I recently transitioned not only from MediaWiki to XWiki, but an older computer running Windows Vista (Ultimate x64) to my present PC, operating on Windows 7 (Ultimate x64). The reasons for the change and system specs should, I believe, be irrelevant in this case for the following reasons: * I was able to install XWiki for All Users without a hitch * XWiki runs perfectly while logged into the Administrator (aka, the hidden "Super Administrator") account Therein, however, is the problem: XWiki runs only in the Administrator account. The MS-DOS Prompt reads as such while in the Admin-account... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2009-10-27 14:41:20.279: :INFO: Logging to STDERR via org.mortbay.log.StdErrLog 2009-10-27 14:41:20.419: :INFO: jetty-6.1.21 2009-10-27 14:41:20.450: :INFO: Deploy C:\Program Files (x86)\XWiki Enterprise\jetty\contexts\root.xml -> org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext@7546c1d4(/,C:\Program Files (x86)\XWiki Enterprise\jetty/../webapps/root) 2009-10-27 14:41:20.466: :INFO: Deploy C:\Program Files (x86)\XWiki Enterprise\jetty\contexts\xwiki.xml -> org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext@785f8172</xwiki,C:\Program Files (x86)\XWiki Enterprise\jetty/../webapps/xwiki) 2009-10-27 14:41:23.196: :INFO: Opened C:\Program Files (x86)\XWiki Enterprise\jetty\logs\2009_10_27.request.log 2009-10-27 14:41:23.211: :INFO: Started SelectChannelConnector@0.0.0.0:8080 2009-10-27 14:41:23.084 [http://lochalhost:8080/xwiki/bin/view/Main/WebHome] INFO .AbstractXWikiMigrationManager - No storage migration required since current version is [15429] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ...yet, when I switch to my personal account (the only other one on the system, having been that which was created during the OS-installation and thus, also listed in the Administrator user-group), it reads... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2009-10-27 14:41:38.512: :INFO: Logging to STDERR via org.morbay.log.StdErrLog 2009-10-27 14:51:38.673: :INFO: jetty-6.1.21 2009-10-27 14:51:38.718: :INFO: Deploy C:\Program Files (x86)\XWiki Enterprise\jetty\contexts\root.xml -> org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext@5492bbba(/,C:\Program Files (x86)\XWiki Enterprise\jetty/../webapps/root) 2009-10-27 14:51:38.725: :INFO: Deploy C:\Program Files (x86)\XWiki Enterprise\jetty\contexts\xwiki.xml -> org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext@6d62dbb6(/xwiki,C:\Program Files (x86)\XWiki Enterprise\jetty/../webapps/xwiki) log4j:ERROR setFile(null,true) call failed. java.io.FileNotFoundException: xwiki.log (Access is denied) at java.io.FileOutputStream.openAppend(Native Method) at.java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(Unkown Source) at.java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(Unkown Source) at org.apache.log4j.FileAppender.setFile(FileAppender.java:289) at org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender.setFile(RollingFileAppender.java:165) at org.apache.log4j.FileAppender.activateOptions(FileAppender.java:163) at org.apache.log4j.config.PropertySetter.activate(PropertySetter.java:256) at org.apache.log4j.config.PropertySetter.setProperties(PropertySetter.java:132) at org.apache.log4j.config.PropertySetter.setProperties(PropertySetter.java:96) at org.apache.log4j.config.PropertyConfigurator.parseAppender(PropertyConfigurator.java:654) at org.apache.log4j.config.PropertyConfigurator.parseCategory(PropertyConfigurator.java:612) at org.apache.log4j.config.PropertyConfigurator.configureRootCategory(PropertyConfigurator.java:509) at org.apache.log4j.config.PropertyConfigurator.doConfigure(PropertyConfigurator.java:415) at org.apache.log4j.config.PropertyConfigurator.doConfigure(PropertyConfigurator.java:441) at org.apache.log4j.helpers.OptionConverter.selectAndConfigure(OptionConverter.java:468) at org.apache.log4j.LogManager.<clinit>(LogManager.java:122) at org.apache.log4j.Logger.getLogger(Logger.java:104) at org.apache.commons.logging.impl.Log4JLogger.getLogger(Log4Logger.java:289) at org.apache.commons.logging.impl.Log4JLogger.<init>(Log4JLogger.java:109) at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source) at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source) at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Unknown Source) at org.apache.commons.logging.impl.LogFactoryImpl.createLogFromClass(LogFactoryImpl.java:1116) at org.apache.commons.logging.impl.LogFactoryImpl.discoverLogImplementation(LogFactoryImpl.java:914) at org.apache.commons.logging.impl.LogFactoryImpl.newInstance(LogFactoryImpl.java:604) at org.apache.commons.logging.impl.LogFactoryImpl.getInstance(LogFactoryImpl.java:336) at org.apache.commons.logging.impl.LogFactoryImpl.getInstance(LogFactoryImpl.java:310) at org.apache.commons.logging.impl.LogFactory.getLog(LogFactory.java:685) at org.xwiki.component.logging.CommonsLoggingLogger.<init>(CommonsLoggingLogger.java:38) at org.xwiki.component.embed.EmbedableComponentManager.initialize(EmbedableComponentManager.java:67) at org.xwiki.container.servlet.XWikiServletContextListener.contextInitialized(XWikiServletContextListener.java:52) at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandler.startContext(ContextHandler.java:548) at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.Context.startContext(Context.java:136) at org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.startContext(WebAppContext.java:1250) at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandler.doStart(ContextHandler.java:517) at org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.doStart(WebAppContext.java:467) at org.mortbay.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:50) at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerCollection.doStart(HandlerCollection.java:152) at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerCollection.doStart(HandlerCollection.java:152) at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandlerCollection.doStart(ContextHandlerCollection.java:156) at org.mortbay.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:50) at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerCollection.doStart(HandlerCollection.java:152) at org.mortbay.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:50) at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerWrapper.doStart(HandlerWrapper.java:130) at org.mortbay.jetty.Server.doStart(Server.java:224) at org.mortbay.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:50) at org.mortbay.xml.XmlConfiguration.main(XmlConfiguration.java:985) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Unknown Source) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source) at org.mortbay.start.Main.invokeMain(Main.java:194) at org.mortbay.start.Main.start(Main.java:534) at org.mortbay.start.Main.start(Main.java:441) at org.mortbay.start.Main.main(Main.java:119) 2009-10-27 14:51:41.849: :WARN: failed org.mortbay.jetty.NCSARequestLog@75c45731: java.io.FileNotFoundException: C:\Program Files (x86)\XWiki Enterprise\jetty\logs\2009_10_27.request.log (Access is denied) 2009-10-27 14:51:41.850: :WARN: failed RequestLogHandler@2d388e5e: java.io.FileNotFoundException: C:\Program Files (x86)\XWiki Enterprise\jetty\logs\2009_10_27.request.log (Access is denied) 2009-10-27 14:51:41.854: :WARN: failed HandlerCollection@5c0ad483: java.io.FileNotFoundException: C:\Program Files (x86)\XWiki Enterprise\jetty\logs\2009_10_27.request.log (Access is denied) 2009-10-27 14:51:41.854: :WARN: Error starting handlers java.io.FileNotFoundException: C:\Program Files (x86)\XWiki Enterprise\jetty\logs\2009_10_27.request.log (Access is denied) at java.io.FileOutputStream.openAppend(Native Method) at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(Unknown Source) at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(Unknown Source) at org.mortbay.util.RolloverFileOutputStream.setFile(RolloverFileOutputStream.java:243) at org.mortbay.util.RolloverFileOutputStream.<init>(RolloverFileOutputStream.java:164) at org.mortbay.jetty.NCSARequestLog.doStart(NCSARequestLog.java:428) at org.mortbay.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:50) at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.RequestLogHandler.doStart(RequestLogHandler.java:117) at org.mortbay.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:50) at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerCollection.doStart(HandlerCollection.java:152) at org.mortbay.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:50) at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerWrapper.doStart(HandlerWrapper.java:130) at org.mortbay.jetty.Server.doStart(Server.java:224) at org.mortbay.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:50) at org.mortbay.xml.XmlConfiguration.main(XmlConfiguration.java:985) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source) at org.mortbay.start.Main.invokeMain(Main.java:194) at org.mortbay.start.Main.start(Main.java:534) at org.mortbay.start.Main.start(Main.java:441) at org.mortbay.start.Main.main(Main.java:119) 2009-10-27 14:41:41.897: :INFO: Started SelectChannelConnector@0.0.0.0:8080 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ...whereas attempting to run the start_wiki.bat file via the "Run as Administrator" right-click option leads to... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Unable to access jarfile jetty/start.jar ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ...directing my browser (Firefox 3.5.3) to the appropriate page leads to: ACTUAL WEBPAGE (http://lochalhost:8080/xwiki/bin/view/Main/WebHome) DISPLAY: HTTP ERROR: 404 Problem accessing /xwiki/bin/view/Main/WebHome. Reason: NOT_FOUND Powered by Jetty:// To the best of my knowledge, this is clearly an issue of account permissions, however, given that my knowledge of Java is (at best) cursory, I am appealing to anyone who can lend a hand. I'm quite willing to supply any other information that is dubbed necessary. NOTE: The same results are obtained whether UAC is on or off. The same also applies after having switched the program ownership permission to my personal account. -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Windows-7-Account-Renders-XWiki-Inoperable-tp3903667p3… Sent from the XWiki- Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.