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I'm in the same position; although my PRS-505 is not arriving until tomorrow, I wanted to be able to use the software on my Vista 64bit system (to test files converted in libprs500 and books i've converted in BookDesigner prior to the Sony reader arriving) but the installer errors out.
Here's what I've been able to piece together:
- The PRS-500 requires a driver included in the Sony Ebook Library installation. This driver is 32bit and as we all know, 32bit drivers do not work in Vista 64.
- The PRS-505 uses the built-in Vista USB driver and does not need the Sony driver.
- The Sony installation routine runs and detects the OS is 64bit, but either Sony missed out the required 64bit install files, or they didn't bother checking, because the install log complains about a missing 64bit executable while running. It then backs out and removes everything it has copied.
Therefore to use the PRS-505 on Vista you don't actually need the installation to run; only the program itself.
I did the same as Draz; installed the software on a XP machine and then copied it across to my Vista 64 machine. You can unzip the archive anywhere you want - it doesn't appear to have any hardcoded paths or registry settings.
Unzip the archive and run Sony\Reader\Data\bin\eBook Library.exe ... even better, drop a shortcut to your desktop or start menu if you want. Works fine for me so far.
For those unable to access a 32bit XP/2000/Vista installation, I've attached an archive of the C:\Program Files\Sony\Reader directory for you to unpack and use straight away.
Hope that helps!
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