Re: [WiX-users] Credential elevation for silent install in Vista

2007-07-24 Thread Bob Arnson
Tony Hoyle wrote: > Not without the admin disabling UAC, no. > > If an installer could silently give itself admin rights there would be > little point in UAC at all!! > And if you use /qn, you're explicitly asking for no user interface/interaction; throwing up a modal prompt counts as UI, I'd

Re: [WiX-users] Credential elevation for silent install in Vista

2007-07-24 Thread Christopher Painter
The flip side is that there is very little use to a fully silent install if an interactive step is needed to invoke it. Tony Hoyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Vincent Ho wrote: > In Windows XP, the silent install works with no problems. Is there a way to > grant credentials for silent ins

Re: [WiX-users] Credential elevation for silent install in Vista

2007-07-24 Thread Christopher Painter
This is a known issue with UAC in Vista. You can choose to do a /QB for brief instead of fully silent and then you'll actually see/aprove the eleveation request. Otherwise the reccomendation is that you run the package from an elevated process ( such as using a tool like SMS 2003 ) as to avoid

Re: [WiX-users] Credential elevation for silent install in Vista

2007-07-24 Thread Tony Hoyle
Vincent Ho wrote: > In Windows XP, the silent install works with no problems. Is there a way to > grant credentials for silent installs within Vista? > Not without the admin disabling UAC, no. If an installer could silently give itself admin rights there would be little point in UAC at all!! To

[WiX-users] Credential elevation for silent install in Vista

2007-07-24 Thread Vincent Ho
Hi, I'm attempting a silent install in Windows Vista. However, the setup does not work and the log gives the following message: MSI (s) (98:48) [09:55:23:197]: MSI_LUA: Installation UI level is silent, no credential elevation is possible In Windows XP, the silent install works with no problems.