UAC Notifications

[spyknee]

How do you tell W7 to recognize software so that you do not get a pop-up for the same software over and over? I did have it turned down lowest setting but you lose IE protected mode.
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[richc46]

AS far as I know the UAC setting determine if you get the pop up. That is one of the complaints about Windows 7. I, however, find it a small price to pay for the additional security.

 

[manhunter2826]

Brand new laptop here with W7 pre-installed and have to admit - despite my fears when attending this forum when I still only had my old xp laptop - I actually have no problems with UAC; like rich said, small price to pay and actually quite reassuring.

 

[pparks1]

There really isn't an option to say, "please don't notify me about this application". It would almost defeat the purpose as now that application could silently escalate at any point without you knowing about it and that could be a serious security issue for some.

 

[spyknee]

Hmmmm!
It gives a pop up about itself, when u consider...................................

 

[manhunter2826]

Brand new laptop here with W7 pre-installed and have to admit - despite my fears when attending this forum when I still only had my old xp laptop - I actually have no problems with UAC; like rich said, small price to pay and actually quite reassuring.

...and absolutely loving W7 .

 

[Victek]

How do you tell W7 to recognize software so that you do not get a pop-up for the same software over and over? I did have it turned down lowest setting but you lose IE protected mode.
ty

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Can you say what software is causing the alert? One possible cause is the software is older and wasn't written for Vista/7.

 

[Greg S]

How do you tell W7 to recognize software so that you do not get a pop-up for the same software over and over? I did have it turned down lowest setting but you lose IE protected mode.
ty

A couple of options

1) Home :: Smart UAC Replacement
This one has been slammed by security buffs as coming from a source with a semi shady past. It can be found on all the major trust worthy downloading sites. I tried it for about a week and found the latest version to be perfectly stable and quite useful. At the time of testing, I was running Malware Defender, Threatfire, MSE and Windows 7 Firewall Control Plus. Didn't observe any trickery during that time.

2) http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/11949-elevated-program-shortcut-without-uac-prompt-create.html

3) The Application Compatibility Toolkit
Selectively disable UAC for your trusted Vista applications | Microsoft Windows | TechRepublic.com

Download details: Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit

 

[spyknee]

How do you tell W7 to recognize software so that you do not get a pop-up for the same software over and over? I did have it turned down lowest setting but you lose IE protected mode.
ty

A couple of options

1) Home :: Smart UAC Replacement
This one has been slammed by security buffs as coming from a source with a semi shady past. It can be found on all the major trust worthy downloading sites. I tried it for about a week and found the latest version to be perfectly stable and quite useful. At the time of testing, I was running Malware Defender, Threatfire, MSE and Windows 7 Firewall Control Plus. Didn't observe any trickery during that time.

2) http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/11949-elevated-program-shortcut-without-uac-prompt-create.html

TY,
Now this was the type of answer I was hoping for. I believe #2 is the one for me, I just need to check it out closely before I leap. #1 Looks like software you pay for and buying W7 Ultimate was enough.
UAC triggers on itself, on two of the puters monitoring software I use which increases the boot time considerably, on the online game I play. For something that is suppose to help with web surfing protection, it interferes with non internet surfing functions.
Thanx again for a useful response.

 

[Greg S]

Number 1 is free to the best of my knowledge

How do you tell W7 to recognize software so that you do not get a pop-up for the same software over and over? I did have it turned down lowest setting but you lose IE protected mode.
ty

A couple of options

1) Home :: Smart UAC Replacement
This one has been slammed by security buffs as coming from a source with a semi shady past. It can be found on all the major trust worthy downloading sites. I tried it for about a week and found the latest version to be perfectly stable and quite useful. At the time of testing, I was running Malware Defender, Threatfire, MSE and Windows 7 Firewall Control Plus. Didn't observe any trickery during that time.

2) http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/11949-elevated-program-shortcut-without-uac-prompt-create.html

TY,
Now this was the type of answer I was hoping for. I believe #2 is the one for me, I just need to check it out closely before I leap. #1 Looks like software you pay for and buying W7 Ultimate was enough.
UAC triggers on itself, on two of the puters monitoring software I use which increases the boot time considerably, on the online game I play. For something that is suppose to help with web surfing protection, it interferes with non internet surfing functions.
Thanx again for a useful response.

 

[spyknee]

GregS or Brink,
I was able to get thru the tutorials and create the task part of the scheduler.
The icon shortcut however was another story. Typing in schd/task/tn would not work, pop up stated no such file. Using the browse button would only allow the icon to open up the subjects dir on the C drive. I also want to use this on two monitoring apps the start at windows start up??????????????????????

 

[Greg S]

GregS or Brink,
I was able to get thru the tutorials and create the task part of the scheduler.
The icon shortcut however was another story. Typing in schd/task/tn would not work, pop up stated no such file. Using the browse button would only allow the icon to open up the subjects dir on the C drive. I also want to use this on two monitoring apps the start at windows start up??????????????????????

It works for me. I also use it for apps that run in startup. Here's an example of one that is in HKLM run
E:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe /run /tn HDTune

Remember that if the task name is two words you will need to do as Brink teaches "You will need to have quotes around the name if it has spaces."
That would be around the task name. In the example above, if my task name would have been HD Tune, note the space in between HD and Tune, it would have looked like this
E:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe /run /tn "HD Tune"

 

[spyknee]

OK,
I was able to get the app to work, did not put spaces inbetween schdtask /run /tn ***.

Now I used link at the bottom for startup/logon tutorial. I still get the pop-up at windows start. Its for EVGA Precision that oc's my vid card and EasyTune6 which has temp monitoring. Any thoughts.


PS: Just had a thought, if Precision and ET6 are already in the normal startup in msconfig, and I create these tasks, is there a conflict or is that why I still got a UAC pop-up?

 

[Greg S]

OK,
I was able to get the app to work, did not put spaces inbetween schdtask/ run/ tn.

Now I used link at the bottom for startup/logon tutorial. I still get the pop-up at windows start. Its for EVGA Precision that oc's my vid card and EasyTune6 which has temp monitoring. Any thoughts.


PS: Just had a thought, if Precision and ET6 are already in the normal startup in msconfig, and I create these tasks, is there a conflict or is that why I still got a UAC pop-up?

Your thought is correct. Use only the scheduled task name that you made. This same thing happened to me the first time. I edited the original startup entry with the newly made scheduled task name

 

[spyknee]

Ok,
I got things to work as I wanted, but theres 1 rub. I use EVGA Precision to OC my vid cards and increase the fan speed. I'm not interested in having them work on demand, I want the app to maintain my profile at the same levels, at all times that machine is running, starting at boot. Now, what happens is that the app does its thing and brings on my choices at boot, like I want, but it also starts the apps GUI. I do not want the GUI to pop up, I just want my profile to run at boot. So with the scheduled boot task, I also get the GUI, if I do not make the task I get the UAC popup.
The profile runs right, how do I lose the pop-ups?
I want my cake and I want to eat it too! LOL
Do I go deeper into the EVGA folder and just use that profile I've made?

TY

 

[Greg S]

Before the task name was made by you, did this app place an entry in the registry for starting up?

Ok,
I got things to work as I wanted, but theres 1 rub. I use EVGA Precision to OC my vid cards and increase the fan speed. I'm not interested in having them work on demand, I want the app to maintain my profile at the same levels, at all times that machine is running, starting at boot. Now, what happens is that the app does its thing and brings on my choices at boot, like I want, but it also starts the apps GUI. I do not want the GUI to pop up, I just want my profile to run at boot. So with the scheduled boot task, I also get the GUI, if I do not make the task I get the UAC popup.
The profile runs right, how do I lose the pop-ups?
I want my cake and I want to eat it too! LOL
Do I go deeper into the EVGA folder and just use that profile I've made?

TY

 

[spyknee]

It has a check box on the GUI to apply settings at windows start up. I unchecked the box and unchecked it in msconfig. The profile won't start. Creating the task seems to engender just the GUI opening. I have not looked into the registry, that can be dicey. By not creating the task, I get the profile to start and the GUI does not pop-up, but of course the UAC asks about it at boot up.

 

[Greg S]

It has a check box on the GUI to apply settings at windows start up. I unchecked the box and unchecked it in msconfig. The profile won't start. Creating the task seems to engender just the GUI opening. I have not looked into the registry, that can be dicey. By not creating the task, I get the profile to start and the GUI does not pop-up, but of course the UAC asks about it at boot up.

Reason for asking is that the run command for that particular app in the registry may have switches added to the path/command. If you know what the exact syntax of that run command, you may be able to make it also work with the task name.

 

[spyknee]

Thats beyond my skill set, where to go to see some examples.

 

[Thorsen]

The only thing I can think of is to get Process Explorer.

Process Explorer

There is a Crosshairs Icon on the toolbar of this program that lets you drag to any app and see what the process is running. If the GUI process is different from the boot process, you could disable just the GUI part from running at startup. <--- I dont know if this will work for your program though. Hope that helps.