How to activate Ghost 15 in Windows 8(.1) and probably Windows 10...

I was reading THIS POST on Symantec Connect and user cjm found a solution to activate SSR 2013 in Windows 10. I just made a couple of adjustments and tried Ghost 15 in Windows 8.1. It worked! I edited his instructions for Ghost 15. This is at your own risk. Ghost is outdated and I personally would not feel comfortable using a backup software that is not designed for the OS you are backing up!

 

  1. Open the services control panel (View local services control panel)
  2. Find "Symantec System Recovery" "Norton Ghost" and open the properties
  3. Change startup type to Disabled and click apply
  4. Click Stop
  5. Open a windows explorer and navigate to the install directory (for me it was C:\Program Files\Symantec\Symantec System Recovery\Agent   "C:\Program Files (x86) \Norton Ghost\Agent")
  6. Right click on VProSvc.exe and select properties
  7. Change to the Compatibility tab
  8. Click "Change settings for all users"
  9. Check "Run this program in compatibility mode for:"
  10. Change the compatibility mode drop down to "Windows 8 Windows7"
  11. Click OK
  12. Click OK again to close the properties
  13. Go back to Services and open "Symantec System Recovery" "Norton Ghost" properties again
  14. Change startup type back to Automatic and click apply
  15. Click Start
  16. Close the service properties

 

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