Jason Swager wrote: > Yep - I fully agree. But when the customer requires this in an > application - what else can you do? Fire the client.<g> > Privelege escalation is a definite worry. In my solution, I used > named mutexs and encrypted memory mapped files using public/private > key encryption via Windows CryptoAPI to trigger the installation. A > bit of of overkill in this case, but it was a good exercise. That's half the fun!
Do you think it would work -- in general -- to prompt the user for admin credentials at install time, then write a scheduled task to run under that user? Personally, I hate all these apps that install services. iTunes is a terrible offender. Lots of antivirus apps too. -- sig://boB http://bobs.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
