[Kmymoney-devel] Comments about KMyMoney (required privs on Windows)
Jack
ostroffjh at sbcglobal.net
Sat May 31 13:21:47 UTC 2014
On 2014.05.30 09:58, Alec Evans wrote:
> Hi Alvaro,
>
> In the meantime good news - here's the text of my reply to Allan:
>
> Hi Allan,
>
> Thanks for the quick response.
>
> I downloaded kmymoney-x86-setup-4.6.4.exe from sourceforge.net.
>
> However, pleased to report that I have cracked the problem in the
> last couple of minutes - the AHA! moment was when I found that the
> program only starts if you "Run as an administrator". Simple when you
> know how.
>
> I checked it on my "other" laptop - also running Windows7 64 bit -
> and the same applies.
>
> On either machine, if run in "user" mode nothing noticeable happens,
> other than maybe a bit of a tick from an HDD.
>
> Although I've been using Windows 7 for around 5 years, I still keep
> the admin / user demarcation from XP days. I find that having to type
> in a password rather than just (unthinkingly) clicking on what could
> be a major system change gives an extra bit of security.
>
> I didn't see anything about using admin mode in the installation
> guide - could I suggest mentioning this somewhere?
>
> Thanks again - I've been looking for something to replace MS Money
> for a good few years so I'm really pleased to have found this program.
>
> Alec
(Allan - I'm subscribed to the list.)
Before I add anything about this to the docs, I'd like a confirmation
that this is correct and expected behavior. I see no reason a userland
program like KMM should need admin privs under Windows (any version).
I suspect something incorrect happened during the installation.
Alec - when you ran the downloaded setup program, did you run that as a
user or as admin? If as admin, is it possible for you to uninstall and
then try installing NOT as an admin? That's only a guess on my part -
I'll see if I can find a Windows machine to test on myself.
Jack
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