Not true. I searched MS library and found a way to turn off UAC
(despite the link provided by Jeff Wright which says that it can't be
done on Vista Home Basic & Premium). It's done with msconfig, or by
editing the registry. Once I turned off UAC, the software installed.
mike wrote:
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.
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