codyg1985’s Think Tank

I upgraded my Windows XP installation to the publically-available Windows Vista Beta 2, and now Daemon Tools, a virtual CD image mounting program, (version 4.03) does not work. Posts on a thread on the official Daemon Tools forums and this blog post suggest installing an older version of Daemon Tools (version 3.02).

To install Daemon Tools successfully and for it to work successfully, User Account Protection must be disabled. To disable it, go to Start -> Run and type msconfig (without quotes). Go to the Tools tab, scroll down and select Disable UAP then click the Launch button, then restart the computer.

If you are able to get Daemon Tools to work this way, then congratulations. There is one small but very bad thing that will happen when trying to install Daemon Tools: your copy of Vista will no longer be activated because the addition of a virtual CD/DVD drive constitutes a hardware change, which triggers the operating system back to not being activated.