Vista & iRiverplus 3 installation issue

[rjeeves33]

G'day E10 buddies

For those interested it seems possible to install iriverplus 3 onto Vista. I am running Vista and tried to install irp3 this morning and recived an error. Appears that the installer checks windows version prior to starting the install. Fear not. If you right click the iriverplus installer icon and choose properties > Click the compatibility tab > Change to XP SP2 > Click ok

Now rerun the installer and and it will proceed as normal. I've not much testing with the software and Vista but I did place some photos in the E10 this morning without a drama.

Hope this helps someone

Rob

[asiandavid]

OMG YOU HAVE VISTA!? i want vista...how's it working so far? i'm hoping my school gets vista on all the computers but then it might need new computers too...

[rjeeves33]

It's pretty sweet man. The media centre is awesome. have a 360 Extender too. It's all working good, nice visualy, no crashes. Can't complain

[rjeeves33]

Update:

Bad news Vista lovers. Although I have installed it ok it appears that it won't update. Hopefully IR will address the issues to make Vista compatible.

Rob

[pachinkoman]

Originally Posted by rjeeves33

Update:

Bad news Vista lovers. Although I have installed it ok it appears that it won't update. Hopefully IR will address the issues to make Vista compatible.

Rob

That will probably take a little time. It'll prbably be just like XP when software compatability issues lingered fo awhile after it's release

[PlusPlus++]

when i had it installed on vista a while back, it kept "downloading updates" at every startup, which was weird. unreleased english software on a barely released O/S is a double no-no.

also, MC is a waste of space, it takes so many resources to run, and its pathetic. i suppose you are forced to use it if you have an xbox360 to plug it into

[rjeeves33]

G'day PLusPLus

I found if you change the shortcut to the iplus3.exe instead of the launcher.exe it won't keep performing the check when it opens. You can also disable the auto update feature from one of the menus in the software

Shame you find the MC pathetic. I love being able to record two channels simultaneouly and view all my photos sorted by tags on my TV when people come over. . . Out of curiosity what product do you use to provide these types of features?

Rob

[PlusPlus++]

humm yeah, i just use a tv, my tv card was awful, so i didnt use it that much. also incompatible with MC.

gotta love the vista photo explorer thing though, thats nice with the slideshow. also wmp11 to play my music, as i now have a clix, rather than a u10 which needed iriver plus

[asiandavid]

isn't clix and u10 the same thing? do you mean e10?

[rjeeves33]

Update - Not wanting to be deprived of teeny weeny album art I did the following

Installed the iriverplus 3.0.5 installer onto Vista Laptop
Copied the iriverplus3 folder from my XP machine onto the vista machine and overwrote existing 3.0.5 version
Opened Iriverplus 3 on Vista and it was at version 3.1

Glory as I can update my album art on the Vista laptop.

Not the most elegant solution to the problem but a solution none the less.

[rjeeves33]

G'day

Better solution now. Shift click iplus3 and choose Run as Administrator. It will then update and work ok

Rob