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Hi,

 

I have a couple of programs I need to run at startup. However, they keep

getting blocked every time I run. And when I allow them to run another

warning comes up before I am able to have them run.

 

How do a "whitelist" programs so that they can run at start-up? I have

other programs that runs without warnings, so it must be possible to set

this. I do not want to turn off UAC, but I will have to unless I find a way

to run these programs without problems like I did in XP.

 

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    ceed wrote:

    > Hi,

    >

    > I have a couple of programs I need to run at startup. However, they keep

    > getting blocked every time I run. And when I allow them to run another

    > warning comes up before I am able to have them run.

    >

    > How do a "whitelist" programs so that they can run at start-up? I have

    > other programs that runs without warnings, so it must be possible to set

    > this. I do not want to turn off UAC, but I will have to unless I find a way

    > to run these programs without problems like I did in XP.

    >

     

    Hello,

     

    The only programs that are blocked in this way are the ones that require

    permission to run ("Windows needs your permission to continue").

     

    In order to get them to run, you need to start them from the task

    scheduler instead of through the registry or the startup folder.

     

    You must specify in the scheduled task that you want the task to run

    with highest privilege, that it should run under your user account, and

    should run when you log in.

     

    I have created a program that simplifies this by doing all the work for you:

     

    http://www.jimmah.com/vista/downloads/startupunblocker.zip

     

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    -JB

    Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User

    Windows Vista Support FAQ - http://www.jimmah.com/vista/

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    "Jimmy Brush" <jb@mvps.org> wrote in message

    news:e8WLSF0vHHA.784@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

    > ceed wrote:

    >> Hi,

    >>

    >> I have a couple of programs I need to run at startup. However, they keep

    >> getting blocked every time I run. And when I allow them to run another

    >> warning comes up before I am able to have them run.

    >>

    >> How do a "whitelist" programs so that they can run at start-up? I have

    >> other programs that runs without warnings, so it must be possible to set

    >> this. I do not want to turn off UAC, but I will have to unless I find a

    >> way to run these programs without problems like I did in XP.

    >>

    >

    > Hello,

    >

    > I have created a program that simplifies this by doing all the work for

    > you:

    >

    > http://www.jimmah.com/vista/downloads/startupunblocker.zip

     

    Or just disable UAC under the User Accounts control panel, but not always

    recommended.

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    > Or just disable UAC under the User Accounts control panel, but not

    > always recommended.

     

    Correct, disabling UAC for this problem is not recommended.

     

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    -JB

    Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User

    Windows Vista Support FAQ - http://www.jimmah.com/vista/

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