On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 10:25 AM, Mel <ve...@videotron.ca> wrote: > You need to do the install as administrator. However, I don't believe > you have to set it to "Run as Administrator". In any case you may want > to disable UAC... it's a pain in the neck and not really necessary on a > home computer.
Under Windows 7, UAC alerts are rather infrequent and usually indicate that something serious is happening. Please don't disable UAC as it's is the only thing protecting you from a number of widespread attacks on the net that will try drive-by installs of botnet control software. And no, anti-virus won't always protect you. The fact that you absolutely need this on home computers is clearly demonstrated by the millions of botnet machines out there. Don't disable UAC, please. Or, if you must, don't use that machine to surf the web or read e-mail. Unfortunately, Windows Vista is a different story - UAC is much more annoying and much more frequently popping up. Still, it's a necessary line of defense to keep drive-by downloads off your machine. DX4WIN probably requires administrative permissions to install the drivers it uses for rig control, etc. Once those are installed, it should be able to work without UAC getting in the way. If you're getting too many UAC popups on Windows 7, you're probably doing something risky. The way DX4WIN works is risky (application data and program files mixed together), so expect Windows to complain. :-) 73, -Rick -- Rick Murphy, CISSP-ISSAP, K1MU/4, Annandale VA USA ______________________________________________________________ Dx4win mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Dx4win@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html