Careful with DAEMON TOOLS 4.08 (SPTD 1.39) on VISTA

Andreas Erben — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 22:03:00 GMT

I usually like DAEMON TOOLS to mount ISO images.

However, I am using Vista, so things sometimes have to be re-evaluated.
At least for me, using DAEMON TOOLS 4.08 (SPTD 1.39) resulted in endless crashes with reboots after installation.
DAEMON TOOLS itself is not really to "blame" here, but rather it is the SPTD 1.39.

I found however, that for me the previous version works well under Vista.
So, try to find "SPTDinst-v138-x86.exe" and a Version of "daemon408-x86.exe" that works with SPTD 1.38. (Please do not ask me for sending you the software, those questions will just be deleted.)

For those who have problems getting rid of SPTD, I found this script which I will share, that you can use AT YOUR OWN RISK.
(Rememer to run elevated!)

@echo off
setlocal
set sptd.sys=%windir%\system32\drivers\sptd.sys
cacls "%sptd.sys%" /G Everyone:F
attrib -r -s -h "%sptd.sys%"
del /f "%sptd.sys%"
sc delete sptd

I should also mention that Scott found a tool (MagicISO) that seems to work well on Vista.
It is not surprising that Alcohol 120% that Scott was talking about, can also cause Vista troubles, since Alcohol 120%, like DAEMON TOOLS also uses SPTD.

Vista blues with Visual Studio 2005

Andreas Erben — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 13:45:00 GMT

Yes, I know – Visual Studio 2005 is not yet supported under Vista.
Visual Studio 2005 SP1 for Vista is not yet out and only then it is promised that it will be supported. But I am getting my doubts it will work smoothly after SP1 is released. Too much is not quite right.
Simple things are often a pain, productivity has gone down, everybody in the team on the Vista bandwagon can sing about this.

Still, a developer who wants to be on the edge has no choice to do this even unsupported to gain the experiences now that he/she needs tomorrow, so I think it is time to share our pains.

See how creative Vista get´s in making our VS 2005 user experience so Aero, we can only fly away.

Check out the attachment below for an even more interactive experience.

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Careful with DAEMON TOOLS 4.08 (SPTD 1.39) on VISTA

Vista blues with Visual Studio 2005