Posts tagged windows 7
Get Dreamweaver 8 Working On Windows 7
Sep 6th
After my last post on Dreamweaver 8 working on Windows 7 
back in January 2011, I’m finally posting an update.
I’ve been using Dreamweaver 8 on Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit actively for some months now, but with some minor aggravations. Here are the problems I encountered running Macromedia DW8 on Win7 64-bit (Home Premium):
- cannot change images in Design View by right-click on the image, clicking Source File…, then navigating to the image (more details)
- Dreamweaver seems to randomly lose FTP username and Password, necessitating site definition backup usage for each site (given time and enough usage). You should back up all sites once, but these backups shouldn’t be necessary for regular use
Taken from Microsoft Answers (answer by Shinmila H – Microsoft Support): Dreamweaver 8 (studio 8, 2004) worked for 2 days on my 64-bit Windows 7 system
From your problem description, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with your computer. You just need to install the 8.02 patch to make Dreamweaver work.
Here’s a trick to install 8.02 patch of Dreamweaver on Windows 7 machine.
1. Download the file from the link below.
http://www.adobe.com/support/dreamweaver/ts/documents/kb400150/DW802_unwrapped.zip (link not LIVE any more on Adobe site)
2. Unzip the installer to a folder which can be easily located.
3. Now run a command prompt in elevated mode.
To do so,
a) Go to start and type cmd in the search field.
b) Right click on cmd from the list and choose run as Administrator.
4. Navigate to the saved folder where patchpackage.msp file is located and type in the following.
msiexec /update patchpackage.msp
5. Press Enter.
6. The patch will begin to install.
By now you should have successfully installed 8.02 patch.
Trying the above, I almost ended up giving up, because I was prompted for Macromedia_Dreamweaver_8.msi which is not on my PC or install disks. Let me add more detail, since I’ve probably got an unusual installation … I have Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit) and originally I purchased Dreamweaver MX 2004, which I later upgraded with the Dreamweaver 8 upgrade, so I don’t have a “normal” Dreamweaver 8 install to begin with. Next, I searched the DW8 Upgrade CD (the one used to upgrade DW MX 2004 - see details), and my Windows 7 Hard Disk to no avail. There are a number of Sharez and Warez sites that popped up when I searched Google for Macromedia_Dreamweaver_8.msi, but staying LEGAL is not an option for me.
So, I just finished the install with the error message that Macromedia_Dreamweaver_8.msi wasn’t found, but then Dreamweaver worked and now I can edit the images just fine. I’ve backed up all of my site definitions (with login, password and local paths) and hopefully will not need them for regular Dreamweaver use!
In other words, if you have a LEGAL installation of your Dreamweaver 8 and cannot find Macromedia_Dreamweaver_8.msi, then you may be able to get the update installed correctly anyway. Time will tell!
OTHER OPTIONS
I did see other options which included installing Sun VirtualBox, but that would mean uninstalling and re-installing DW8 (and MX 2004 in my case). Then if that didn’t work I’d need to re-install DW MX2004, then upgrade it again to DW8 after uninstalling VirtualBox.
Another option was upgrading for about $80+ to Windows 7 Professional.
Dreamweaver 8 on Windows 7
Jan 27th
Does Dreamweaver 8 work on Windows 7? Let’s see.
First off, I have to install Dreamweaver MX 2004, because my Dreamweaver 8 is an upgrade. The installation went off with no errors, so let’s run DW MX 2004 and see if it works.
DREAMWEAVER MX 2004 WORK ON Windows 7?
Well, it did for me in this short test. I installed, looked up my (very old) serial number and completed the install and ran DW MX 2004. I set up a website and made some minor edits to a couple of pages on the site and everything went smoothly.
Now its time to move onto DW8, I won’t bother with many settings in DW MX 2004 because Dreamweavwer 8 should change many of the options and settings so there’s really no reason to spend a lot of time getting the GUI the way I want, importing and adding snippets etc.
DREAMWEAVER 8 WORK ON Windows 7?
It almost in my worked on my initial test, but here’s what happened. When I have images on a page and I right click in Design View, and select Source File to change the image it won’t update. 
I can type the image name in the dialog box and that works. Oddly enough, in the Relative To dropdown box, if I change the value (Document or Site Root), then I can change the image through the dialog box – but that’s aggravating. Obviously more testing is needed. I didn’t check this functionality in DW MX 2004, so its possible the issue was there also.
Another interesting thing is that running the Program Compatibility wizard seems to do no good, although it tries to load Windows XP SP2 compatibility. Since the DW8 worked on an XP SP3 computer, I tried Windows XP SP3 compatibility, but just got a message that it didn’t work. Even trying to save its Program Compatibility’s “Try recommended settings” option fails with “Incompatible Application – Detected”.
DOES DREAMWEAVER 8 RUN ON WINDOWS 7?
Well, mostly up to this point it works, but clearly more testing will be needed. I guess its time for me to re-read Dreamweaver 8 and Windows 7 and try some of the suggestions.
HP Computers Compaq p6230y Uninstalling HP Software
Oct 15th
I’ve got an HP Compaq p6230y I’ve had for a while now and talking to an IT buddy of mine decided it would be a good idea to remove 
the HP software. I was reminded that I’d done this before (for different reasons, or one program at a time) when I got to HP Games and I had to go through put a check mark next to each and every WildTangent game that I wanted to uninstall. A well-written uninstall program would have an option for “Remove All Games” that would do that for me.
Now I’ve got all of this other HP software to go through, and because some is a waste of space, and others might be useful (like HP Mediasmart sounds like it might be worth keeping) I need to really consider what I’m uninstalling, and make sure I’m not getting rid of software that I really want.
How to add a new user to Windows 7
Aug 20th
This info applies to Windows 7, and I understand it also works in Windows Vista.
Click Start > Control Panel > under User Accounts and Family Safety, click Add or remove user accounts.
Next, type in your new account name (John, The Laptop, etc…) and choose the account type “Standard user” (see note below). Now click the Create Account button. At this point you can add a password to your new account, or there are other options like managing other users. When you are done close the window and you’ve created your new user. Next time you start or reboot your computer, it will stop and let you choose which profile you wish to login with.
NOTE: Only choose an Administrator if you need to, and you understand exactly what that means. Otherwise you can end up with big trouble as you accidentally leave your computer less secure than it could be. If you needed a user with Administrator privileges you probably wouldn’t be reading this unless you need a refresher.
Resize Desktop Icons in Windows 7
Jun 15th
I’ve got a new computer running Windows 7 Home Premium and at 1024×768 the desktop icons seemed huge. I found a nice shortcut to resize the desktop icons (I still don’t know the “right” way) that is right quick and intuitive.
Resize Desktop Icons in Windows 7
First, click the desktop once in an empty area to give it “focus”. Next, hold down the CTRL button and scroll with the mouse wheel. Scroll forward (up) to increase icon size, scroll backward (down) to decrease desktop icons and make them smaller. Note this will resize the icons – not the text under them.
Now I’ve also changed my screen resolution to 1280×1024 and they look even better, but I think I’ll monkey around with the size of the icon text some later.
Windows 7 on Windows XP Machine
Jun 7th
Thanks to Sun Microsystem’s VirtualBox I can run both Windows XP and Windows 7 (Release Candidate) on my Windows XP machine with a 2.4GHz Athlon CPU and 2GB of RAM. Naturally, its not the fastest running setup mainly due to RAM, but its really cool for me. I wanted to check out Windows 7 first-hand and I didn’t feel like figuring out how to partition my laptop’s hard disk into partitions to allow Windows 7 to be run along-side Windows Vista or by overwriting it.
Click to enlarge screenshots.
Windows 7 – Hype or Heaven?
Jun 3rd
Microsoft is Marketing Genius
An IT buddy of mine was recently telling me how IT experts were very unhappy with Windows Vista, and that the many in the IT community are gravitating toward recommending Windows XP over Windows Vista. As a matter-of-fact, Microsoft has extended the life of Windows XP, in essence giving support to is longer so people have the option to skip Vista and go straight to Windows 7 – go IT experts! So here comes Windows 7 and then, what? Magic? Well, I think Windows should run better – you know, be more secure and crash less, but maybe Windows 7 does have some magic.
There is no question Microsoft is good at marketing, the real question is can they deliver a more bullet-proof Windows OS that meets the marketing hype, and are they just making over Windows Vista? Will people switch from Vista to Windows 7?
Windows 7 Preview from Youtube
MORE WINDOWS 7
Windows 7 Videos on Microsoft.com
Windows 7 Videos on Youtube.com
Windows 7 Screenshots
Windows 7, Is it Windows Vista?
Windows 7 Screenshots
Windows 7 – Good Stuff or Fluff?
Feb 18th
Nosing around for good Windows news sites today I found this Windows 7 video. It got my interest so I started watching an immediately it reminded me of a Windows Touch Screen video I’d watched months back. The video said that among other things the new computer could be used by restaurants allowing patrons to order by computer from their table, and was really neat (hint of sarcasm) for organizing and viewing your digital photo collection.
At any rate watching the video below I couldn’t help but wonder if Microsoft’s main goal with Windows 7 leans more toward power and security or fluff and sale-ability. While I realize one of the reasons the public views Windows as pockmarked with security problems ( does “… vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute…” ring a bell?) is because Windows is a high profile target.
I’m more concerned about Windows being more secure, less prone to crash, less prone to slow dramatically with use as time goes by (as the Registry gets bloated) and I can’t hjelp but wonder if Microsoft is seriously addressing this in Windows 7, or are they focused too much on the ‘fluff’ their marketing department believe will sell this next iteration of Windows?
WINDOWS 7 YOUTUBE
