Hans-Christian Andersen
hans.andersen at phulse.com
Sun Oct 2 05:26:06 CDT 2011
John, >> In looking up the error message in the subject I found something about having Access "run as administrator". Somehow I found and set that and now *everything* is broken. Assuming you are running Windows Vista or 7, most likely you set this under the properties of the Access application shortcut. Open your program shortcut. Here is an article describing the process: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/ff431742.aspx Regarding KVMs, I love the idea, but in this modern day and age, I find it hard to justify purchasing a KVM that doesn't work over IP, which are really expensive (relative to their functionatlity) and they tend to try to charge ridiculous prices just for the connectors alone. Fortunately, I deal with Dell servers on a daily basis and they have a lovely (and surprisingly under-stated) remote management feature called DRAC, which lets you hook directly into the console via a java applet (loaded through a browser based administration page) over the network. I know other server vendors have such technology as well (ie. hp lights out), but the only HP proliant server we have lacks this feature (among others). Coupled with a solid VPN and you can administer your servers fairly reliably from anywhere in the world, not just from home. This assumes, however, that you have nice expensive servers :) > Can you shut off uac? You can, as in the link below, but I highly recommend that you consider the implications. First, there is of course a matter of security. But, also, in my experience, when Windows 7 works within administrator mode, it seems to load a different profile/settings. This might only be the case for some applications however, I don't know for certain. I had one experience where I installed an application that required admin rights to function, but I did not know it at the time. So, upon installing it and putting in the registration code, it then told me I had to run it as admin. When doing so, it completely forgot all my settings and even that I was registered to begin with. Unfortunately, the way the software was designed, it would only let you enter the reg key once, so when I entered it again, it said it was already taken, so I had to convince the company that I wasn't a freeloader in order to get them to release my key again. A very painful process, but it taught me one thing, which was that running apps as admin doesn't necessarily mean you are just running it as your user with escalated privileges. Also, turning off UAC doesn't mean that it changes the way UAC works. It just means that you don't get bothered by a pop up dialogue asking for confirmation anymore. http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/disable-user-account-control-uac-the-easy-way-on-windows-vista/ Good luck, - Hans On 2011-10-02, at 12:02 AM, William Benson wrote: > Can you shut off uac? > On Oct 1, 2011 9:52 AM, "jwcolby" <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com> wrote: >> Holy cow man things just get worse and worse. >> >> In lookingup the error message in the subject I found something about > having Access "run as >> administrator". Somehow I found and set that and now *everything* is > broken. As I open Access it >> does the UAC thing (screen dims and asks if i want to allow the > application to make changes), then >> Access tries to open and gives me a "There was a problem sending the > command to the program.", then >> Access does in fact open. >> >> What have I done and how do I undo it? I cannot seem to find my back to > where I set that property. >> Will a restore point get rid of this crap? >> >> I have billing to get done and I am broken. I have spent two hours on just > this stuff and I am now >> further from a solution than when I started. >> >> @#$&*&*^&)(*_)(*)&*%&^#%$#!%*()&_)*_)*(!!!!! >> >> -- >> John W. Colby >> Colby Consulting >> -- >> AccessD mailing list >> AccessD at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com