RT Vista UAC Workaround

[FlyingHorse]

@ChinoTonto

First off let me just say that I have installed many different Nvidia driver versions myself and not once have I had to uninstall RT. My normal procedure is to end RT and then disable the task in Task Scheduler. After updating the drivers I re-enable the RT task then start it normally.

Now to your question of how to delete a task. There are two ways that I know of. One is to simply select the task then right click and choose delete. The second way is to again select the task and on the right in the 'Action' pane under 'Selected Item' choose delete. You may have to click on the little triangle on the right to see the items under 'Selected Items'

Let me know how you fare. If you need I can take a screenshot and put it up for you.

[ChinoTonto]

Originally Posted by FlyingHorse

@ChinoTonto


Now to your question of how to delete a task. There are two ways that I know of. One is to simply select the task then right click and choose delete. The second way is to again select the task and on the right in the 'Action' pane under 'Selected Item' choose delete. You may have to click on the little triangle on the right to see the items under 'Selected Items'

Thanks for the reply, FH.

When I right click on the scheduled task to delete, NOTHING shows up.

When I highlight the task, and then go to the "ACTIONS" tab, this is what is shown:



No option to delete?

What gives?

Thanks for the reply!

[FlyingHorse]

@ChinoTonto

You are looking at the 'Task Status' not the actual task entry. Make sure that the console tree panel on the left is open and then select 'Task Scheduler Library' you should then see the actual task entries.



HTH

[ChinoTonto]

Thanks, FH, for the tip!

It has solved the problem for me now!

Thanks!!!

[blitze]

A veritable PIA for those of us who want UAC but want some degree of what regularly gets through and what doesn't. No thanks to MS but hey, Flying Horse, you've been a great help.

Now if MS allowed under Administration tools to allow Admin people the ability to tell UAC what's kosher and what's not, then life would be a little easier. Help us power nuts and prevent clueless from screwing with their PC and is a much better option to turning UAC off altogether.

[antonyfrn]

small question does this method work in RT 2.07 and with vista 64bit SP1?

[FlyingHorse]

Originally Posted by antonyfrn

small question does this method work in RT 2.07 and with vista 64bit SP1?

I don't know about RT 2.07 because to my knowledge it has not yet been released.

As for Vista 64bit SP1 this method works for me. I am running the RTM version from my TechNet subscription.

[antonyfrn]

used this method with 2.07 works but i get this happen the buttons get cut off at the bottom of the RT window. any ideas on this?

[antonyfrn]

ok seem to have fixed it after removing and reinstalling rivatuner

[Bo_Fox]

Tried all of the info. in the thread--zero success so far (probably thanks to Vista Service Pack 1 that completely enforces Driver Signing--preinstalled with my Vista x64 Ultimate edition).

Any new work-arounds?

[FlyingHorse]

Originally Posted by Bo_Fox

Tried all of the info. in the thread--zero success so far (probably thanks to Vista Service Pack 1 that completely enforces Driver Signing--preinstalled with my Vista x64 Ultimate edition).

Any new work-arounds?

Retrace your steps. Make sure you install RT correctly first. AFAIK no one else has reported any problems with SP1.

[Bo_Fox]

Mine was fixed by reinstalling with the little file called Rivatuner209Drv.rtu in the same folder as the installer and also copied over to RT's directory (open it with Notepad and you'll see where to place it). Now, I do not have to press F8 or use task scheduler.. splendid!

[antonyfrn]

Tested and confirmed working and needed in Windows 7 64bit UE beta1

[sm007h]

This is all I did to obtain the same results with RT 1.22 under Vista x64 (less steps):

The first thing I did was that if I set the task to start at user login rather than system startup since RT would not show up in my taskbar unless I started the task that way. I guess if it doesn't matter, then you don't need to do the following: I set the task to trigger "at launch of any user"

As long as you check off "Run with highest privileges", you don't need to do:

4.) The final step is to edit all your RivaTuner shortcuts to 'Run as administrator' (VERY IMPORTANT).

This might be necessary if you edit the manifest and do the other steps, but this method doesn't require any of that.

The second thing I did was I used RivaTunerWrapper.exe because that's the .exe the startup entry RT will put in the registry. I'm not sure of the differences between launching that or RivaTuner.exe, but I thought I'd mention it since it's the one the program uses itself.

The third thing I had to do was set up my low-level driver control settings to launch at start-up within RT itself. I did this by setting up a launcher item and then scheduling that launcher item to start when RT starts.


If you like this method better, or if 1.22 proves to be unsuccessful for some with your older method, feel free to post this in the opening post. Thank you for your method as it gave me the foundation upon which to experiment and develop this (to me) easier way of doing it.

[sykozis]

Easier way....just disable UAC...problem solved.

[Unwinder]

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