Meridian Enterprise can be installed on Windows Vista with the following limitations.
Warning Due to fundamental changes made in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, vaults are not compatible between Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 and Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 and vice versa without serious side effects. For more information see "Vault incompatibility with Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008."
The following must be installed (either manually or by a different application) on Windows Vista before installing Meridian Enterprise with the Windows Installer Package (MSI) setup programs. Otherwise, DLL files may fail to register.
Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable Package (Meridian Enterprise 2011 SP1 and prior only)
32-bit download:
64-bit download:
Note On 64-bit systems, both downloads must be installed.
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Redistributable package (Meridian Enterprise 2012 and prior only)
32-bit download:
64-bit download:
The Modify option the 32-bit executable setup packages may not work under certain circumstances on Windows Vista 64-bit versions.
Prior to this release, if the IIS 6 Management Compatibility feature of IIS 7 was not installed, the installation of the Meridian Web Access extension would fail. The feature had to be installed before installing Web Access. This has been fixed and IIS 6 Management Compatibility is not required.
When activating content indexing in Meridian Enterprise Administrator, the content index may not be created or the indexing process may not be properly scheduled. This is due to the change by Microsoft in Windows Server 2008 from the Indexing Service to Windows Search Service which is supported.
For information on installing 64-bit support, see Meridian Enterprise 64-bit setup, and Web Access 64-bit support.