Rave cd

Does anyone know about this problem im having with the rave cd?

I downloaded it copied the image to a cdr..
when i first put the cd in it installed the shortcut on my desktop as normal.
click the shortcut it runs acrobat 4 and shows the rave welcome screen.

Problem....
when i click the welcome screen it pops up this message..
"Acrobat 4 has failed to launch its search engine." I click ok and it says "pdf has encountered a problem and needs to close" and it does!

now i know this is a disco forum and it sounds more like a problem for a tech geek forum but someone here must have had the same problem! haven't they??

can any of u guys help!

did you allready have a newer version of the adobe reader installed cos i dont think it likes it

yer you ahve to have acrobat 4, i had 7 on mine and had to bin it to re install 4 so i could use the RAVE software.

the RAVE software will actually come with acrobat 4, find the file and install it.

that must be it then ive got adobe 8 on mine! thanks for the advice guys ill give it a try! Ade

I get the error message on my Vista computer but not my XP computer.

thats coz Vista is crap - all of my customers with Vista are retro-downgrading to XP.

no good guys! uninstalled adobe8 still does the same thing! adobe 4 seems to run from the rave disk when its needed, theres no setup.exe file on there just the executable! so i cant actualy install adobe 4 to the pc .

im running XP pro as well tried vista didn't like it

any other ideas?

There is a fix which involves editing the Windows registry. It was posted on one of the landrover forums but I can't remember which one.

I have Acrobat 7Pro and it works alright on my laptop runnng XP

discoade said:

no good guys! uninstalled adobe8 still does the same thing! adobe 4 seems to run from the rave disk when its needed, theres no setup.exe file on there just the executable! so i cant actualy install adobe 4 to the pc .

im running XP pro as well tried vista didn't like it

any other ideas?

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you'll have to use regedit to remove all mention of the previously installed version of the reader

The Mad Hat Man said:

thats coz Vista is crap - all of my customers with Vista are retro-downgrading to XP.

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I'll second that, stear clear of vista ... it's slow, heavy, resource hungry and some software just wont run on it! utter ****e!!!

XP is about right now, 7 years odd after it's release!

Vista is fine when it's installed on an up to date PC, and when you use up to date printers/scanner etc

Sean said:

Vista is fine when it's installed on an up to date PC, and when you use up to date printers/scanner etc

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No... it's utter rubbish. I am testing it as the system admin for a large multinational company on business network environment on a brand new laptop with a huge spec... It's crap. Once again Microsoft release a product not fit for market and expect Jo public to test it for them. It took 36 hrs to configure an update and now wont shut down. Half our business applications wont work and to top it off it they have removed essential parts of an operating system like Telnet and other commands.

I'm not gonna allow it anywhare near my network for the forseable future.

On a home PC network, well maybe? ... but not here till I cant get XP machines anymore.

battenberg said:

No... it's utter rubbish. I am testing it as the system admin for a large multinational company on business network environment on a brand new laptop with a huge spec... It's crap. Once again Microsoft release a product not fit for market and expect Jo public to test it for them. It took 36 hrs to configure an update and now wont shut down. Half our business applications wont work and to top it off it they have removed essential parts of an operating system like Telnet and other commands.

I'm not gonna allow it anywhare near my network for the forseable future.

On a home PC network, well maybe? ... but not here till I cant get XP machines anymore.

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all early adopters of any new software release have issues, no doubt you moaned when moving from 2000 to XP

how is Telnet an "essential" app in a windows based OS ?

Sorry Sean I'm having yet another bad Vista day...

I use telnet quite frequently to dial our exchange server and probe and configure our routers. On an operating system called 'Vista Business' you would expect them to have left it there to deal with the legacy operations of previous microsoft products which require such commands.

get out the house more yer boring ****s!

I have Adobe 7 on my PC but it automatically goes to Adobe 4 for RAVE so no need to delete the later version. I am running XP.

Maybe you have a file missing, here is the screenshot showing the files you should have. It might be easier to create a file in 'My Documents' and copy all the files to this, opens much quicker this way.

click here

works fine on mine and im running vista ultimate . when i open RAVE it defaults automatically to Adobe 4

seems ive created a monster! i only wanted to look at me cd

There is a fix which involves editing the Windows registry.

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Redhand!!! do i look like Bill bleedin Gates!
i would need some serious coaching before going in there!

Acrobat 7 pro! You mean you paid for it! you must be wealthy!
i agree though i have reader 8 and it shouldn't bother adobe 4 as it runs from the cd!

Thanks so far guys! if anyone knows anything else let me know, im stumped! mind you that aint hard!

Mantamad yus that what mine looks like!