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python IPC (Inter Process Communication) for Vista UAC (User Access Control)

I am writing a Filemanager in (wx)python - a lot already works. When copying files there is already a progress dialog, overwrite handling etc. Now in Vista when the user wants to copy a file to certain directories (eg %Program Files%) the…
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Windows: setting security attributes at process-level granularity

Background: I have a windows service that works in the background (obviously), and uses a utility program to perform a certain interactive task and send back the data to the service over a named pipe. The utility program runs whenever the…
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Do not run my application after seup on Windows Vista when UAC is active

I have an application and for deploying it I made setup for it by Install shield, Now after setup on windows Vista when UAC is on, my application don't run without showing every message or dialog box. Whenever when I run as administrator it run…
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Does Windows Vista prevent windows services from accessing the internet or USB hardware?

I have created a Windows service that will run an exe file periodically to check for files on an FTP site, process any that are found, enter data into an SQL database and print a label to a local printer. Currently we are running Windows XP…
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Vista + VB.NET - Access is denied while trying to start/stop a Windows Service from within an application

I get the following error in Vista while trying to start/stop a Windows Service that I created. Cannot open ServiceName service on computer '.'. The same code works for XP. What should I do to solve this problem?
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Session 0 Isolation

Vista puts out a new security preventing Session 0 from accessing hardware like the video card, and the user no longer logs into session 0. I know this means that I cannot show the user a GUI, however, does that also mean I can't show one at all?…
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DeleteIpForwardEntry Access Denied on Vista

Calling DeleteIpForwardEntry() works perfectly well on Windows XP and Windows 7. On Windows Vista, however, it fails with ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED. The documentation says that "the user lacks the required administrative privileges on the local computer…
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