Gareth

"John" <me@myhome.net> wrote in message
news:OKjtJLU1HHA.6128@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> You might try this. Be sure the Netgear program has Admin rights. I think
> you can do that in the Compatibility tab of Properties.
> Next, run gpedit.msc and hope you have the ability to edit group
> policies... some Vista flavors don't. Navigate to Computer Config--Windows
> Settings--Security Settings--Local Policies--Security Options. At the
> bottom of the list you'll see the User Account Control list. Find the
> elevate for Administrators and change its setting from Prompt to Elevate
> without prompt. I assume you are in the administrators group or this won't
> help. If a standard user, do the same in the line below the elevate admin
> line in the UAC list. Hope that fixes your problem. And remember where
> these UAC settings ar because that change often gets unchanged by Vista
> for no good reason.

Thanks John.

No, the Admin rights box is greyed out in the compatibility tab and I don't
have gpedit (Vista Home Premium).

It's odd that MS didn't factor in the need for legacy type drivers in
providing an easy exception method for User Access Control although I
suppose that this would then have compromised the whole concept of User
Access Control.

This Netgear driver isn't actually a legacy driver either - it is Vista
compatible but as far as I can tell it is basically an update of a XP
driver.

I guess I'm stuck.

Gareth.