wb 6 update

Tuesday, January 15, 2008 by drkshdw4u | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk

would any1 know why wb6 update i just did slowed down my bootup by around 50%?
starkers
Reply #1 Wednesday, January 16, 2008 2:20 AM
would any1 know why wb6 update i just did slowed down my bootup by around 50%?


It just failed at 50% here, running Vista Ultimate... will try again and see what happens.
starkers
Reply #2 Wednesday, January 16, 2008 2:33 AM
will try again and see what happens.


Failed again at 50%... can't copy and paste the notice, but it said something about access being denied to the activate exe file.
starkers
Reply #3 Wednesday, January 16, 2008 6:28 AM
Failed again at 50%...


For anyone using Vista needing a fix...turn of UAC and reboot> run SDC> update WB and reboot> turn on UAC
Dabih
Reply #4 Wednesday, January 16, 2008 8:59 AM
Correction. Kill UAC permanently. (Sorry, Starkers  ) I installed the patch fine on XP... Restarted PC to test whether it slowed down boot-time, which it didn't, but I did get a "Windows Explorer illegal operation" or some such two reboots in a row, so I killed power completely and the PC booted fine (and I've rebooted a couple of times just to test, and it's still fine). Don't know if I've updated on the Vista machine yet...

ZubaZ
Reply #5 Wednesday, January 16, 2008 9:22 AM
For anyone using Vista needing a fix...turn of UAC and reboot> run SDC> update WB and reboot> turn on UAC
Running SDC as admin might work too in Vista.  
drkshdw4u
Reply #6 Wednesday, January 16, 2008 10:57 AM
Starkers on that copy and paste thing on some i have to use ctrl+c for copy then ctrl+v for paste that works fine on my xp
Duke261
Reply #7 Wednesday, January 16, 2008 11:25 AM
Funny you guys are discussing this as I just started a ticket with Stardock Help & support. I cannot update WB6 or Skin Studio from SDC. It stops at 50% with an Invalid download message something about error 29. I run Vista Home Premium.
ZubaZ
Reply #8 Wednesday, January 16, 2008 11:28 AM
See this post by support:

WB6 Update

Duke261
Reply #9 Wednesday, January 16, 2008 11:39 AM
Thanks Zubaz. Do you interpret that to mean that if I wait till the end of the day the updates will work without the reinstall of SDC?
ZubaZ
Reply #10 Wednesday, January 16, 2008 11:51 AM
I think that you'll need to update SDC and then WB in any case.  But at least it's a known incident and problem and a fix is in the works.
starkers
Reply #11 Wednesday, January 16, 2008 2:21 PM
Running SDC as admin might work too in Vista.


I never thought of that... oh well, 'twas another excuse to use Stardock's 'TweakVista' to tinker with Vista's settings.
butch123
Reply #12 Wednesday, January 16, 2008 2:40 PM
Go to control panel/user accounts/turn user accounts control on or off uncheck (UAC) This might help..
Duke261
Reply #13 Wednesday, January 16, 2008 5:42 PM
I received an answer from Stardock about an hour ago. Sent me 2 links...one to remove some files from SDC and one to reinstall SDC. The two updates were then downloaded without any problems and WB6 seems to working OK at this point.
angus1949
Reply #14 Thursday, January 17, 2008 12:13 PM
I too am still having these update problems. Launched SDC today but no update for it and it still won't update to the newest WB6 release. Have the same problem with Sound Packager. How can I get the SDC update or Duke, is it possible for you to post the links you were given????
angus1949
Reply #15 Thursday, January 17, 2008 1:22 PM
Hope I don't get a double post here. For some reason my first didn't go through.
I'm still having the same problems with updates. I went to the link Zubaz posted yet as of a few minutes ago I'm still not getting an SDC update. Any chance of getting those 2 links from you Duke, or is it only for Vista.

Wouldn't you know it. The minute I posted this the other one shows up...go figure???????

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