I hope you have solved this problem by now, but if you haven't you might
try the following.
I do not have experience with SPSS on Vista, but my guess is that SPSS is
trying to store the registration information in C:\Program Files\ or the
equivalent in your situation. However, because in Vista you are not running
all programs as Administrator, SPSS does not have write-access to the
Program Files directory.
To give SPSS write-access to the Program Files directory right click on the
shortcut you are using to launch SPSS and select "Run As...". Choose an
account with Administrative privileges and you might be prompted for a
password or a confirmation. After this SPSS should start normally. Now
complete the registration, and since SPSS was started in Administrative
mode, it should be able to write the registration information to the
Program Files directory.
If all is well you should be able to start SPSS normally from this point
on, and hopefully it remembers your registration.
Good luck,
Nico
On Wed, 4 Jul 2007 06:33:47 +0100, David Hitchin <
[hidden email]>
wrote:
>I have installed SPSS 15.0, including the patch to take it to 15.0.1 and
>the additional patch to cope with Vista problems. The new licence
>procedure works, and SPSS functions as expected.
>
>At some point, either when SPSS is stopped or the machine is turned off,
>the registration is lost; next time SPSS is started it has to be
>re-registered.
>
>Any ideas?
>
>David Hitchin
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