Re: [WiX-users] UAC Prompt Required

2007-04-26 Thread Bob Arnson
Mike Dimmick wrote: > >From Windows 2000 onwards, MDAC is part of the operating system, under > Windows File Protection, and can only be upgraded using an OS > update/hotfix-style package or by a service pack. The only supported method > of installation is to run MDAC_TYP.EXE. > D'oh -- totally

Re: [WiX-users] UAC Prompt Required

2007-04-26 Thread Mike Dimmick
strongly recommend launching MDAC_TYP.EXE from a bootstrapper application. -- Mike Dimmick -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Arnson Sent: 26 April 2007 15:59 To: Gareth at Serif Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] UA

Re: [WiX-users] UAC Prompt Required

2007-04-26 Thread Bob Arnson
Gareth at Serif wrote: > MSI_LUA: Credential prompt is not required at this point, product is managed > and deployment compliant > Specifed source is already in a list. > Take a look at http://blogs.msdn.com/rflaming/archive/2006/10/01/uac-in-msi-notes-is-this-intentional-if-so-why.aspx: Main

Re: [WiX-users] UAC Prompt Required

2007-04-26 Thread Gareth at Serif
Thanks for your advice. I have done some detailed comparisons between the log of the successful repair (with UAC prompt) and the unsuccesful repair (without UAC prompt) and here are the unique lines for each case... WORKING REPAIR: MSI_LUA: Credential prompt not required, user is an

Re: [WiX-users] UAC Prompt Required

2007-04-25 Thread Bob Arnson
Gareth at Serif wrote: > The InstallPrivileges attribute is indeed set to "elevated". I never > actually figured out what behioural differences there were on the strength > of this attribute though... > MSI should elevate as soon as it starts the execute sequence. As always, a verbose log is

Re: [WiX-users] UAC Prompt Required

2007-04-25 Thread Gareth at Serif
The InstallPrivileges attribute is indeed set to "elevated". I never actually figured out what behioural differences there were on the strength of this attribute though... -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/UAC-Prompt-Required-tf3637831.html#a10184850 Sent from the wix-users

Re: [WiX-users] UAC Prompt Required

2007-04-24 Thread Bob Arnson
Gareth at Serif wrote: > So, how can I insist that the install gets elevated and give the UAC prompt > in order to work in all methods of repairing the install? > Make sure the InstallPrivileges attribute isn't set to 'limited' (i.e., make sure it's 'elevated'). Remember that the UI is never e

[WiX-users] UAC Prompt Required

2007-04-24 Thread Gareth at Serif
Hi guys, I have an issue with a package I've built which has a number of merge modules, including that for MDAC2.8. This has some properties set on the client side of the installation that need to be passed to the server side in order for it to install when needed. It is not needed on Vista, of c