Remove UAC prompt?

[Gonzakpo]

Hi. It is possible to remove the UAC prompt?

In my personal case I have no problems with it because I'm the administrator of my PC. But sometimes you don't have admin privileges and that would make Mezzmo impossible to run. Is there any workaround to this?

Also, could anyone explain me why the Mezzmo server need admin privileges every time it runs? There are some examples of programs that found workarounds to this problem. For example, Google Chrome can update itself without asking for admin privileges. In that case, it is possible because Google Chrome installs itself in the a user folder so that updating it doesn't need admin privileges.

So, exactly WHY Mezzmo need to be run as an admin?

[JohnM]

The UAC prompt is because of the settings of your OS. UAC can be disabled, but probably should not be. I have run my system both with and without UAC being enabled. There are some caveats with certain programs that expect it not working properly without it. In the case of Mezzmo it is not really an issue with UAC as much as the program requesting a user name and password at installation. It does that to start the media server as a service under that user name. Once installed it won't need it again EXCEPT for the case where you install it into a different user account. Here is a link to their explanation. http://forum.conceiva.com/showthread...e-and-password

[Paul]

I agree with comments from JohnM. UAC is a Windows 'feature' and not coming directly from Mezzmo. You can turn off UAC in Windows, but I would not recommend it.

[Gonzakpo]

I agree with comments from JohnM. UAC is a Windows 'feature' and not coming directly from Mezzmo. You can turn off UAC in Windows, but I would not recommend it.

Exactly. UAC is a Windows feature and disabling it would be one of the worst advices you could be giving. My question is really simple, why does Mezzmo needs admin privilegies? Exactly what resource is forcing Mezzmo to be a admin-only software?

[Hashybot]

Ive been running my computers fine without UAC since the W7 RC1 releases, and more of my customers ask me more times than not to remove it after installation. However I will tell you what I tell them, if you are not tech savy and aren't quite upto speed on what to look for in terms of possible nasties (assuming you may surf the suspect dodgy site, and possibly use the odd suspect exe) then it may be helpful to leave it running. On the flip side to this, if you are tech savy, run a good internet security suite and other various protections on your computer, have an eye for what is considered to be false positive materials, as well cant be bothered clicking allow on software you know is safe within Windows 7, then I would say by all means disable it. Horses for courses, think of it this way, the person that uses his computer exclusively for Photoshop editing, doesn't have it connected to the net, but does install/uninstall different pluggins often, would find it debilitating to have to allow each plugin (created by a reputable developer) through UAC everytime he wants to install/uninstall them.

I hope that helps.
Hashy

[Gonzakpo]

Ive been running my computers fine without UAC since the W7 RC1 releases, and more of my customers ask me more times than not to remove it after installation. However I will tell you what I tell them, if you are not tech savy and aren't quite upto speed on what to look for in terms of possible nasties (assuming you may surf the suspect dodgy site, and possibly use the odd suspect exe) then it may be helpful to leave it running. On the flip side to this, if you are tech savy, run a good internet security suite and other various protections on your computer, have an eye for what is considered to be false positive materials, as well cant be bothered clicking allow on software you know is safe within Windows 7, then I would say by all means disable it. Horses for courses, think of it this way, the person that uses his computer exclusively for Photoshop editing, doesn't have it connected to the net, but does install/uninstall different pluggins often, would find it debilitating to have to allow each plugin (created by a reputable developer) through UAC everytime he wants to install/uninstall them.

I hope that helps.
Hashy

Sorry but disabling UAC is not acceptable. It is the keystone of the Windows Vista and 7 security. If you disable it, ANY virus/trojan/malware that, for whatever reason, gets to execute has admin privileges. Meaning full access to the system. Why do you think *NIX systems are so secure in the first place? Because from it's inception it was focused on having several users with different types of permissions.

Ok, I won't bother again with this because all I'm getting is "just disable UAC" which is by far one of the worst advices I've ever received. I'm very tech savy and I'm still won't disable UAC.

I just opened this wondering why Mezzmo needed admin privileges to run. In theory, it should not need them because it is not changing anything in the system (my guess). Maybe this problem could be solved by just moving everything (stream buffer?) to the users folder in which any program can write without admin privileges.

Sorry If I sounded rude. It was not my intention. But it's the third time I receive the same advice.