[OpenAFS] installing 64bit OAFS on vista

[Jeffrey Altman]

There are 32-bit and 64-bit versions of just about everything.
If you are unsure, check the process type with Task Manager.

David Bear wrote:
> Okay. Do you know if powershell is a 64 bit process?
> 
> On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 3:40 PM, Jeffrey Altman
> <jaltman@secure-endpoints.com <mailto:jaltman@secure-endpoints.com>> wrote:
> 
>     Vista doesn't have such an option so execute the MSI from a 64-bit
>     process such as the 64-bit Explorer Shell.
> 
>     David Bear wrote:
>     > I note the following from web site regarding the 64bit openafs:
>     >
>     > Note: In 64-bit versions of Microsoft Windows there are 64-bit and
>     > 32-bit versions of the command prompt and the Explorer Shell.  It is
>     > very important that when installing applications that the
>     installers be
>     > started from a 64-bit process.  It is strongly recommended that the
>     > Add/Remove Programs Control Panel be used to initiate installations on
>     > 64-bit Microsoft Windows operating systems.
>     >
>     > Yet, in all the searching I have done, on my vista 64 in the 'Programs
>     > and Features' control panel (the replacement for add/remove programs)
>     > there is no option to install or add a program from an msi. The only
>     > options related to this are to
>     >
>     > buy programs from windows market place
>     > install a program from the network
>     > view purchased software
>     >
>     > I am really starting to hate Vista more which is something I didn't
>     > think was possible.
>     >
>     > How does one install openafs 64 on vista 64 if you can't just
>     launch the
>     > executable? That is how I originally install the 1.5.60 client --
>     now I
>     > am at a dead end. Will some please kill Vista and make it go away....
>     >
>     > --
>     > David Bear
>     > College of Public Programs at ASU
>     > 602-494-0424
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> David Bear
> College of Public Programs at ASU
> 602-494-0424