Is this just a problem with my pc or all pcs with Vista?

[michaels]

I can't count all the programs that will not run when I click on the icon or from the start>programs menu unless I right-click and select run as administrator.

 

[JonnyBlaze]

i turned off UAC so i dont have that problem. yeah, i know its the best thing about vista etc...

not to me. i never had any security / virus problems with xp or 2k so im not worried about it.

 

[michaels]

Where do I turn that off?

 

[Smilin]

Originally posted by: michaels
I can't count all the programs that will not run when I click on the icon or from the start>programs menu unless I right-click and select run as administrator.

Was this a serious question you wanted an answer to?

I currently have two apps that run like this and both leverage kernel mode drivers (network monitor and a proprietary app).

I have ~30 other apps on the system not counting all the builtin stuff.

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: michaels
I can't count all the programs that will not run when I click on the icon or from the start>programs menu unless I right-click and select run as administrator.

Did you do an upgrade or clean install of Vista? (e.g. are these programs carried forward from your XP install, or are they clean installs). I'm defiantely not having that issue, UAC barely pops up now that the machine is configured.

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: michaels
Where do I turn that off?

Control Panel > User Accounts > Turn User Account Control on or off

 

[stash]

Friends don't let friends run crappy apps.

 

[michaels]

Originally posted by: bsobel

Originally posted by: michaels
I can't count all the programs that will not run when I click on the icon or from the start>programs menu unless I right-click and select run as administrator.

Did you do an upgrade or clean install of Vista? (e.g. are these programs carried forward from your XP install, or are they clean installs). I'm defiantely not having that issue, UAC barely pops up now that the machine is configured.

It is the upgrade version but I did the clean install trick

 

[Theb]

Visual Studio is the only program I've had that problem with.

 

[SoundTheSurrender]

Originally posted by: stash
Friends don't let friends run crappy operating systems like Windows Vista.

Woops 😛

 

[lxskllr]

Originally posted by: SoundTheSurrender

Originally posted by: stash
Friends don't let friends run crappy operating systems like Windows Vista.

Woops 😛

I'm glad I didn't get the Vista Crap Edition. Business Edition has been working very well for me though 😉

 

[stash]

Originally posted by: SoundTheSurrender

Originally posted by: stash
Friends don't let friends run crappy operating systems like Windows Vista.

Woops 😛

How original 🙂

 

[Nothinman]

Friends don't let friends run crappy apps.

Sadly on Windows that's hard to avoid...

 

[pcgeek11]

I'm in the boat with most here, I have no Admin prompts except for Speedfan Monitor application.

pcgeek11

 

[Smilin]

Originally posted by: pcgeek11
I'm in the boat with most here, I have no Admin prompts except for Speedfan Monitor application.

pcgeek11

Yep, things like this will very likely need to run as admin until app developers get a feel for how to write things in Vista. Anything that needs to touch a driver (some sort of mobo specific one in this case) or other kernel mode component will get blocked by UAC just the way you would want it to.

If it's an application that doesn't or shouldn't be touching kernel mode and it won't run without admin then it is indeed a crappy, and possibly dangerous app.