Turning Off "Cancel or Allow"

I can't figure out how to get Vista to Stop asking me if I want to run a
program that I use 100 times a day. I have it on my Allow program through
Windows firewall list. It still asks me every time I access the program.
Thanks, Darene'

Hi,

The program is trying to access/write to protected system files/folders.
Until the software is properly updated to function under Vista and use the
appdata folder under the userprofile, the prompts will continue. The
alternate solution is to disable UAC, but then you are exposing the system
to infection by any malware written to secretively take advantage of admin
rights by users that commonly run in that mode. You should just leave the
program running once started to avoid the prompts.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"news.west.cox.net" <> wrote in message
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>I can't figure out how to get Vista to Stop asking me if I want to run a
>program that I use 100 times a day. I have it on my Allow program through
>Windows firewall list. It still asks me every time I access the program.
>Thanks, Darene'

Uninstall the program in question, and re-install it as admin. Right click
on the setup.exe and choose "run as administrator" from the menu.

Kurt

"Rick Rogers" <> wrote in message
news:#x$...
> Hi,
>
> The program is trying to access/write to protected system files/folders.
> Until the software is properly updated to function under Vista and use the
> appdata folder under the userprofile, the prompts will continue. The
> alternate solution is to disable UAC, but then you are exposing the system
> to infection by any malware written to secretively take advantage of admin
> rights by users that commonly run in that mode. You should just leave the
> program running once started to avoid the prompts.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "news.west.cox.net" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>>I can't figure out how to get Vista to Stop asking me if I want to run a
>>program that I use 100 times a day. I have it on my Allow program through
>>Windows firewall list. It still asks me every time I access the program.
>>Thanks, Darene'
>

Well, its really a limitation of the program itself, since applicatons in
Windows Vista need to support the changes in the new user privileges where
applications don't run with full administrative privileges to begin with.
This is a new shift in how developers maintain and update their applications
and it will only take time and possibly new releases of certain programs to
conform to the new standard.

Read up on it:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tec...C/default.aspx

http://msinfluentials.com/blogs/jesp...really-is.aspx

http://www.jimmah.com/vista/security/uac.aspx

http://technet2.microsoft.com/Window....mspx?mfr=true
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Andre
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My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
"news.west.cox.net" <> wrote in message
news:...
>I can't figure out how to get Vista to Stop asking me if I want to run a
>program that I use 100 times a day. I have it on my Allow program through
>Windows firewall list. It still asks me every time I access the program.
>Thanks, Darene'

Won't help. Installing as admin merely gives appropriate permissions for
creating the program folder, writing to the registry, and placing files in
the system folder. It has no effect on how the program is run thereafter.
This type of issue is caused by running software that is not compliant with
the new rules in Vista. Software should run from a virtual folder in the
user profile (the %userprofile%\appdata folder) in Vista. Older software
commonly runs from a Program Files subdirectory, and this is no longer
allowed.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Kurt Herman" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> Uninstall the program in question, and re-install it as admin. Right click
> on the setup.exe and choose "run as administrator" from the menu.
>
> Kurt
>
> "Rick Rogers" <> wrote in message
> news:#x$...
>> Hi,
>>
>> The program is trying to access/write to protected system files/folders.
>> Until the software is properly updated to function under Vista and use
>> the appdata folder under the userprofile, the prompts will continue. The
>> alternate solution is to disable UAC, but then you are exposing the
>> system to infection by any malware written to secretively take advantage
>> of admin rights by users that commonly run in that mode. You should just
>> leave the program running once started to avoid the prompts.
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>>
>> "news.west.cox.net" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>>I can't figure out how to get Vista to Stop asking me if I want to run a
>>>program that I use 100 times a day. I have it on my Allow program
>>>through Windows firewall list. It still asks me every time I access the
>>>program. Thanks, Darene'
>>

Uninstall it, then reinstall it, but NOT in the default 'Program Files'
location.
Vista doesn't like programs there.
Many programs that were written Pre-Vista try to store their data with the
progam, thus in the 'Program Files' subfolder for the program..
While that makes sense, MS decided that was wrong; so they don't allow the
files in the program folder to be altered without the Nanny (UAC) asking,
are you sure, really, REALLY sure.
They claim it is for better security and malware protection.
In reality, it is a way to convince millions of people to upgrade/buy new
software so they avoid the prompts.
My programs all run, even the ones from MS, but they aren't in the 'program
files' folder.

"news.west.cox.net" <> wrote in message
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>I can't figure out how to get Vista to Stop asking me if I want to run a
>program that I use 100 times a day. I have it on my Allow program through
>Windows firewall list. It still asks me every time I access the program.
>Thanks, Darene'