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From: Ned Lilly <[email protected]>
To: Dave Page <[email protected]>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <[email protected]>
Subject: PostgreSQL wants to install, cancel or allow? (was Re: Windows Vista support (Buildfarm Vaquita)
Date: Wed, 09 May 2007 08:55:23 -0400
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On 5/9/2007 7:46 AM Dave Page wrote:

> Oh, hang on... Vista's new 'security' features include popups that ask 
> permission from the user before running any installers. One of the more 
> basic checks they use is the filename - *anything* called setup.exe will 
> cause user confirmation to be required before it will run. I believe for 
> non-interactive sessions it'll just refuse to run. I just tried running 
> update.exe myself, and yes, you guessed it, a user confirmation dialog 
> popped up :-(

You can just disable that "feature" by turning off "User Account Control" under the Windows Security Center...

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