Confirmation window not on top

[john3347]

When I am downloading an application and one of the (far too many)
confirmation windows opens asking me to again confirm that it was really me
that requested a certain download, the little window opens behind whatever
bigger windows happen to be open and I do not see the confirmation request.
How can I force this confirmation window to appear on top of all other
windows? (Even better yet, how can I remove it from the operating system?)

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

You can't force it, it would normally appear on top anyways, but sometimes
the z order gets screwed up by a program's installer. You just have to watch
the taskbar for those instances. By the way, it's "installing", not
"downloading" when you are running an application setup, and the simplest
way to avoid additional messages is to run setup as an administrator by
right clicking the setup file and selecting that option. If you are running
setup directly from a web download (which is something I recommend never be
done), then you will get multiple instances as it will need both permission
to run and then permission to access, create, or alter system folders and
files.

You can disable these prompts by turning off UAC from the tools tab of
msconfig, but this is not a wise move. First, it opens the system to unseen
modification by any malware that happens to manage to insinuate itself, and
defeats the entire security model built for Vista. Second, properly written
applications expect it to be there and may not install and function properly
if it's not active. Under normal runtime, those messages should be very
infrequent and only encountered mainly when installing new software or when
running an incompatible program hard-coded to use system folders (and
actually there is a method to disable it for a specific application if
needed).

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

 

[john3347]

Thank You very much. You have completely and adequately answered my
question. Just one more thing that we hate about Vista but will have to live
with if we are going to live with Vista, I guess. I am satisfied that you are
correct that it is actually during the install process, rather than download
process when this happens. Even tho I don't like the answer, I do appreciate
your answering the question for me. Thank You.

 

[Bob]

The prompts can be turned off without disabling UAC.