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Hi, InstallShield One click installation does not work on Windows 7. When the user opens the installation url with IE 8, the following message is displayed : "Do you want to allow the following program to make changes to this computer?" After pressing "yes", error message is displayed "Setup...

I was having a problem upgrading from Adobe CS3 to CS4 so I downloaded and ran MS cleanup as suggested. The first thing I noticed was that half my desktop Icons were missing, the programs are there and work but all the icons that were in the \**\install\* dir were gone. The second thing I...

Hi, Ive pretty much exhausted every option to try and fix this and I hope someone here can help me. I have recently installed some windows 7 operating systems onto our company Domain. The Domain consists of primarily XP PCs and a few Vista Machines. On ALL the installations of Windows 7 the...

Not sure if this has been addressed fully on this forum but Ive been trying to delete previous windows files on various drives and running into a lot of problems. Now before somebody tells me to google this and search on it as there are many threads on this throughout, I have tried everything...

I've got Windows 7 Pro. This morning I installed Malware Bytes Antimalware. It opens when I boot the system but UAC apparently is stopping it from running in realtime. I have to double click the tray icon then allow it in UAC to get it to run realtime. How can I set UAC to allow this at startup...

With the introduction of Windows Vista, a new type of security feature was added to Windows called User Account Control. User Account Control prommpts the user any time a serious change may be made to the computer. If an application requires administrator privileges, or is even asked to run, a...

I know that you don't have admin rights with Windows 7 dispite being discribed as one, and being listed as one, and even have all the abilities. That's like being the CEO of a company, yet you have to ask the mail boys permission to do anything. I'm quite tired of answering 20 questions, I'm...

Okay... I thought I was tad bit smarter than what I am finding out. I am desperately hoping someone can help me out. I HAVE THREE THINGS (sigh!) 1) Can someone tell me how to disable my UAC Administrator? I am the only person who uses my computer and I am frustrated with constantly...

Hello there, I'm not quite sure where to put this thread but at some point I'm having issues with my Win7Ultimate x64 Some zip files that contain .exe files for an example New_EFS_Tool.zip that contains "New EFS- Normal.exe" and "New EFS- Silent.exe" These two files are being blocked by...

Hi all, Been using Win7 since beta. However, i just now installed it at work and this is the first time i'm using win7 joined to a domain. I assuming being joined to a domain is what's causing the problem. The problem being that each time the UAC prompt comes up, i dont just get a yes/no...

I use a backkup program in which I have setup a schedule to start every 7 days or at startup if not done. The problem is it does not work if the computer is unatended due to the User Account Control poping up to ask if you want to allow the program to make changes. Is there any way this can be...

Hi all! I´ve recently instaled Windows 7 (x86) on an a bit ancient Toshiba Satellite M30 (single core 1500mhz, 512mb ram, and geforce fx go5200). Its fast and stable, besides the lack of raw power and memory. With a little tweaking i could get the Aero working (amazingly did not slow down...

I recently tried to run a game with some mods after installing window 7 x64.. but it keeps crashing.. at first i thought it was just because the mods aren't compatible than i tried running a trainer.. again the game crashes the second i input a command from the trainer example: hit F7 for...

Hi, i want to remote shutdown my htpc pc (after backup via scheduled task). if I run the shutdown command i get C:\Users\toetie>shutdown -s -m \\toetie-htpc -t 0 toetie-htpc: Access is denied.(5) if I disable uac on my htpc it works ( but i don't want to disable it ) if I try to change the...

Everytime I try to open safari it send me the UAC message, I click yes but it still comes back. How do i make it so safari gets through. WITHOUTshutting UAC off

Hey I recently bought Windows 7 Home Premium and I've been getting the following error from time to time when I try to install programs on my computer. "The system administrator has set policies to prevent this installation" I only have one user on this computer and that user has...

Two identical issues: 1) Whenever I open a FTP program and try to copy a file from the server to my computer, my FTP program says it failed to open the file location for writing.... however if I close the FTP program and re-open it by right-clicking and 'Run as Administrator', then try to copy...

Hi, I was wondering if anyone would be able to help me with my big problem. I recently bought a used but referbished computer and after I tried it out and when to download a program, the program once downloaded would not install. The UAC control would come up on some programs then go away after...

I've been having this problem since I did my in-place upgrade from Vista to Windows 7 back in October. Pharos is a network printing system used by many college and universities, which provides print-to-pay services. For mobile printing from a laptop, the software has to be installed along with...

I have a very bizarre problem with a hidden folder. I'm running Windows 7 Ultimate x64. Here's what happened: In my web browser, I saved a jpg, and in the save file dialog box I created a new folder C:\windows\Backgrounds and saved the jpg there. When I went to look for the folder in explorer it...