Yes, Chris - that is what I would have expected. But I have not changed it myself - perhaps the supplier did so after getting it from Toshiba with Vista pre-installed. Douglas On 20 Dec 2008 at 17:21, Chris Hallsworth wrote: > Actually, User Account Control is enabled by default, and so it should. > > -- > Chris Hallsworth > E-mail: CH9675@xxxxxxxxxxx > MSN: CH9675@xxxxxxxxxxx > Skype: chrishallsworth7266 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Douglas Harrison" <harrison1d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 5:05 PM > Subject: [access-uk] User Account Control in Vista > > > > On my Vista laptop I recently tried to install some demo software (Hal > > 10) but there was apparently a crash and the process only partly > > completed. I cannot uninstall because it says that the software in > > question was not properly installed. Dolphin Product Support suspect > > that the only solution may be to try and install again over the top of > > what is there already and then attempt an uninstall. > > > > But what happened has done something odd to my machine and I cannot > > entirely understand what is happening. I am the only user and do not > > have to log on etc. Hal 9 should load at start up but I tend to get > > strange error messages such as "Hal has not bbeen installed under this > > user profile" and "Another user is already running a copy of Hal" I can > > cancel these dialogues and load Hal 9 manually, but who is the other > > user? > > > > I have read a lot about problems in Vista with User Account Control, but > > if I understand the dialogue in Control Panel this feature is turned off > > by default on this system anyway. > > > > Any ideas as to what is going on would be much appreciated. > > > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > > -- Douglas Harrison ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq