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Author Topic: IDEA- Force Adminstrator Mode, even if Logged in as Admin  (Read 4,833 times)

catbait

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IDEA- Force Adminstrator Mode, even if Logged in as Admin
« on: February 23, 2009, 08:02 PM »
Even when I log in as an Adminstrator in Vista, there are several programs that will not install because they say I need Administrator Priviledges.  I have no clue how to fix this and would appreciate it if there was a code to disable whatever is lurking in the Register to prevent these actions.  2 programs in particular are A Lexmark driver, that shows up as an unknown device in DevMgr, and another is a PDF to Doc convertor program that I can not install.
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Re: IDEA- Force Adminstrator Mode, even if Logged in as Admin
« Reply #1 on: February 23, 2009, 11:04 PM »
For both the driver and the tool: Get updates to be Vista compatible, if none are available, switch to similar tools that are Vista compatible.

Most trouble caused by Vista is incompatible drivers.
Most trouble using/crashing Vista is caused by incompatible drivers.

What you might want to turn off is UAC (User Account Control) but then you most probably will get bitten by both statements I posted above.
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