Guest KO Posted July 17, 2008 Posted July 17, 2008 Every time I want to use a certain program that I use all the time (book-writing software; I'm a writer), I get the message that an unidentified program wants access to my computer. I tell it to allow the program access: that I trust the program because I know where it's from or I've used it before. I don't mind answering this once, for a program installed on my computer. I wouldn't mind having to do it more than once, if I was repeatedly accessing something on the web, rather than something installed on the computer. I wouldn't mind having to go in and specifically designate the program as authorized -- either in some list (like when one designates certain sites from which one will allow popups), or as an attribute of the program. What's driving me crazy is that there doesn't seem to be any way at all to get Vista UAC to remember that I know this program! Does anyone know a way? Quote
Guest Carey Frisch [MVP] Posted July 17, 2008 Posted July 17, 2008 Inside Windows Vista User Account Control http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc138019.aspx Understanding and Configuring User Account Control in Windows Vista http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsVista...18c2811033.mspx User Account Control http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows...a/aa905113.aspx -- Carey Frisch Microsoft MVP Windows Desktop Experience - Windows Vista Enthusiast --------------------------------------------------------------- "KO" <kathleenoneillvt@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:Od4Uh0E6IHA.1592@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... Every time I want to use a certain program that I use all the time (book-writing software; I'm a writer), I get the message that an unidentified program wants access to my computer. I tell it to allow the program access: that I trust the program because I know where it's from or I've used it before. I don't mind answering this once, for a program installed on my computer. I wouldn't mind having to do it more than once, if I was repeatedly accessing something on the web, rather than something installed on the computer. I wouldn't mind having to go in and specifically designate the program as authorized -- either in some list (like when one designates certain sites from which one will allow popups), or as an attribute of the program. What's driving me crazy is that there doesn't seem to be any way at all to get Vista UAC to remember that I know this program! Does anyone know a way? Quote
Guest Steve Thackery Posted July 17, 2008 Posted July 17, 2008 It's doing this because the program fails to comply with the XP (yes, XP, not Vista) programming guidelines, which were published years ago. Therefore the fault lies with the application, rather than Vista. The proper way to deal with this is to contact the vendor for an updated version which is Vista compatible. Otherwise you'll have to keep responding to the UAC prompt. SteveT Quote
Guest oscar Posted July 19, 2008 Posted July 19, 2008 I don’t know what “certain†program that you’re using which makes Vista always ask for permission. But Vista asks permission every time I use Acronis, a backup tool, which has access to all of the hard drive folders and files. And this is why (according to MS): “A program might require administrator privileges to access important files used by Windows and settings that could affect all of the users of the computer. Having this type of access can make your computer more vulnerable to malicious software. For this reason, Windows will prompt you each time you run the program to make sure that you want to give the program administrator privileges to the computer. This helps stop unauthorized changes to your computer.†With UAC, Vista Security is more heavy-handed than the security on the very vulnerable XP. -- oscar style_emoticons/ ....Right click is your best friend... "KO" wrote: <span style="color:blue"> > Every time I want to use a certain program that I use all the time > (book-writing software; I'm a writer), I get the message that an > unidentified program wants access to my computer. I tell it to allow the > program access: that I trust the program because I know where it's from or > I've used it before. > > I don't mind answering this once, for a program installed on my computer. I > wouldn't mind having to do it more than once, if I was repeatedly accessing > something on the web, rather than something installed on the computer. I > wouldn't mind having to go in and specifically designate the program as > authorized -- either in some list (like when one designates certain sites > from which one will allow popups), or as an attribute of the program. > > What's driving me crazy is that there doesn't seem to be any way at all to > get Vista UAC to remember that I know this program! Does anyone know a way? > > </span> Quote
Guest HappyAndyK Posted July 19, 2008 Posted July 19, 2008 KO;63278 Wrote: <span style="color:blue"> > ... What's driving me crazy is that there doesn't seem to be any way at > all to get Vista UAC to remember that I know this program! Does anyone > know a way?</span> There appears to be no way of making the UAC -remember- your preferences, but check here if you'd like to 'Disable UAC for certain applications only' (http://www.winvistaclub.com/f6.html). -- HappyAndyK www.WinVistaClub.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ HappyAndyK's Profile: http://winvistaclub.com/forum/member.php?userid=4 View this thread: http://winvistaclub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15043 Quote
Guest DannyBoy Posted September 15, 2008 Posted September 15, 2008 Dear Sir: I downloaded MAILWASHER (an e-mail screening application) onto my new Windows Visa computer and I am the ONLY user (so I am also the ADMINISTRATOR) on this computer. Recently, I have begun receiving a Windows error message AFTER I close MAILWASHER which is best described as follows: USER ACCOUNT CONTROL windows needs your permission to continue (details) Registry Editor Microsoft Windows This error message DID NOT appear until last week, and no, I have long since forgotten what changes I might have made at that time which would cause this error message to begin appearing. Currently, I simply click on CONTINUE and the application concludes its closing but I would like to terminate this error message if possible. I was impressed with your answer to someone else and felt you would know about this. Thanks in advance, Dan in Texas Quote
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