Vista Tutorial - UAC Internet Connection (and other) Problems

I purchased the Home Premium x86 version of Windows Vista. I am having
difficulties with Internet Explorer connecting to the internet when UAC is
active. If a connection is not already present, IE attempts to initialize my
broadband connection as it is set to do on the Internet Options connection
tab. The connection attempt times out, returning an error that either my
Service Name is incorrect, or that my username/password is incorrect. They
are not (the Service Name does not actually matter to my ISP). Once IE fails
to connect, I have to reboot my computer to reset my network. If I disable
UAC, Internet Explorer negotiates the connection properly. I have no problem
connecting to the internet using the "Connect To" network option or Firefox
when UAC is enabled.

On a somewhat related note, UAC seems to get in the way of legitimate driver
and application installations that I have approved. Most notably, when
installing both Nvidia Ntune and Logitech Setpoint, UAC popped up and asked
me whether I had initiated the installations. I told it I did, and
installation proceeded. Afterwards, there was no evidence the programs had
been installed. There were no Nvidia Control Panel options for ntune, no
Program files directories, no start menu items for Setpoint...nothing. I
tried to install them multiple times without any success. They would only
install if I disabled UAC. I am not sure if Ntune is a signed application,
but the Logitech mouse drivers are supposed to be.

I didn't have these problems with UAC in the RC2 version of Windows Vista.
I didn't like it, but it appeared to work as advertised.

Thanks for any suggestions,
Darrell

I replaced the Marvell Gigabit Network Adapter drivers that Windows Vista
installed with those from the Marvell website. Now IE connects to the
Internet properly when UAC is enabled. I'm not sure if it was actually the
new drivers that fixed the problem, but I'll take it.

Now if I could only get UAC to stop blocking program installations that I've
approved...

Regards,
Darrell

"Darkwunder" wrote:

> I purchased the Home Premium x86 version of Windows Vista. I am having
> difficulties with Internet Explorer connecting to the internet when UAC is
> active. If a connection is not already present, IE attempts to initialize my
> broadband connection as it is set to do on the Internet Options connection
> tab. The connection attempt times out, returning an error that either my
> Service Name is incorrect, or that my username/password is incorrect. They
> are not (the Service Name does not actually matter to my ISP). Once IE fails
> to connect, I have to reboot my computer to reset my network. If I disable
> UAC, Internet Explorer negotiates the connection properly. I have no problem
> connecting to the internet using the "Connect To" network option or Firefox
> when UAC is enabled.
>
> On a somewhat related note, UAC seems to get in the way of legitimate driver
> and application installations that I have approved. Most notably, when
> installing both Nvidia Ntune and Logitech Setpoint, UAC popped up and asked
> me whether I had initiated the installations. I told it I did, and
> installation proceeded. Afterwards, there was no evidence the programs had
> been installed. There were no Nvidia Control Panel options for ntune, no
> Program files directories, no start menu items for Setpoint...nothing. I
> tried to install them multiple times without any success. They would only
> install if I disabled UAC. I am not sure if Ntune is a signed application,
> but the Logitech mouse drivers are supposed to be.
>
> I didn't have these problems with UAC in the RC2 version of Windows Vista.
> I didn't like it, but it appeared to work as advertised.
>
> Thanks for any suggestions,
> Darrell