You may have to right click on the shortcut for Power DVD 7 and select "Run As Administrator. Im a nice ice hockey player!

I eventually managed to get PowerDVD 7 installed and activated, although I had to use the Build 2414 patch installer instead of the link I was sent when I purchased my upgrade.

It's working ok, although I get a Windows Vista UAC prompt every time I start the software - the PowerDVD.exe is marked as "Run as Administrator", though that may be a result of the hoops I had to jump through to get it installed. I'm going to contact Cyberlink tech support about this, because I reckon there's no way that Microsoft would have given them a Vista certification for the product if it needs Admin privileges just to play a DVD.

J

How did you use the 2414 patch installer to make it work?

I installed my existing PowerDVD 6.0 by setting the compatibility mode for XP and setting the Run as Administrator flag, then downloaded the v2414 patch (it's not really a patch, it's a full install with the patched version) and installed that, again with the Run As Administrator flag set.

Note that after I finally got it installed and activated, I had difficulty then getting it to run as an ordinary user - running the installer as administrator had set the flag for the PowerDVD exe in Program Files and I had to hack the registry to remove it because the option was greyed out on the Properties dialog.

Good luck.

J

If UAC is disabled then the option to run as admin is grayed out because you’re already and admin and it no longer needs to ask permission. I’m at a roadblock activating. I submitted to support that I am logged in as admin and UAC is disabled and they email me back telling me to disable UAC and try again. I cannot stand when support is so inconsiderate as to not read what I email them in the first place and then to send me a canned answer is just insulting. I'm stationed in Germany for the army and I don’t have a phone near my computer that I can access. I wish I knew why the activation program thinks I'm not an admin. This is so frustration to not be able to use something I paid for. If they have today off as some companies do then I guess I go my 4 day weekend without HDDVD Enjoyment. I guess it could be worse I could be in Iraq. O wait I will be soon. Joy. Thanks Cyberlink for looking out for your customers.