Vista problem - doing my head it....

dbilsborough · 25 Mar 2007 at 22:50

For some reason since a reinstall of Vista 64bit I no longer have the ability to change a program to "run as administrator" in the compatibility tab. The option is just greyed out. I am an administrator on the PC and googling it hasn't seemed to bring up any answers, any ideas :confused:

durbs · 25 Mar 2007 at 23:25

Does the option appear in the right click context menu on the programs shortcut or is that greyed out too?

d.chatten · 26 Mar 2007 at 00:00

dbilsborough said:
For some reason since a reinstall of Vista 64bit I no longer have the ability to change a program to "run as administrator" in the compatibility tab. The option is just greyed out. I am an administrator on the PC and googling it hasn't seemed to bring up any answers, any ideas

This happens if you disable UAC, it also happens with UAC enabled if the program does'nt require admin rights to run.

marc2003 · 26 Mar 2007 at 00:56

the first thing i did after installing vista (only 32bit mind), was to enable the main admin account and use that instead. sure i'm going to get flamed for bypassing all of vista's great security features....

rolleyes: ). i'm a responsible person. i don't download crap or visit dodgy sites, so i'm sure i'll be ok.

since doing that, using vista is a lot more enjoyable. infact it's just like xp. no more prompts when doing anything. it's great.

bledd · 26 Mar 2007 at 01:52

marc2003 said:
the first thing i did after installing vista (only 32bit mind), was to enable the main admin account and use that instead. sure i'm going to get flamed for bypassing all of vista's great security features.... rolleyes: ). i'm a responsible person. i don't download crap or visit dodgy sites, so i'm sure i'll be ok.

since doing that, using vista is a lot more enjoyable. infact it's just like xp. no more prompts when doing anything. it's great.

the way forward

dbilsborough · 26 Mar 2007 at 07:57

d.chatten said:
This happens if you disable UAC, it also happens with UAC enabled if the program does'nt require admin rights to run.

ah, that could be it, thanks

will turn it back on to test. BF2142 seems to need to run in Admin mode as Punkbuster complains if it isn't

dbilsborough · 26 Mar 2007 at 07:58

durbs said:
Does the option appear in the right click context menu on the programs shortcut or is that greyed out too?

it does appear there, but doesn't seem to actually run it in admin mode, although I don't know how to check it either way...

WotDa · 26 Mar 2007 at 09:32

d.chatten said:
This happens if you disable UAC, it also happens with UAC enabled if the program does'nt require admin rights to run.

I've disabled UAC and it still shows for me. :confused:

dbilsborough · 26 Mar 2007 at 10:53

WotDa said:
I've disabled UAC and it still shows for me.

definitely didn't for me, but everything seems to be working now I have turned it back on, apart from all the annoying pop-up "are you sure you want to run that..." messages :rolleyes: