Performed all of the steps suggested with no changes in system behavior and
no errors found during either the repair and the sfc scan. I then upgraded
(from Ultimate to Ultimate) and after activating the SW everything worked!
I rebooted and the behavior returned. Appears to be associated with the
activation process. Cross posting to setup group.
Anyone have any more ideas?
"Mark H" <jmhonzell@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:FC6DA65B-67EA-474D-A298-4BD332C59B3A@xxxxxx
Quote:
> Attempt to perform a Repair System from the Installation DVD.
>
> Should that fail,
> Attempt to turn off System Restore on all drives, then turn it back on.
> (This will erase all restore points.)
>
> Should that fail,
> Attempt to turn off System Restore on all drives, run sfc/scannow from an
> elevated prompt.
> (You may need to have the Vista install disk inserted.)
> Then, turn System Restore back on.
>
> "Dan" <danjezek@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news
B39789D-0FD7-4180-B3B8-2AF11BD617EB@xxxxxx 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!
>>
>