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Old 03-13-2007   #1 (permalink)
bmv
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Program at fault

Jimmy - I already loaded the patch from the company and the software does
allow me to operate as the administrator as long as the program is running.
The problem comes in after the program is closed and the update is trying to
load, then the system is defaulting to the Vista parameters thus sayeth the
accounting software support people and defer me back to you as they are not
proficient w/ Vista at this time.

Is there another way for the system to temporarily recognize me as an
administrative user as opposed to the default settings?

As a computer friendly user, it appears that VISTA overrides and over
protects.

Thank you,
bmv

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Old 03-14-2007   #2 (permalink)
Jimmy Brush
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Re: Program at fault

Hello,

Unfortunately, this is still a problem with the software program, not Vista.

In Windows Vista, you are always an administrator; however, programs must
request from you permission to use your admin power.

It is the responsibility of the company creating software to mark the parts
of their programs that need permission from you to use admin power; Windows
Vista cannot automatically determine this by itself.

If the program is complaining you are not an administrator, that is because
it is not asking you for administrator permission, which is the
responsibility of the program.

The patch they released probably modifies the main accounting program to
work correctly without requiring admin permission from you at all (as I
can't see why an accounting program would need admin permission).

However, their updater program *will* need to ask you for admin power, since
it will be updating the program's files, which is stored in an
admin-restricted location.

They can mark their updater program as requiring admin permission from you
by including a vista-style manifest with their updater application, and then
when the main program runs it, it will automatically prompt you for
permission to run and then work correctly.


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- JB
Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User

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