Hi,

I have a PC with Win7 Beta (64 bit version) installed, and tried to install Leica LCS Lite (build 
1538). (I never worked with Vista, because I did not see the benefits... In the meantime, I 
hoped for better Linux hardware driver support, but it is still a pain in the...) 

Results:

Normal call of the LeicaLCSlt.exe will just prompt me to "You need Windows XP or NT to 
install...".

Then I tried to install LCS in the compatibility mode for XP - (right click on the installer, select 
"Program compatibility issues", select "worked with earlier versions of windows", select XP), 
and the installation seemed to work normally. I then restarted the computer, and when I tried 
to open LCS I got the error message "LCS - The DataContainer could not be initialized! ... 
DC error code: 1000"
I then went to the program folder of LCS and right-clicked onto the .exe- files (in the bin folder 
and the DataContainer folders, 3 files total), called the "program compatibility" setup, told 
Win7 to work like XP. Then I called LCS, and it started. Looks as if the boys at MS did their 
homework in the end...
I don't have time to do in-depth-testing. Probably it is better to install the program either on a 
real XP, or install a virtual environment like "VirtualBox" and use XP on the Vista machine. 
On modern PCs with dual core cpus I see no performance difference. But it just works with 
software, not with hardware drivers...




;-) Torsten








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On 3 Feb 2009 at 13:44, Ben Troutwine wrote:

I tried to install the Leica LCS Lite viewer on my Vista laptop but it tells me i have to use XP 
or something older. Does anyone know if there is a newer version that is Vista compatible or 
if there is some way to run vista in compatiblity mode for this software?
Thanks,
Ben