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First, I have to reiterate that I HATE Vista. Every operation requires confirmation and it is a resource HOG! Rest assured I will install XP Pro on this notebook, but for now the P.O.S. operating system will host a PHP/MySQL development environment.

Anyway, this post is not about Vista. Instead, it is about running MySQL 5.0 on Vista. I discovered the config. utility (MySQLInstanceConfig.exe) would not run due to a typo in the executable manifest.

This is a documented bug that is scheduled to be fixed in an official update. I am not going to wait until the update is released, so I downloaded Resource Hacker and fixed the manifest information.

Ten minutes well spent. The config. utility executable is patched and runs on Vista. If you want to fix the manifest yourself, follow the instructions below (screen shots are on their way):

1. Download Resource Hacker
2. Extract files to the folder of your choice (<program files>\resource hacker\)
3. Run the ResHacker executable
4. Open the configuration utility (<mysql bin>\MySQLInstanceConfig.exe)
5. Find text “asAdministrator” (only one instance found)
6. Replace text with “requireAdministrator”
7. Click the Compile Script button
8. Save the executable
9. Exit Resource Hacker
10. Enjoy!

I encountered the following error when starting Gimp 2.4.2 for Windows, “entry point libiconv_set_relocation_prefix could not be located in … iconv.dll.” I found the file in the Gimp bin directory, so what is the problem?

I found another version of the iconv.dll library located in the system32 directory, so I replaced the file in the system32 directory with a copy of the iconv.dll file located in the Gimp bin directory, nice!

The file in my system32 directory does not have version information, but is 852kb. The iconv.dll version in the Gimp bin directory is 1.9.0 and is 876kb in size. I hope this post helps others.