Disable UAC

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I just disable UAC and note that some installed programs and ran smoothly
require reinstallation. Can someone advise if it is normal or there is
another configuration needed.

Thanks,

Scott
 
Scott said:
I just disable UAC and note that some installed programs and ran
smoothly require reinstallation. Can someone advise if it is normal or
there is another configuration needed.

Thanks,

Scott
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I've had UAC disabled all the way back to the 4 series betas without any
problems at all. I run three installs of Vista Ultimate (2 x32, 1 x64)
with it disabled.
Enable UAC and see if that solves the problem. Also look into the event
viewer to see whats going on.
Frank
 
Hi,

Programs designed for use in Vista may not function properly if UAC is
disabled.

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I've had UAC disabled since day one.

The ONLY thing I've EVER seen not work is installing a printer driver
for a network printer - Vista gives some spurious message about a
server not running or similar. All I did in that case was enable UAC
reboot, install the printer driver, then disable UAC and reboot.

Yesterday I installed Vista on a laptop. First thing I did, even
before activation, was disable UAC.


Jim
 
Well, if the app had virtualization applied to regkeys/files that it laid
down, disabling UAC would be like losing those registry keys/files (I
think). That virtualization is essentially a feature to allow apps that
aren't written for UAC run under UAC and it's disabled if the app marks
itself as being able to handle the truth :). So if you have an app that
isn't written for UAC, it could exhibit these symptoms.

HTH,
 
Interesting. So, I guess, this would be everything that shows up here (which
includes Money 2007, interestingly enough):
\Users\Username\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files

So those apps should be uninstalled before disabling UAC?

Any other areas to check?

James Finnigan said:
Well, if the app had virtualization applied to regkeys/files that it laid
down, disabling UAC would be like losing those registry keys/files (I
think). That virtualization is essentially a feature to allow apps that
aren't written for UAC run under UAC and it's disabled if the app marks
itself as being able to handle the truth :). So if you have an app that
isn't written for UAC, it could exhibit these symptoms.

HTH,
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Scott said:
I just disable UAC and note that some installed programs and ran smoothly
require reinstallation. Can someone advise if it is normal or there is
another configuration needed.

Thanks,

Scott
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I would try running the programs to see how it goes, after disabling UAC,
rather than uninstalling them. In most cases, your programs will continue
to work, but you may have to reconfigure personal settings, etc., within
each program, because it may appear that your programs "forgot" your
settings. It might return to the default settings of the programs. It will
remember your settings, again, but not store the information in
Users\Username\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files, but create,
probably, a new User data folder under the Users\Username\AppData\Local
folder.

Milhouse Van Houten said:
Interesting. So, I guess, this would be everything that shows up here
(which includes Money 2007, interestingly enough):
\Users\Username\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files

So those apps should be uninstalled before disabling UAC?

Any other areas to check?

James Finnigan said:
Well, if the app had virtualization applied to regkeys/files that it laid
down, disabling UAC would be like losing those registry keys/files (I
think). That virtualization is essentially a feature to allow apps that
aren't written for UAC run under UAC and it's disabled if the app marks
itself as being able to handle the truth :). So if you have an app that
isn't written for UAC, it could exhibit these symptoms.

HTH,
--
James Finnigan [MSFT] ( http://blogs.msdn.com/jamesfi )
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights. Use of included script samples are subject to the terms specified
at http://www.microsoft.com/info/cpyright.htm.

Scott said:
I just disable UAC and note that some installed programs and ran smoothly
require reinstallation. Can someone advise if it is normal or there is
another configuration needed.

Thanks,

Scott
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