You don't need to turn off UAC to install anything. If it's able to be installed on 64bit it will...UAC doesn't have anything to do with it.
Mike On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 1:22 PM, Robert <[email protected]> wrote: > This must be the problem that I have installing older software on a Vista > 64-bit computer that I just bought. > > When I insert the application CD, a message appears that I don't have > administration rights to install the software. > > According to the MS link that you provided, the only way to install the > software is to turn off UAC if I understand it. Unfortunately, Vista Home > Premium does not provide a way to turn off UAC, so I must buy a new software > application that costs as much as the new computer. > > Is there any way to install this software? > > > > Jeff Wright wrote: > >> I thought the same thing at first, but no, you really are a standard user >> with limited rights until you elevate the user to admin rights with UAC. >> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc709691.aspx >> >> MS didn't do a very good job publicizing this aspect of Vista's security. >> Come to think of it, they didn't do a very good job publicizing *anything* >> about Vista, except how to get sued for letting the marketing trolls >> handle >> everything. >> >> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> Let her get settled in with it before you play with it, and let us >>> know how she likes it. Eventually, you'll want to go in and set her up >>> as a User, since apparently by default the owner is still inexplicably >>> an Admin. >>> >>> >> >> >> ************************************************************************* >> ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** >> ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** >> ************************************************************************* >> >> >> > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > -- Make sure you support your local CarbonONset programs! ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
