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In this second lesson in our How-To Geek School about securing the Windows devices in your network, we will talk about User Account Control (UAC). Users encounter this feature each time they need to install desktop applications in Windows, when some applications need administrator permissions in order…
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I have some applications that I open from time to time, and I always get this UAC message with
Do you want to allow the following program from an unknown publisher to make changes to this computer?
Is there a way I can mark a single program so that won't ask me that again? Like, I think it is…
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I'm running Windows Vista HP 32-bit on my laptop right now (used to have Windows 7 Ultimate RC 32-bit). The thing is, I miss the fact that in Windows 7, UAC could be adjusted so that the whole screen doesn't dim when UAC activates.
Is there software or a tweak that I could use to stop the whole…
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Hi,
I hope this would be my last question about this SIP subject, I have managed to overcome the last issue I had by asking a friend to help me from a remote computer, I'm able to connect between the computers, but here is the thing, according to all the examples I saw, the Callee should invoke the…
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This example demonstrates how to check the privilege level of the current process, and how to self-elevate the process by giving explicit consent with the Consent UI.
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I'm having a shocking time trying to install SQL Server 2008 on 64-bit Windows 7. When I run setup.exe, I get the following error message:
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 installation has failed.
SQL Server 2008 Setup requires .NET Framework 3.5 to be installed
Things I've tried:
I've checked…
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I embedded video tutorial ( in the format of .swf) inside a chm file, but the video cannot run on Windows Vista/ 7 64 bit. It runs fine, however, on Windows XP.
Any idea why this is so?
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Windows 7 64-bit version installs 32-bit programs to Program Files (x86) folder, and 64-bit programs to Program Files folder. Of course, Microsoft must have a reason for doing that, but as a user I don't find it handy to have 2 separate program folders. Is there any way to merge those folders into…
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Does anyone know of a way to get an old Visioneer 5800 scanner that's supposed to work with nothing past Windows XP SP1 to work on Windows 7 64-bit? I don't care about all the bells and whistles, just the basic features. Is there any kind of generic TWAIN interface that can be used?
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My team is currently supporting a 1.1 app and we are installing VS.NET 2003 on Windows 7. We haven't had any issues on the 32-bit machines, but FrontPage Server Extensions are failing to install on my 64-bit machine.
Others on the Interwebs say that they have done this successfully, so I wanted…
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