[LAU] Issue with Korg Kontrol Editor and Wine

[david]

Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Sun, 2011-07-10 at 00:48 +0100, Harry Van Haaren wrote:
>> Why not just run wine with super cow powers, or type the Admin
>> password when trying to install it?
>> $: sudo wine ./korg-driver.exe  
>>
>>
>> -Harry
> 
> Harry, see [1].
> 
> When I try to install it after switching from XP to 98 I get:
> 
> "This application can't run under Windows98/Me."
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Ralf
> 
> [1]
> "Administrator Privileges
> 
> If your application asks for Administrator rights.. File a bug with
> wine. H. Bostick: Sorry to say that sudo won't help you-- the program is
> looking for *Windows* Administrator privileges, not Linux root
> privileges. The cause of this problem is most likely a combination of 2
> factors:
> 
>    1. The fact that Wine now defaults to 'emulating' Windows 2K by
> default,rather than Windows 98; and
>    2. The fact that many Windows programs of a certain type, when they
> were updated to work with Win2K from previous compatibility with Win98
> (which does not have an Administrator), began to require Administrator
> privileges under 2K and higher to install. This usually happens with
> utilities like defrag utilities or other scanners/blockers/repair utils
> that can be run as a service. This at least makes sense, as in order to
> run as a service, the application has to hook into the
> M(icrosoft)M(anagement)C(onsole), which is an Administrator-only system
> application. But I have, oddly enough, seen programs which would seem to
> have no use for administrative privileges require them on installation;
> recent versions of PaintShopPro are one example of this. The 'solution'
> is to tell the application that it's being installed under Win98
> (assuming that the program is willing to install under Win98), rather
> than 2K. Since as far as I know, there is no implementation of Windows'
> fairly sorry implementation of user privilege separation in Wine
> (meaning that, afaik, you cannot become the Windows Administrator under
> Wine), the only other option is to go back to the 'good old days' where
> it didn't exist (Win98). 
> 
> Try running winecfg (I assume your version of Wine is later than
> 20050628, and therefore has the winecfg utility replacing the config
> file), and change your "Windows version" settings on the first tab
> (Applications) from "Automatically detect required version" to "Win98".
> If you don't want to change the setting globally, you could also add a
> per-application default for the setup by (on the same tab), choosing
> "Add Application", browsing to the setup for the app and selecting the
> installation executable. [...] (this will likely affect all setup
> executables with the same name, since the name is likely not unique
> [...]"
> 
> http://wiki.jswindle.com/index.php/General_Wine_Troubleshooting#Administrator_Privileges

Use VirtualBox, install and run Windows XP under that, then you can 
become Windows Administrator and install the Korg stuff. Of course, 
you'll need to run it from the virtual Windows, not WINE.

-- 
David
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