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Arthur Dent
Okay... so i'm running with UAC enabled now (actually always was, just
changed from no-prompt to prompt)...
Now, i have two funny little quirks to pick on, and maybe someone knows why,
or how to fix these.
1st, just a silly quirk. ... I have two shortcuts - one to Sql Server 2005
Management Console, and one to PL/SQL Developer (an ORACLE developer tool).
Both programs have problems when running in limited mode, and need to be
elevated to function properly.
On both shortcuts, i right-clicked and propertied them. I clicked "Open file
location...". Then i right-clicked on the actual exe files, clicked
properties, and on the "Compatibility" tab i turned on "Run this program as
an administrator".
Now the weird thing. When i click the shortcuts (in the startmenu)... both
of them prompt me to run them as administrator, as expected. HOWEVER --- Sql
Server prompts me with a UAC standard "dialog box" with traditional buttons
of "Continue" and "Cancel", where as plsqldev prompts me with a UAC "task
pane" (those NEW 'dialog boxes' introduced with Vista) with the options of
"Cancel" and "Allow".
Can anyone explain to me why two exes, with UAC-configuration exactly the
same, prompt me with two different interfaces??
2nd, why for some actions, does UAC prompt you for elevation, but for other
actions, it FIRST prompts you and says "You will be prompted for this,
continue?" and then when you say yes, it prompts you AGAIN... with the
_real_ prompt? Why the double-prompt in some instances??
cheers all, and thanks for the info.
- Arthur Dent.
changed from no-prompt to prompt)...
Now, i have two funny little quirks to pick on, and maybe someone knows why,
or how to fix these.
1st, just a silly quirk. ... I have two shortcuts - one to Sql Server 2005
Management Console, and one to PL/SQL Developer (an ORACLE developer tool).
Both programs have problems when running in limited mode, and need to be
elevated to function properly.
On both shortcuts, i right-clicked and propertied them. I clicked "Open file
location...". Then i right-clicked on the actual exe files, clicked
properties, and on the "Compatibility" tab i turned on "Run this program as
an administrator".
Now the weird thing. When i click the shortcuts (in the startmenu)... both
of them prompt me to run them as administrator, as expected. HOWEVER --- Sql
Server prompts me with a UAC standard "dialog box" with traditional buttons
of "Continue" and "Cancel", where as plsqldev prompts me with a UAC "task
pane" (those NEW 'dialog boxes' introduced with Vista) with the options of
"Cancel" and "Allow".
Can anyone explain to me why two exes, with UAC-configuration exactly the
same, prompt me with two different interfaces??
2nd, why for some actions, does UAC prompt you for elevation, but for other
actions, it FIRST prompts you and says "You will be prompted for this,
continue?" and then when you say yes, it prompts you AGAIN... with the
_real_ prompt? Why the double-prompt in some instances??
cheers all, and thanks for the info.
- Arthur Dent.