UAC question WIndows 7 x64

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I installed several of my XP applications on my Win7 system. Is there any way to get the programs to run without UAC popping up and saying "Do you want to let this program mess with your junk, Yo!"?

Running as administrator and as compatible to XP doesn't help. They run but I still get the pop-up box.

I would like to get Acronis and other programs to run unattended without having to completely turn off UAC. Is that possible?
 
To my knowledge, no. You can't flag applications as being always safe, so you cannot bypass UAC prompts.
 
Like others have said the answer is no.

You could try loading up XP Mode and running the programs through that. Acronis though probably wouldn't do what you want it to.

Do newer versions of Acronis require admin rights under Vista/7 to do its job?

Best option honestly is try to replace the software with newer versions that don't require admin rights (which is better in the long run) or find an alternative that doesn't require admin rights.
 
Thanks for the replies. Guess I either dump UAC or bite the bullet and upgrade.
 
I just re-installed Quake 4 and getting that prompt every time I execute the game. Honestly it isn't a big deal to just click YES and be done with it. I'd rather do that than lower UAC settings.
 
I went and turned off the UAC settings. I tried it for a bit, but decided that I usually know what I'm doing.
 
I could check when I get home from work, but whats the difference between its 'default' and maxed out setting? I had it on default for a while, and turned it off after a bit. CCleaner and Steam would trigger it all the time.
 
Direwolf20 said:
I could check when I get home from work, but whats the difference between its 'default' and maxed out setting? I had it on default for a while, and turned it off after a bit. CCleaner and Steam would trigger it all the time.
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Default doesn't throw a UAC prompt when you make a system level change via something like msconfig if I remember right. 3rd party programs still throw UAC prompts when they make a change to Windows.

However, the whitelist issue in the link I provided allows 3rd party programs to get around that...
 
Mister Natural said:
I just re-installed Quake 4 and getting that prompt every time I execute the game. Honestly it isn't a big deal to just click YES and be done with it. I'd rather do that than lower UAC settings.
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That's not a problem if you're setting in front of the computer. If I have Acronis set to do a backup at 5 pm when I'm usually off doing something else and I come back at 8 and there is this damn pop-up box from UAC and nothing has been done it's a problem.
 
As Vermillion said, your best option would be to replace Acronis with something that doesn't demand administrator rights for every action. I know it's not the same, but Cobian Backup only requires elevation during start-up. Windows' internal backup scheme doesn't require elevation (not that I'd use it).
 
Well, I would keep UAC on if I could whitelist my own programs. I'd like to say that CCleaner and Steam are a-ok.
 
phide said:
As Vermillion said, your best option would be to replace Acronis with something that doesn't demand administrator rights for every action. I know it's not the same, but Cobian Backup only requires elevation during start-up. Windows' internal backup scheme doesn't require elevation (not that I'd use it).
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I have used Cobian and like that it saves as ZIP files that can be opened by any archive program but it can't do an image backup,

There also seems to be an issue with how Acronis 11 locks the hard drives during it's operation. The external drive I backup to becomes write protected so is worthless.
 
Direwolf20 said:
Well, I would keep UAC on if I could whitelist my own programs. I'd like to say that CCleaner and Steam are a-ok.
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I don't have Steam running at startup but is that when you see the UAC prompt? I get no prompt from Steam when I start it manually.

The only 3 programs I use that need me to run as administrator and deal with the UAC prompt is Spywareblaster, Spybot and Malwarebytes. Nothing else requires a UAC prompt unless I'm doing something at the system level like messing with services or installing a program. 3 prompts is a small price to pay for the level of added protection especially when my wife gets funky popups from Facebook. If only I could get her to ditch that website. :(

Slim Charles said:
Just turn the entire thing off.
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That's just being plain stupid.
 
I am getting the UAC pop-up when I set EVGA Precision to run at startup also and I downloaded the latest version.

I am turning the damn thing off and relying on Zonealarm to block malware.:eek:
 
Steam mostly does it when it updates (which seems to be a lot) or has updates to games. Its not TOO bad, but I'm the only one who uses my PC (wifey has her own) so I'll leave UAC on for her. Maybe I'll turn it back on at some point.
 
Direwolf20 said:
Steam mostly does it when it updates (which seems to be a lot) or has updates to games. Its not TOO bad, but I'm the only one who uses my PC (wifey has her own) so I'll leave UAC on for her. Maybe I'll turn it back on at some point.
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That's still weird. Mine doesn't do that and it updated itself last night. Did you install it by running the setup file as administrator?
 
idiots - yes, it's annoying to have to click yes.

restricting applications from running away and doing as they wish is worth the hassel
 
SYN ACK said:
idiots - yes, it's annoying to have to click yes.

restricting applications from running away and doing as they wish is worth the hassel
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Please tell this idiot how the fuck can I click yes if I am not at the fucking computer.
 
icehole said:
I am getting the UAC pop-up when I set EVGA Precision to run at startup also and I downloaded the latest version.

I am turning the damn thing off and relying on Zonealarm to block malware.:eek:
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Ditto

Relying on firewall / a/v software instead. Too many prompts for me. Last I knew ATI tray tools was even doing it upon boot up. If it had a fricking whitelist I'd turn it back on (even all the way up).
 
icehole said:
I am getting the UAC pop-up when I set EVGA Precision to run at startup also and I downloaded the latest version.

I am turning the damn thing off and relying on Zonealarm to block malware.:eek:
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Please tell this idiot how the fuck can I click yes if I am not at the fucking computer.
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Did you try the task scheduler 'hack' I posted a link to? It would solve your problem I think, and allow you to run securely.
 
You can avoid UAC prompts if you run the program from Task Scheduler.

The Acronis scheduler also does not throw up a UAC prompt.
 
Surfasb said:
You can avoid UAC prompts if you run the program from Task Scheduler.

The Acronis scheduler also does not throw up a UAC prompt.
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+1. I just installed Win7 64bit myself, and EVGA Precision was requiring a UAC prompt at startup. So I followed this walkthrough to have Task Scheduler start Precision at startup, and now no more UAC prompt.

And to those who think UAC should have a user-accessible whitelist, I'll quote this discussion:

"The problem with allowing the user too much access to add to the whitelist is this: users will just add EVERYTHING to it for convenience. It's been established with virtually every other security feature in history that if you give users an easy way to bypass, they will."

"Hello security hole."
 
Direwolf20 said:
Well, I would keep UAC on if I could whitelist my own programs.
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You can, in fact, set up an application so it always runs with elevated privileges and nolonger prompts you.

All you have to do is make a task in the Windows Task Scheduler and check the "run with highest privileges" checkbox. Make a shortcut to this new ask and double click it to start the application. It will inherit elevated privs from the task scheduler service and not prompt you.

I'm assuming everyone who said they would turn UAC on once there was a solution are now doing so ;)
 
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