On Sat, 20 Dec 2008 13:56:00 -0500, "Dan" <danjezek@xxxxxx> wrote:
Quote:
>I have upgraded a XP machine (domain member) to Vista Ultimate (domain
>member) and am having problems running system utilities that require
>administrate or elevated rights. I think it is an issue with UAC / security.
>
>With UAC enabled many programs in the c:\windows\system32 will not run and
>return the "path does not exist" error that I show below when I would be
>expecting the UAC prompt.
>
>An example includes: Control Panel -> System -> (under tasks)
>Remote settings, System protection, and Advanced system settings all fail
>with the following error:
>
>C:\Windows\system32\systempropertiesprotection.exe
>The specified path does not exist.
>Check the path, and then try again.
>
>If I navigate to the file and double click it, same error. All of the
>SystemPropertiesXXXXX exe files fail to run and give the error above.
>
>If I right click on the file and select Run as administrator, I get the UAC
>prompt and it works fine.
>
>With UAC disabled all files run correctly.
>
>The Device Manager Task in the System area of control panel works correctly
>in all cases (UAC prompt).
>
>Another example is changing the firewall settings: Control Panel -> Security
>Center -> Windows Firewall -> Change Settings fails the same way as above
>except the file is C:\Windows\system32\firewallSettings.exe
>
>Adding the user to the local administrator's group changes the UAC behavior
>as expected (prompt for consent, versus prompt for credentials), but does
>not change the problem behavior.
>
>This machine has the full Office 2007 suite installed++ (Visio, Project,
>Adobe) and I really don't want to do a clean install. The system is well
>behaved in all other areas. This problem is consistent.
>
>I have unloaded the Trend AV solution, disabled the MS firewall, deleted and
>recreated the user profile, all with no change in the system behavior.
>
>This problem appears similar to the problem of running programs that require
>elevated permissions from a mapped network drive, except this is my local
>hard drive. Any ideas on how to fix this without a wipe of the machine?
>
>Thanks!
Before you upgraded , did you find out if your system was compatible ?