Received: from localhost (maia-3.hub.org [200.46.204.184]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80BD49FB872 for ; Wed, 9 May 2007 09:57:06 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.184]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 30623-01 for ; Wed, 9 May 2007 09:56:57 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.4 Received: from x52.futurequest.net (x52.futurequest.net [69.5.28.52]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 681939FB56B for ; Wed, 9 May 2007 09:57:02 -0300 (ADT) Received: (qmail 3734 invoked from network); 9 May 2007 12:56:59 -0000 X-Originating-IP: [66.16.132.162] Message-ID: <4641C4BB.50403@nedscape.com> Date: Wed, 09 May 2007 08:55:23 -0400 From: Ned Lilly User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (Windows/20070221) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Dave Page CC: PostgreSQL Hackers Subject: PostgreSQL wants to install, cancel or allow? (was Re: Windows Vista support (Buildfarm Vaquita) References: <464184A7.1030300@postgresql.org> <20070509090117.GA18105@feivel.credativ.de> <4641B4AC.40600@postgresql.org> In-Reply-To: <4641B4AC.40600@postgresql.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200705/403 X-Sequence-Number: 103005 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...