Yes, user account control is a standard in windows vista and windows 7. However, it can be turned off. Hth.
----- Original Message ----- From: Carol and Roger <[email protected]> To: Tyler Juranek <[email protected]>, [email protected] Date: Thursday, Apr 7, 2011 6:17:25 Subject: Re: WE 7.5 Upgrade very. Clean Install > > > In response to this message, I would like to say that I am using McAfee > and I rarely have been asked anything about installation for new > programs. Of course, I almost always get the user account control, but I > thought that was a Windows thing, not antivirus. > > Carol > > > On 4/7/2011 7:03 AM, Tyler Juranek wrote: > > Hmmm. > > You'd think that on a clean install, and or a downloaded upgrade, there > > would be a dialog from your antivirus program asking you if you want to > > install the software. > > If its a clean install, and the dialog doesn't speak, most of the time > > it's either ault a or ault you. > > However, this thread just keeps me wondering about something like this. > > Have a nice day. > > Tyler > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: sandra fouts<[email protected]> > > To: "Tom Fairhurst"<[email protected]>,<[email protected]> > > Date: Thursday, Apr 7, 2011 0:17:50 > > Subject: Re: WE 7.5 Upgrade very. Clean Install > > > >ar > >ar > >ar > >ar Actually, it's usually there but seems to be missing. You know, it > >might also be something with my comcast settings. I may want to check them > >and their security stuff and see what is on here. I may also do that > >tomorrow. I just very recently changed to them. In fact, less than a > >month ago. I didn't think about that at first. > >ar ----- Original Message ----- > >ar From: Tom Fairhurst > >ar To: [email protected] > >ar Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2011 10:57 PM > >ar Subject: Re: WE 7.5 Upgrade very. Clean Install > >ar > >ar > >ar I've followed this thread and have one more thought. Look in the system > >tray and see if Norton is there. Right click on it and see what options you > >have. You may be able to temporarily disable it. Otherwise, I agree with > >others that Norton does not have a good reputation for use with screen > >readers, and, I am told, their tech support is not very helpful. I would > >suggest using another program. Good luck. > >ar ----- Original Message ----- > >ar From: sandra fouts > >ar To: Donald E. Bowen, Jr. be [email protected] > >ar Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2011 6:59 PM > >ar Subject: Re: WE 7.5 Upgrade very. Clean Install > >ar > >ar > >ar Thanks. I may try it tomorrow. Have I have a thought. People have > >suggested I disable Norton, my anti virus program before I uninstall > >wind-eyes and re install window-eyes. Well, That's the problem, I can't > >acces Norton. Norton will work in the background, but if I open it up, it > >locks up. And it's not in any of the new windowes files. Plus the other > >day, when it lockup I closed WE and started narrator and was still locked > >up. I might try closing window-eyes, then starting narrator, and after > >try starting norton and see what it does. But still how do I disable Any > >ideas? Thanks again. Ori > >ar From: Donald E. Bowen, Jr. > >ar To: [email protected] > >ar Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2011 6:35 PM > >ar Subject: WE 7.5 Upgrade very. Clean Install > >ar > >ar > >ar Hi, > >ar > >ar The question was recently posted wherein a user asked if a clean install > >was better than an upgrade. > >ar > >ar I downloaded and installed the 7.5 upgrade on my Windows 7 SP 1 32 bit WE > >7.2 machine back on march 16 and found myself wishing I had not done so. > >Not for any specific reason, just overall sluggishness and poor response > >all around. > >ar > >ar The CD arrived via Fedex this past Saturday. I put it in the desk drawer > >and wondered if I could get a refund. > >ar > >ar Well, this morning, after three consecutive wineyes.exe crashes, I > >decided to completely uninstall and do the proverbial "clean installation". > >ar > >ar First odd thing I noticed was that during the uninstall my backup screen > >reader announced Window Eyes 7.11 uninstall in progress. As mentioned > >before, I had already done the 7.5 upgrade. > >ar > >ar After completely uninstalling and a couple reboots "just to be sure", I > >installed 7.5 from the CD. > >ar > >ar The difference is quite remarkable. Everything working now the way I > >would expect. > >ar > >ar One odd note: After the 7.5 installation completed, including the > >installation of default apps, the WE Quick start did not launch. I went to > >the Apps menu and, finding no Apps in the list, opened the App Manager, > >where I found every app stopped and marked as untrusted. I tabbed to the > >Security button and checked the boxes indicating I trusted the Apps and they > >all started working, including the Quick Start App, which whisked me through > >the settings covered by this handy little app. Then I went to download my > >two favorite apps, Winamp and Hourly Chime and received notices that these > >apps were not from trusted sources. Of course I indicated that I did trust > >the sources and the two apps installed and work quite well. > >ar > >ar While this one case study is certainly not conclusive evidence that a > >clean install is better than an upgrade, it sure worked for me and made me > >glad I bought the upgrade. > >ar > >ar Well, enough rambling. Time to get to work! > >ar > >ar > >ar Donald E. 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