UAC prevents Media Player starting

G

Guest

Media player will not start unless I turn off UAC, which I don't want to do.
With UAC on, I must right click the quick launch icon for media player and
choose "run as administrator" or MP won't start. I must also run IE by right
click & "run as admin" or I lose some functions. This is a new problem and
only occurs on the administrator side of the computer. My wife's "user"
account works find. If I turn off UAC everything works fine. I have been
searching this problem for a short time now, & I have found a number of
people with this same problem. This is a new install of Home Premium. Thanks
in advance for any help.
 
Z

zachd [MSFT]

WMP should be UAC compliant, so this initially smells strongly like a third
party addition. Did you by chance install any new codecs or filters
recently? What are the results of WMP's Help:About:Technical Support
Information menu tool?
 
G

Guest

No new codecs or filters I'm aware of. Office 2007, Halo 2.
Help/about/tech =

Windows Media Player
Version 11.0.6000.6324
Operating System
Version: 6.0.6000 System Locale: en-US
Service Pack: 0.0 User Locale: en-US
Build Lab: 6000.vista_rtm.061101-2205 Geo ID: United States
Type: Workstation DRM Version: 11.0.6000.6324
Architecture: x86 Indiv Version: 2.5.0.0
Processors: 2

Media Player Binaries
Name Version Name Version Name Version
wmp.dll 11.0.6000.6324 wmlaunch.exe 11.0.6000.6324 wmpshell.dll
11.0.6000.6324
wmplayer.exe 11.0.6000.6324 wmpband.dll 11.0.6000.6324 wmpsyncmgr.dll
11.0.6000.6324
wmploc.dll 11.0.6000.6324 wmpcm.dll 11.0.6000.6324 wmpconfig.exe
11.0.6000.6324
wmpps.dll 11.0.6000.6324 mpvis.dll 11.0.6000.6324 wmvcore.dll 11.0.6000.6324
wmpeffects.dll 11.0.6000.6324 wmpdxm.dll 11.0.6000.6324 mf.dll 11.0.6000.6324

Other Binaries
Name Version Name Version Name Version
drmv2clt.dll 11.0.6000.6324 dhcpcsvc.DLL 6.0.6000.16386 Secur32.dll
6.0.6000.16386
msnetobj.dll 11.0.6000.6324 IPHLPAPI.DLL 6.0.6000.16386 iertutil.dll
7.0.6000.16386
MSVCR80.dll 8.0.50727.762 SSDPAPI.dll 6.0.6000.16386 Normaliz.dll
6.0.6000.16386
MSOXMLMF.DLL 12.0.4518.1014 WINHTTP.dll 6.0.6000.16386 WININET.dll
7.0.6000.16448
wmpnssci.dll 11.0.6000.6324 upnp.dll 6.0.6000.16386 SXS.DLL 6.0.6000.16386
pnrpnsp.dll 6.0.6000.16386 FirewallAPI.dll 6.0.6000.16386 rsaenh.dll
6.0.6000.16386
napinsp.dll 6.0.6000.16386 mswmdm.dll 11.0.6000.6324 jscript.dll 5.7.0.6000
winrnr.dll 6.0.6000.16386 mcicda.dll 6.0.6000.16386 CLBCatQ.DLL
2001.12.6930.16386
rasadhlp.dll 6.0.6000.16386 midimap.dll 6.0.6000.16386 gdiplus.dll
5.2.6000.16386
NLAapi.dll 6.0.6000.16386 MSACM32.dll 6.0.6000.16386 dwmapi.dll
6.0.6000.16386
sensapi.dll 6.0.6000.16386 msacm32.drv 6.0.6000.16386 dbghelp.dll
6.0.6000.16386
schannel.dll 6.0.6000.16386 imagehlp.dll 6.0.6000.16386 SHELL32.dll
6.0.6000.16386
credssp.dll 6.0.6000.16386 MSASN1.dll 6.0.6000.16386 OLEACC.dll 4.2.5406.0
rtutils.dll 6.0.6000.16386 CRYPT32.dll 6.0.6000.16425 WINMM.dll
6.0.6000.16386
TAPI32.dll 6.0.6000.16386 WINTRUST.dll 6.0.6000.16386 MSVFW32.dll
6.0.6000.16386
NETAPI32.dll 6.0.6000.16386 ksuser.dll 6.0.6000.16386 VERSION.dll
6.0.6000.16386
rasman.dll 6.0.6000.16386 wdmaud.drv 6.0.6000.16386 OLEAUT32.dll
6.0.6000.16386
RASAPI32.dll 6.0.6000.16386 thumbcache.dll 6.0.6000.16386 SHLWAPI.dll
6.0.6000.16386
slc.dll 6.0.6000.16386 MFPlat.DLL 11.0.6000.6324 COMCTL32.dll 6.10.6000.16386
upnphost.dll 6.0.6000.16386 audioeng.dll 6.0.6000.16386 ole32.dll
6.0.6000.16386
wmdmps.dll 11.0.6000.6324 audioses.dll 6.0.6000.16386 AVRT.dll 6.0.6000.16386
PortableDeviceApi.dll 6.0.6000.16386 MMDevApi.dll 6.0.6000.16386 uxtheme.dll
6.0.6000.16386
PortableDeviceTypes.dll 6.0.6000.16386 SAMLIB.dll 6.0.6000.16386 USP10.dll
1.626.6000.16386
msxml3.dll 8.90.1002.0 PSAPI.DLL 6.0.6000.16386 LPK.DLL 6.0.6000.16386
wpdsp.dll 6.0.6000.16386 NSI.dll 6.0.6000.16386 msvcrt.dll 7.0.6000.16386
shdocvw.dll 6.0.6000.16386 WS2_32.dll 6.0.6000.16386 MSCTF.dll 6.0.6000.16386
wship6.dll 6.0.6000.16386 WLDAP32.dll 6.0.6000.16386 IMM32.DLL 6.0.6000.16386
wshtcpip.dll 6.0.6000.16386 NTMARTA.DLL 6.0.6000.16386 GDI32.dll
6.0.6000.16386
mswsock.dll 6.0.6000.16386 PROPSYS.dll 6.0.6000.16386 USER32.dll
6.0.6000.16438
apphelp.dll 6.0.6000.16386 USERENV.dll 6.0.6000.16386 RPCRT4.dll
6.0.6000.16386
cewmdm.dll 11.0.6000.6324 SETUPAPI.dll 6.0.6000.16386 ADVAPI32.dll
6.0.6000.16386
dhcpcsvc6.DLL 6.0.6000.16386 MSIMG32.dll 6.0.6000.16386 kernel32.dll
6.0.6000.16386
WINNSI.DLL 6.0.6000.16386 urlmon.dll 7.0.6000.16386 ntdll.dll 6.0.6000.16386
DNSAPI.dll 6.0.6000.16386 WMASF.DLL 11.0.6000.6324

Audio Codecs
Type Name Format Binary Version
ACM Microsoft IMA ADPCM CODEC 0011 imaadp32.acm 6.0.6000.16386
ACM Microsoft CCITT G.711 A-Law and u-Law CODEC 0007 msg711.acm
6.0.6000.16386
ACM Microsoft GSM 6.10 Audio CODEC 0031 msgsm32.acm 6.0.6000.16386
ACM Microsoft ADPCM CODEC 0002 msadp32.acm 6.0.6000.16386
ACM Fraunhofer IIS MPEG Layer-3 Codec (decode only) 0055 l3codeca.acm
1.9.0.401
ACM Microsoft PCM Converter 0001
DMO WMAudio Decoder DMO 0160, 0161, 0162, 0163 WMADMOD.DLL 11.0.6000.6324
DMO WMAPro over S/PDIF DMO 0162 WMADMOD.DLL 11.0.6000.6324
DMO WMSpeech Decoder DMO 000A, 000B WMSPDMOD.DLL 11.0.6000.6324
DMO MP3 Decoder DMO 0055 mp3dmod.dll 11.0.6000.6324

Video Codecs
Type Name Format Binary Version
ICM Microsoft RLE MRLE msrle32.dll 6.0.6000.16386
ICM Microsoft Video 1 MSVC msvidc32.dll 6.0.6000.16386
ICM Microsoft YUV UYVY msyuv.dll 6.0.6000.16386
ICM Intel IYUV codec IYUV iyuv_32.dll 6.0.6000.16386
ICM Toshiba YUV Codec Y411 tsbyuv.dll 6.0.6000.16386
ICM Cinepak Codec by Radius cvid iccvid.dll 1.10.0.12
DMO Mpeg4s Decoder DMO mp4s, MP4S, m4s2, M4S2 mp4sdecd.dll 11.0.6000.6324
DMO WMV Screen decoder DMO MSS1, MSS2 wmvsdecd.dll 11.0.6000.6324
DMO WMVideo Decoder DMO WMV1, WMV2, WMV3, WMVP, WVP2, WMVR, WMVA, WVC1
wmvdecod.dll 11.0.6000.6324
DMO Mpeg43 Decoder DMO mp43, MP43 mp43decd.dll 11.0.6000.6324
DMO Mpeg4 Decoder DMO MPG4, mpg4, mp42, MP42 mpg4decd.dll 11.0.6000.6324

MPEG/DVD Filters
Type Name Binary Version
video Microsoft MPEG-2 Video Decoder msmpeg2vdec.dll 11.0.5840.6324
video CBVA DMO wrapper filter cbva.dll 6.0.6000.16386
audio Microsoft MPEG-1/DD Audio Decoder msmpeg2adec.dll 11.0.5840.6324

Plug-ins
None Found

Services
Name Key Binary Version
Audible.com Audible
eMusic emusic
Live365 Radio Network Live365
Media Guide MediaGuide
MIXPLAY MIXPLAY_USA
Movielink MovieLink
MusicGiants HD Music Store MusicGiants
Napster Napster
PassAlong Music Store PassAlong
PayPlay.FM Music Downloads PayPlay.FM
Puretracks.com Puretracks
SongTouch SongTouch
URGE MTVN
V CAST Music VCastMusic
VidZone VidZone
XM Radio Online XMRadio

Content Partner
None Found
 
G

Guest

Zachd,
I had installed a webcam that did't work correctly, then I uninstalled it.
Apparently it left something. I just did a system restore from a restore
point I manually made prior to the cam installation. Everything seems fine
again. What a relief. My next step would have been to turn off UAC as it was
a real pain having to start things by right click and run as admin. I was
beginning to think I had made a mistake by getting Vista instead of XP on the
new PC, but I feel better now. Thanks.
 

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