Cannot Run Dell Vista Upgrade Advisor

Question

I get a message, 'The application attempted to perform an operation not allowed by the security policy - Requested registry access is not allowed'.  What do I turn off to get around this?   Thanks,   Ol' Fred

fireberd · Answer

Could be you are not logged on as the Administrator or that your account does not have Administrator authorization. Could also be your antivirus software.

ADDED: Does the Microsoft Vista Advisor run?

Message Edited by fireberd on 01-31-2007 08:12 AM

fngnol · Answer

The Microsoft advisor ran with no problem and said my laptop would run VIsta Home Premium. This is on my Inspiron E1550. The reason I wanted to run the Dell utility is that when I ran it on my DIM 8400,  it was a little more in depth about driver upgrades and such. I have downloaded and installed the latest recommended drivers on my DIM.   I may still wait a while to see how other's upgrades are going before I jump.    Thanks for the reply,   Ol' Fred     Rains SD10 4X5 through a PN112.

Mary G · Answer

I found the MS Advisor better than the Dell Advisor. More specific about programs and hardware and didn't try to sell me anything. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/buyorupgrade/upgradeadvisor.mspx

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Cannot Run Dell Vista Upgrade Advisor

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