User access control (UAC) annoyance

[Guest Neil Jones]

Hi,

 

I have Vista Ultimate on my laptop. All the tools and software packages

are have been installed on my system for a while and are running fine.

 

Yesterday, I have upgraded a tool called "Quick Media Converter". I

like this tool, however, everytime I invoke this program I get the "User

Access Control" window prompting for the administrator's password. None

of the other applications have this issue.

 

Is there anyway I can install this program with user lever permissions

to avoid this annoying prompt? Please let me know if there is another

way to stop this UAC window for this application(i.e. without disabling

the UAC)?

 

Thank you in advance.

 

NJ

[Guest Steve Thackery]

> Yesterday, I have upgraded a tool called "Quick Media Converter". I<span style="color:blue">

> like this tool, however, everytime I invoke this program I get the "User

> Access Control" window prompting for the administrator's password. None

> of the other applications have this issue.</span>

 

It looks like a really good program. However, I think you're getting UAC

prompts because it isn't properly Vista compatible.

 

I've got a couple of programs which generate a UAC prompt. Firstly, are you

sure this is such a problem? All it requires is a single tap on the Enter

key, or a single mouse click. I find it too trivial to worry about.

 

Having said that, there is something you can do:

 

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/162976-bypass-uac.html

 

It's a bit of a kludge, but works.

 

Or there's this:

 

http://www.nortonlabs.com/inthelab/uac.php

 

SteveT

[Guest Neil Jones]

Steve Thackery wrote:<span style="color:blue"><span style="color:green">

>> Yesterday, I have upgraded a tool called "Quick Media Converter". I

>> like this tool, however, everytime I invoke this program I get the "User

>> Access Control" window prompting for the administrator's password. None

>> of the other applications have this issue.</span>

>

> It looks like a really good program. However, I think you're getting

> UAC prompts because it isn't properly Vista compatible.

>

> I've got a couple of programs which generate a UAC prompt. Firstly, are

> you sure this is such a problem? All it requires is a single tap on

> the Enter key, or a single mouse click. I find it too trivial to worry

> about.

> </span>

 

??? What do you mean "single tap on the Enter key"?

 

If I do not enter the Administrator password the application will not

start. It is only this application that has the problem. All other

application do not prompt me for a password unless I exclusively

initiate the "Run as Administrator" option. The older version of this

same software was working fine. It is not an application that I use it

heavily. However, that one application prompts me for admin password

while others are working fine, is what bothering me.

 

NJ

[Guest Steve Thackery]

> ??? What do you mean "single tap on the Enter key"?

 

Ah, I'm sorry - I misread your post. If you make your account an

administrator, the UAC prompt only requires the single key tap. As a normal

user, you must enter the admin password.

 

My bad. Still, the workarounds I gave are still valid.

 

Incidentally, I would be very tempted to discuss this with the author of the

application - they may not have tested it on Vista, and might be grateful

for the feedback.

 

SteveT

[Guest Rick Rogers]

Hi,

 

The below link will describe how to do what you are asking:

http://www.vista4beginners.com/Disable-UAC...in-applications

 

The problem occurs because the application is not conforming to the

parameters established for software running in a Vista installation. This

needs to be brought to the attention of the software vendor as they need to

rewrite it to be within specifications.

 

--

Best of Luck,

 

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

 

"Neil Jones" <castellan2004-nschap@remove-this.yahoo.com> wrote in message

news:%23NTc7oCYJHA.2068@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...<span style="color:blue">

> Hi,

>

> I have Vista Ultimate on my laptop. All the tools and software packages

> are have been installed on my system for a while and are running fine.

>

> Yesterday, I have upgraded a tool called "Quick Media Converter". I

> like this tool, however, everytime I invoke this program I get the "User

> Access Control" window prompting for the administrator's password. None

> of the other applications have this issue.

>

> Is there anyway I can install this program with user lever permissions

> to avoid this annoying prompt? Please let me know if there is another

> way to stop this UAC window for this application(i.e. without disabling

> the UAC)?

>

> Thank you in advance.

>

> NJ </span>