Re: PostgreSQL wants to install, cancel or allow? (was Re: Windows Vista support (Buildfarm Vaquita)

From: Dave Page <dpage(at)postgresql(dot)org>
To: Ned Lilly <ned(at)nedscape(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL wants to install, cancel or allow? (was Re: Windows Vista support (Buildfarm Vaquita)
Date: 2007-05-09 13:01:56
Message-ID: 4641C644.7020901@postgresql.org
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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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