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* PostgreSQL wants to install, cancel or allow? (was Re: Windows Vista support (Buildfarm Vaquita)
@ 2007-05-09 12:55 Ned Lilly <ned@nedscape.com>
2007-05-09 13:01 ` Re: PostgreSQL wants to install, cancel or allow? (was Re: Windows Vista support (Buildfarm Vaquita) Dave Page <dpage@postgresql.org>
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From: Ned Lilly @ 2007-05-09 12:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Dave Page <dpage@postgresql.org>; +Cc: pgsql-hackers
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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* Re: PostgreSQL wants to install, cancel or allow? (was Re: Windows Vista support (Buildfarm Vaquita)
2007-05-09 12:55 PostgreSQL wants to install, cancel or allow? (was Re: Windows Vista support (Buildfarm Vaquita) Ned Lilly <ned@nedscape.com>
@ 2007-05-09 13:01 ` Dave Page <dpage@postgresql.org>
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From: Dave Page @ 2007-05-09 13:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ned Lilly <ned@nedscape.com>; +Cc: pgsql-hackers
Ned Lilly wrote:
> 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...
Yeah, I know, but that's not really a solution we can live with.
Regards, Dave.
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