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Program must be started as Administrator

  1. #1


    Yuriy Shkolnikov [MSFT] Guest

    Re: Program must be started as Administrator

    Thanks for reporting this issue here. What are other programs that you are
    having issues with? Please post it here as well...

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    Regards,
    Yuriy

    This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
    "José" <jose@127.0.0.1> wrote in message
    news:f2kp92h1nqv3pa1jegbmm1unl3r1oo4238@4ax.com...
    > It was a problem under XP too. You created a limited account, and it
    > turned out that you were unable to start certain programs. So you
    > thought that limited accounts were worthless. I have been using XP
    > with an administrator account for years, and I have only recently
    > discovered how to use XP with a limited account, which is so much
    > safer.
    >
    > Vista is worse.
    >
    > Some programs, such as Agent (which I am using right now to enter a
    > message in the newsgroup) even cannot be started if you log on as
    > Admin. Of course you made sure that you had access rights to the Agent
    > files. But the program crashes immediately, without error message, and
    > you have no idea why.
    >
    > Agent can be started (under any user account) by right clicking on it,
    > and selecting 'Run as Administrator'.
    >
    > I do not believe Microsoft intended this.
    > --
    > José






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  2. #2


    José Guest

    Program must be started as Administrator

    It was a problem under XP too. You created a limited account, and it
    turned out that you were unable to start certain programs. So you
    thought that limited accounts were worthless. I have been using XP
    with an administrator account for years, and I have only recently
    discovered how to use XP with a limited account, which is so much
    safer.

    Vista is worse.

    Some programs, such as Agent (which I am using right now to enter a
    message in the newsgroup) even cannot be started if you log on as
    Admin. Of course you made sure that you had access rights to the Agent
    files. But the program crashes immediately, without error message, and
    you have no idea why.

    Agent can be started (under any user account) by right clicking on it,
    and selecting 'Run as Administrator'.

    I do not believe Microsoft intended this.
    --
    José

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  3. #3


    José Guest

    Re: Program must be started as Administrator

    On Fri, 23 Jun 2006 22:02:25 -0700, "Yuriy Shkolnikov [MSFT]"
    <yuriys@online.microsoft.com> wrote in
    microsoft.public.windows.vista.security:

    >Thanks for reporting this issue here. What are other programs that you are
    >having issues with? Please post it here as well...


    Installing Paint Shop Pro 6. The splash sceen appears and does not
    disappear.
    --
    José

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  4. #4


    Evan Platt Guest

    Re: Program must be started as Administrator

    On Sat, 24 Jun 2006 19:52:38 +0200, José <jose@127.0.0.1> wrote:

    >Installing Paint Shop Pro 6. The splash sceen appears and does not
    >disappear.


    PSP 6? They're on 10. :-D

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  5. #5


    BeckyWC Guest

    Re: Program must be started as Administrator

    Adobe Bridge will not work unless you have the user account control turned
    off, so I keep it turned off in order to use Bridge. This occurs even if you
    have it set to run as administrator.


    "Yuriy Shkolnikov [MSFT]" wrote:

    > Thanks for reporting this issue here. What are other programs that you are
    > having issues with? Please post it here as well...
    >
    > --
    > Regards,
    > Yuriy
    >
    > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
    > "José" <jose@127.0.0.1> wrote in message
    > news:f2kp92h1nqv3pa1jegbmm1unl3r1oo4238@4ax.com...
    > > It was a problem under XP too. You created a limited account, and it
    > > turned out that you were unable to start certain programs. So you
    > > thought that limited accounts were worthless. I have been using XP
    > > with an administrator account for years, and I have only recently
    > > discovered how to use XP with a limited account, which is so much
    > > safer.
    > >
    > > Vista is worse.
    > >
    > > Some programs, such as Agent (which I am using right now to enter a
    > > message in the newsgroup) even cannot be started if you log on as
    > > Admin. Of course you made sure that you had access rights to the Agent
    > > files. But the program crashes immediately, without error message, and
    > > you have no idea why.
    > >
    > > Agent can be started (under any user account) by right clicking on it,
    > > and selecting 'Run as Administrator'.
    > >
    > > I do not believe Microsoft intended this.
    > > --
    > > José

    >
    >
    >


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  6. #6


    Daphne Foldes Guest

    Re: Program must be started as Administrator

    Hello Mr. Evan

    That is why Vista is a Beta to find problems with 3rd party software and anything else even if they are old

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    "Evan Platt" <evan@theobvious.espphotography.com> wrote in message news:cl6u921mb2p1422ougbav9p76i50qsd7qi@4ax.com...
    > On Sat, 24 Jun 2006 19:52:38 +0200, José <jose@127.0.0.1> wrote:
    >
    >>Installing Paint Shop Pro 6. The splash sceen appears and does not
    >>disappear.

    >
    > PSP 6? They're on 10. :-D


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  7. #7


    José Guest

    Re: Program must be started as Administrator

    On Sun, 25 Jun 2006 16:22:30 -0700, Evan Platt
    <evan@theobvious.espphotography.com> wrote in
    microsoft.public.windows.vista.security:

    >>Installing Paint Shop Pro 6. The splash sceen appears and does not
    >>disappear.

    >
    >PSP 6? They're on 10. :-D


    Am I supposed to buy every new version?
    --
    José

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  8. #8


    Tony Hoyle Guest

    Re: Program must be started as Administrator

    José wrote:
    >
    > Am I supposed to buy every new version?


    If you want compatibility with a cutting edge beta OS then yes, you
    should have the latest version.

    Reporting bugs in programs 5 years old isn't going to get you very far.
    PSP 6 is *not* going to be fixed.

    Tony

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  9. #9


    José Guest

    Re: Program must be started as Administrator

    On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 11:44:21 +0100, Tony Hoyle
    <TonyHoyle@nospam.nospam> wrote in
    microsoft.public.windows.vista.security:

    >Reporting bugs in programs 5 years old isn't going to get you very far.
    > PSP 6 is *not* going to be fixed.


    But perhaps Vista is
    --
    José

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  10. #10


    Evan Platt Guest

    Re: Program must be started as Administrator

    On Sun, 25 Jun 2006 22:11:09 -0400, "Daphne Foldes"
    <okf22@hotmail.com> wrote:

    >Hello Mr. Evan
    >
    >That is why Vista is a Beta to find problems with 3rd party software and anything else even if they are old


    I don't think Microsoft cares much if there's a problem running a 5
    year old program. Much like if I tried to install PSP X on Windows
    3.11.

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