Vista Operating Systems Problems

OR Winning the War with Vista:
The main issue is the User Account Control. The AcornPipe program install is able to run on the Vista operating system, as long as you are willing to turn off the User Accounts Control.

Here is a link to a new Vista Install which should register the files automatically. This is still in a Beta Test, but I am confident this will be fine, as long as you have turned off the Accounts Control as instructed in the following Q and A.
Click here to download the zipped Vista Install for AcornPipe.

Q. My computer has the Vista Operating System installed. I have received errors when trying to run AcornPipe Software.

A. Turning off the Windows Vista User Accounts Control will stop the program from giving error messages. This does however make your computer a little less secure, so be aware of this before you decide to turn off the Accounts Control.
Click Here to download/view a document featuring various methods of turning off the Accounts Control on your computer.

Q. On my Vista operating system, my AcornPipe program seems to have failed to register the program's .dll and .ocx files. How do I register these files?

A. The easiest way is to download these files which will do the registration for you.
Register files on C:\Windows\System32 folder:
Click here to download a zipped executable file.  
Then double click to run this file which will register the files.
You should receive a message that the files are registered successfully. Restart your computer following the install.

Q. Missing Dependency File - compresszlt.ocx :
I cannot seem to install and run the AcornPipe software on my computer. (or server)
I receive an error message regarding a file named compresszlt.ocx and a  missing dependency file named msvbvm50.dll.

 A. It appears that the  program file, compresszlt.ocx has missing dependency files in the C:\Windows\System folder in Windows 95/98/Me on a few computers, and the problem rears it's head again in Windows Vista.
This missing dependency file also occurs on some NT versions and may require the missing file be installed to the C:\Windows\System32 directory.
The file msvbvm50.dll is not present in the windows' system folder.
You can download this file by clicking here.  Unzip the downloaded file and then copy the  msvbvm50.dll into the C:\Windows\System or the C:\Windows\System32  directory, as the case may be.
Your AcornPipe program should now install and run  properly after these files are added.

Q. My program seems to have failed to register the program's .dll and .ocx files. How do I register these files?

A. The easiest way is to download these files which will do the registration for you.

1/ Register files on C:\Windows\System32 folder:
 Click here to download a zipped executable file.  Then double click to run this file which will register the files.
You should receive a message that the files are registered successfully. Restart your computer following the install.

2/ Manually registering files:
a/ Copy the VSFlex8L.ocx file from the C:\Program Files\AcornPipe to your System folder, C:\Windows\System32 or in some cases to the C:\Windows\System folder.
Then use 'Start' - 'Run' and type the following command into the line: regsvr32 C:Windows\System32\VSFlex8L.ocx
Click OK, and you will receive a message indicating that the file has either been registered correctly or there is a problem registering the file. If the later then check your spelling, and make sure there is a space in the right spot.
In some instances you will also need to register the MSBVM50.DLL file in the same way.
b/ Copy the MSVBM60.DLL file from the C:\Program Files\AcornPipe to your System folder, C:\Windows\System32 or in some cases to the C:\Windows\System folder.
Then use 'Start' - 'Run' and type the following command into the line: regsvr32 C:Windows\System32\MSBVM60.DLL
Click OK, and you will receive a message indicating that the file has either been registered correctly or there is a problem registering the file. If the later then check your spelling, and make sure there is a space in the right spot.
In some instances you will also need to register the MSBVM50.DLL file in the same way.
c/ In a 64 bit system, The \Windows\SysWOW64 directory is where 32-bit system files are installed. 64-bit system files are in the \Windows\system32 directory for compatibility reasons.