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UAC treats iexplorer.exe (ie 7.0) as an unidentified publisher
  1. #1


    Kevin Guest

    UAC treats iexplorer.exe (ie 7.0) as an unidentified publisher

    I installed Vista Ultimate over XP Pro. Now Vista User Access Control
    prompts me for permission whenever I (or any application) tries to launch
    internet explorer 7.0, which had been previously installed as an update in XP
    Pro.



    Is this a normal condition with Vista? Is there a problem with the UAC
    settings? I suspect some an installation issue because Vista does not
    recognize ie7.0 as an identified publisher. This is a real headache beacuse
    many progams that try to launch ie for activation or updates can't complete
    their connection to the internet. I can manually launch ie by right clicking
    it and running as an administrator so there is no issue with ie itself, just
    the way Vista treats it. But of all programs why would Vista prompt approval
    of ie? There is some installation problem here? Any suggestions?

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  2. #2


    joseph2k Guest

    Re: UAC treats iexplorer.exe (ie 7.0) as an unidentified publisher

    Kevin wrote:

    > I installed Vista Ultimate over XP Pro. Now Vista User Access Control
    > prompts me for permission whenever I (or any application) tries to launch
    > internet explorer 7.0, which had been previously installed as an update in
    > XP Pro.
    >
    > Is this a normal condition with Vista? Is there a problem with the UAC
    > settings? I suspect some an installation issue because Vista does not
    > recognize ie7.0 as an identified publisher. This is a real headache
    > beacuse many progams that try to launch ie for activation or updates can't
    > complete
    > their connection to the internet. I can manually launch ie by right
    > clicking it and running as an administrator so there is no issue with ie
    > itself, just
    > the way Vista treats it. But of all programs why would Vista prompt
    > approval
    > of ie? There is some installation problem here? Any suggestions?


    reinstall ie 7, preferably from the Vista DVD. It did not update the XP
    version but the UUID is not correct for the Vista version.

    --
    JosephKK
    Gegen dummheit kampfen die Gotter Selbst, vergebens.Â*Â*
    --Schiller

      My System SpecsSystem Spec

  3. #3


    Kevin Guest

    Re: UAC treats iexplorer.exe (ie 7.0) as an unidentified publisher

    Thanks much. I haven't had a chance to try this yet but I will this weekend.
    Are there any tricks to reinstalling ie from the Vista DVD? I was not aware
    that I could selectively reinstall ie. In fact, other bulliten board
    postings have indicated that ie is an intregral part of Vista and cannot be
    uninstalled so I assumed it could not be reinstalled. Have you reinstalled
    ie from the Vista DVD yourself? Anything to be aware of?

    "joseph2k" wrote:

    > Kevin wrote:
    >
    > > I installed Vista Ultimate over XP Pro. Now Vista User Access Control
    > > prompts me for permission whenever I (or any application) tries to launch
    > > internet explorer 7.0, which had been previously installed as an update in
    > > XP Pro.
    > >
    > > Is this a normal condition with Vista? Is there a problem with the UAC
    > > settings? I suspect some an installation issue because Vista does not
    > > recognize ie7.0 as an identified publisher. This is a real headache
    > > beacuse many progams that try to launch ie for activation or updates can't
    > > complete
    > > their connection to the internet. I can manually launch ie by right
    > > clicking it and running as an administrator so there is no issue with ie
    > > itself, just
    > > the way Vista treats it. But of all programs why would Vista prompt
    > > approval
    > > of ie? There is some installation problem here? Any suggestions?

    >
    > reinstall ie 7, preferably from the Vista DVD. It did not update the XP
    > version but the UUID is not correct for the Vista version.
    >
    > --
    > JosephKK
    > Gegen dummheit kampfen die Gotter Selbst, vergebens.
    > --Schiller
    >


      My System SpecsSystem Spec

  4. #4


    joseph2k Guest

    Re: UAC treats iexplorer.exe (ie 7.0) as an unidentified publisher

    Kevin wrote:

    > Thanks much. I haven't had a chance to try this yet but I will this
    > weekend.
    > Are there any tricks to reinstalling ie from the Vista DVD? I was not
    > aware
    > that I could selectively reinstall ie. In fact, other bulliten board
    > postings have indicated that ie is an intregral part of Vista and cannot
    > be
    > uninstalled so I assumed it could not be reinstalled. Have you
    > reinstalled
    > ie from the Vista DVD yourself? Anything to be aware of?
    >
    > "joseph2k" wrote:
    >
    >> Kevin wrote:
    >>
    >> > I installed Vista Ultimate over XP Pro. Now Vista User Access Control
    >> > prompts me for permission whenever I (or any application) tries to
    >> > launch internet explorer 7.0, which had been previously installed as an
    >> > update in XP Pro.
    >> >
    >> > Is this a normal condition with Vista? Is there a problem with the UAC
    >> > settings? I suspect some an installation issue because Vista does not
    >> > recognize ie7.0 as an identified publisher. This is a real headache
    >> > beacuse many progams that try to launch ie for activation or updates
    >> > can't complete
    >> > their connection to the internet. I can manually launch ie by right
    >> > clicking it and running as an administrator so there is no issue with
    >> > ie itself, just
    >> > the way Vista treats it. But of all programs why would Vista prompt
    >> > approval
    >> > of ie? There is some installation problem here? Any suggestions?

    >>
    >> reinstall ie 7, preferably from the Vista DVD. It did not update the XP
    >> version but the UUID is not correct for the Vista version.
    >>
    >> --
    >> JosephKK
    >> Gegen dummheit kampfen die Gotter Selbst, vergebens.
    >> --Schiller
    >>


    I haven't tried it yet. My vista install is full-clean (blank disk). Also
    ie7 is available as a separate download for XP. Integrated, yes;
    completely non-removable, not up to XP, it is removable there. It may not
    be separately re-installable, you may have to update/upgrade re-install. I
    guess i will have to try IE7 some more, i put firefox on my vista and never
    looked back.

    --
    JosephKK
    Gegen dummheit kampfen die Gotter Selbst, vergebens.Â*Â*
    --Schiller

      My System SpecsSystem Spec

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