Compressing directories - security issue

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When compressing directories in RC1 (actually I had seen this same behavior sometimes in Vista) with some directories it works, with others I get a message saying I will need to provide administrator credentials (my account is the administrator account!) and I should click to continue, but when i do so it does not ask me for any account info and the compress process fails. This is obviously not a showstopping issue, but since I saw it also with vista I figure it is probably a known problem.... any thoughts?

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Bob
 

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abuhannibal said:
When compressing directories in RC1 (actually I had seen this same behavior sometimes in Vista) with some directories it works, with others I get a message saying I will need to provide administrator credentials (my account is the administrator account!) and I should click to continue, but when i do so it does not ask me for any account info and the compress process fails. This is obviously not a showstopping issue, but since I saw it also with vista I figure it is probably a known problem.... any thoughts?

Thanks,

Bob
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It sounds to me like you're getting the standard UAC prompt to "Continue or Cancel". Chances are, if you password protected your current account, create a limited user account, and then tried this operation from within the limited user account, the UAC prompt will include a password entry box.

Other than that, "Continue or Cancel" on an Administrator account is normal behaviour in most cases, such as performing an operation that could be disastrous to the system stability, or attampting to access or modify a locked or in use file...
 

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Thanks for the quick reply - the problem is that when I do this with an administrator account and click "continue", it doesn't. :)
 

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Thanks for the quick reply - the problem is that when I do this with an administrator account and click "continue", it doesn't. :)
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because you ARE the admin.. 7 and vista assumed you know what you are doing when u are the admin account..
you received a UAC prompt it will only prompt for the password of an admin
if yu don't have rights to the files or it you ARNT logged into the admin account

i don't see any security issues.. because if you didn't start a proses you would likely know it.. and select stop on the UAC prompt..
 

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abuhannibal said:
When compressing directories in RC1 with some directories it works, with others I get a message saying I will need to provide administrator credentials and I should click to continue, but when i do so it does not ask me for any account info and the compress process fails. This is obviously not a showstopping issue, but since I saw it also with vista I figure it is probably a known problem.... any thoughts?

Thanks,
Bob
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Its not a security issue, It doesn't prompt for your credentials because you are already an admin, your being prompted for administrative access because the files your compressing must either have no access or limited access by the "users" group thus the prompt.

Since it fails immediately after granting access then I suggest resetting the file/folder security first ;)

Steven
 
Thanks to both of you, good idea. :)

As I said, it's not a big deal, if anything it just stuck out at me because in general I am finding RC1`to be very stable and bug-free so far.

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happy to help u are quite welcome :)
 

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Guys,

No joy, it would not let me change security on the directory and gave the same error when i created a separate administrator account... just says administrator credentials have to be supplied but doesn't let me do so, and then fails to change security...

As I said, this is not a critical problem...
 

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Guys,

No joy, it would not let me change security on the directory and gave the same error when i created a separate administrator account... just says administrator credentials have to be supplied but doesn't let me do so, and then fails to change security...

As I said, this is not a critical problem...
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You failed to mention earlier, and perhaps we should have asked, but which files or folders are you trying to compress?
 

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Various, but including some in program files and program data... could this be why they won't compress? I do make sure no apps have the files open.
 

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abuhannibal said:
Various, but including some in program files and program data... could this be why they won't compress? I do make sure no apps have the files open.
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try picking one of the files and try compressing JUST it..
 

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PS: I really am entirely comfortable leaving this as a mystery until the final version comes out.... but I thank you for your help in any case!

-- Bob
 

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abuhannibal said:
PS: I really am entirely comfortable leaving this as a mystery until the final version comes out.... but I thank you for your help in any case!

-- Bob
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you are more then welcome.. thats what a community for for :)..

u could try upgrading to one of the builds that leaked after 7100
and see if the issue is fixed in one of the later builds..
 

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Thanks and I will upgrade to a a later build ASAP. But at the same time I wanna say, as someone who has criticized Vista bitterly, that if this is the biggest problem they have with 7, they aren't doing badly at all.

Anyway I will try compressing one file and let you know what happens...
 

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Thanks and I will upgrade to a a later build ASAP. But at the same time I wanna say, as someone who has criticized Vista bitterly, that if this is the biggest problem they have with 7, they aren't doing badly at all.

Anyway I will try compressing one file and let you know what happens...
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you are welcome again.. o just FYI RC users CAN upgrade to finial RTM
as long as its activated..

cept RC 1 will be put into windowsold folder just like an XP upgrade..
but you CAN use windows file transfer to git most if not ALL you settings and installed things back..


and i know what you mean they are doing DAMN good.. go Balmer xD

let us know how it gose :)
 

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