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# 41850 24-Sep-2009 09:15
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Hi All,


I have been running Windows 7 RC build 7100 for a while with Google Chrome. All has been OK up until a couple of days ago. Now every time I start google chrome UAC asks me if I want Google Chrome to make changes to the system.


I have uninstalled Google Chrome and reinstalled. I have tried running it as an administrator. I have assigned Chrome administrator privileges. Is there anything else I can do?


Chrome is the only application affected. Is there a conspiracy theory that Windows doesn't want me to run Chrome? 


Cheers,


Matt.




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  # 257988 24-Sep-2009 09:17
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Have you installed any add-in? Is this the Chrome released version or their daily beta builds?




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  # 257994 24-Sep-2009 09:29
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All sorted. Chrome needs to be started as a standard user, not administrator. If started with administrator privileges it triggers UAC. This seems kind of backwards!

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  # 258055 24-Sep-2009 13:00
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Couldn't you have turned UAC off with the slider??




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  # 258059 24-Sep-2009 13:12
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Doesn't that defeat the purpose?



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  # 258063 24-Sep-2009 13:23
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I didn't want to turn off UAC just to run chrome... And Microsoft don't recommend turning it off! ;-)




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  # 258152 24-Sep-2009 19:18
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bazzer: Doesn't that defeat the purpose?


Depends what your using it for. My W7 test machine all have it turned off..




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