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Yes, pretending that "Turn off UAC and make your system vulnerable" is an okay advice is a terrible idea in general, just as GOG giving just about all older games admin privileges.
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pimpmonkey2382.313: I have encountered it. Mass Effect 1 PC for me wouldn't work at all, for anything, with it on. Turn it off, starts right up.
Granting the game admin access usually accomplishes the same result without making stupid system-wide adjustments.
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Fenixp: Yes, pretending that "Turn off UAC and make your system vulnerable" is an okay advice is a terrible idea in general, just as GOG giving just about all older games admin privileges.
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pimpmonkey2382.313: I have encountered it. Mass Effect 1 PC for me wouldn't work at all, for anything, with it on. Turn it off, starts right up.
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Fenixp: Granting the game admin access usually accomplishes the same result without making stupid system-wide adjustments.
Well yeah, but I did do that to experiment around after reading that "advice".
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nightcraw1er.488: UAC shouldn't be a problem if you install things outside the windows folders should it, unless its a specific action to alter something on the computer - I get UAC for Widescreen mod for instance and that intercepts the graphics. Have to ask, is this linked to Galaxy, as other than the above, installing to another folder has never given me UAC problems?
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Link_Satonaka: If you're referring to "Flawless Widescreen", I'm actually not sure why it asks for UAC; I suspect there is no reason and the author simply doesn't want to deal with UAC compliance. Indeed, "Flawless Widescreen" is actually broken by design because it forces UAC; it's entirely incompatible with a user account. A similar program, "Widescreen Fixer", accomplishes the same task without relying on administrative privileges, so we know it's not actually necessary.
Its widescreen fixer 3.4, installed outside windows folders, and it always asks me when I start it up.
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Link_Satonaka: If you're referring to "Flawless Widescreen", I'm actually not sure why it asks for UAC; I suspect there is no reason and the author simply doesn't want to deal with UAC compliance. Indeed, "Flawless Widescreen" is actually broken by design because it forces UAC; it's entirely incompatible with a user account. A similar program, "Widescreen Fixer", accomplishes the same task without relying on administrative privileges, so we know it's not actually necessary.
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nightcraw1er.488: Its widescreen fixer 3.4, installed outside windows folders, and it always asks me when I start it up.
Look at its compatibility settings under the file properties; you may have Windows forcing it to elevate. Widescreen fixer itself does not ask for elevation.