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Problem: Windows 7 and entering Administrator password

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Flexman
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Problem: Windows 7 and entering Administrator password

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I have a Problem: When UltraVNC is started in Windows 7 and I do something where Windows will ask me for the Administrator password then VNC crashes.

It works when Uvnc is installed as service but as far as I understand then it's running everytime the computer starts.

Is it possible to have it running as service but starting it only manually over a menu-icon?
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Re: Problem: Windows 7 and entering Administrator password

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Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Services.

Find uvnc_service and set its Startup type to "Manual".
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Re: Problem: Windows 7 and entering Administrator password

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But is a "normal" user allowed to start it then or just the administrator?
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Re: Problem: Windows 7 and entering Administrator password

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Just an administrator. You couldn't install the service in the first place without admin rights.
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Re: Problem: Windows 7 and entering Administrator password

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But thats useless then.

Sure I install VNC as administrator but I will assist an user when he has problems with his computer so that he just has to start UVNC and I can connect and install things for example.

So this is a problem. Isn't there any chance to give the user rights to start this service?
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Re: Problem: Windows 7 and entering Administrator password

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You may use the Steel RunAs to solve this problem.
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Re: Problem: Windows 7 and entering Administrator password

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Flexman wrote:But thats useless then.

Sure I install VNC as administrator but I will assist an user when he has problems with his computer so that he just has to start UVNC and I can connect and install things for example.

So this is a problem. Isn't there any chance to give the user rights to start this service?
The whole point of a service is that it's a privileged system process, but you can grant particular users the right if you're very careful.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.as ... -us;288129

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/libr ... 70953.aspx

I would prefer to leave the service running and make sure it is secured.
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