found by MARK, or is it not created at all?

[Fish_Boy]

I think the .tmp write is the issue. I tried opening old .dbf from previous tutorials and working files. They opened the results fine. It seems that any new .tmp files are simply not being written (or read).

I did the Admin install, but nothing changed. I will have to spend the day upgrading to XP Pro... LOL! Nothing like being the guinea pig. Thanks.

[Fish_Boy]

Jeff pointed out that the "Run as Administrator" option under the MARK.exe properties once checked off may fix the problem... It did. Thank you Jeff. I appreciate it, although I feel sort of like an RTFM victim now becuase of the simple solution. I now must continue my role as office Guinea Pig, while I prepare for the Workshop. Thanks again.

Cheers.

[cooch]

Jeff pointed out that the "Run as Administrator" option under the MARK.exe properties once checked off may fix the problem... It did. Thank you Jeff.

That is what I was referring to in my earlier post - Vista does 'interesting' things with privelages and such when running programs.

[Fish_Boy]

EGC, I figured that was what you were getting at after I got to run. After I checked the box "Run as Administrator" I got all kinds of new warnings and allow prompts... Then I had to go uncheck another box for those prompts to go away... It was just like the I am a Mac and I am a PC ad... Charlie Murphy va. Rick James... Security! Security!

Thanks again.

[cooch]

EGC, I figured that was what you were getting at after I got to run. After I checked the box "Run as Administrator" I got all kinds of new warnings and allow prompts... Then I had to go uncheck another box for those prompts to go away... It was just like the I am a Mac and I am a PC ad... Charlie Murphy va. Rick James... Security! Security!

Thanks again.

Vista is a pain in the butt.

But, Mac's aren't much better if you try to use software or hardware that Apple doesn't own, or sanction (you can always tell if it is, because it will cost you 15-20% more).