Dave,
To clarify, this is not a security hole--just a bug in UIA itself. Any
programs which rely exclusively on UIA, such as IE 9, Visual Studio
2010, the Windows Server 2008 management tools, etc will no longer
speak. Components like the Control Panel and Windows Explorer inside
Windows 7 will continue to work regardless of the EnableUIA flag.
Regards,
Steve
On 9/3/2011 2:08 PM, Dave Bahr wrote:
please forgive my ignorance, but if this line is turned off, i.e. a 1
is made a 0, what are the implications? What programs might not work
correctly? I'm just wondering if I should do this to prevent the
possible security hole as discussed in the original post?
Dave c. bahr
On 9/3/2011 8:38 AM, Stephen Clower wrote:
John,
Chris is correct that this is a bug in UIA which Microsoft has
confirmed but, as of now, have not fixed. The symptoms you describe
can occur under any flavor of Windows for which UIA is supported--
including XP. To solve it:
1. Open Window-Eyes with Control-Backslash.
2. Press Alt-F, E to open your profile folder.
3. From there, open wineyes.ini.
4. Look for the line which reads
EnableUIA=1
and change it to
EnableUIA=0
5. Save the file.
6. Restart Window-Eyes.
Regards,
Steve
On 9/3/2011 9:24 AM, John Riehl wrote:
I'm not using Windows-7; I'm using Windows xp professional. So,
logically,
it's more complicated than a Windows-7 issue.
John Riehl
-----Original Message-----
From: chris hallsworth [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2011 3:53 AM
To: John Riehl
Cc: 'gwinfo'
Subject: Re: windoweyes not letting go of programs - - a serious
problem
I know this is a major problem in Windows 7 thanks to bugs in the UIA
(UI Automation) implementation. Simply telling Window-Eyes not to
provide UIA support can solve the problem, but then it means
Window-Eyes
won't have access to parts of the operating system or even third party
programs not to work thanks to them using UIA. So it's a vicious circle
really. Either live with the bugs and hope Microsoft comes out with a
fix, or get used to the limitations after turning off UIA support. Yes
let's hope GW Micro and Microsoft can collaborate so they can fix these
bugs.
Chris Hallsworth
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On 03/09/2011 06:48, John Riehl wrote:
Hi, Everyone.
GW Micro noted several months ago that Windoweyes often does not
release
programs even when the user closes them. As I remember, the GW Micro
person who posted this on the list said it had to do with Microsoft
and
windows and was not a Windoweyes problem.
I don't recall this problem with earlier versions of Windoweyes, but,
whether this is caused by Windows, or Windoweyes, or the way
Windoweyes
interacts with Windows, or vice versa, I really really hope GW Micro
and//or Microsoft can fix this problem. I'm using XP pro with the
latest
updates and Windoweyes 7.51 and, although I close Outlook using
alt-F4,
the program is still, in fact, running. This has potentially serious
implications for -- at least theoretical -- hacking. a user may
think he
or she has closed down Outlook or another program but, in fact, the
program is still running and, again, in principle, it seems to me,
provides a wide-open path for hacking.
Obviously, the only sure to prevent this is to turn off your computer
when you're not using it, which is not always feasible.
Please, GW Micro, work with Microsoft and come out with a fix for this
issue as soon as possible!
Thanks!
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