Disable Windows 7 and the
new UAC control to install programs
We have seen several programs "hang" when installing on Windows
7. When doing research on Symantec MR5, we found the
following quote in their release notes:
FIRST
INSTALLATION
AND REPAIR
How to
install Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager on a server that
runs particular programs
See the Technical Support
Knowledge Base article:
Addressing Symantec Endpoint
Protection compatibility issues
Authentication failure can occur on computers that run Windows 7
or Vista
when you use the Find
Unmanaged Computers task
On
computers that run Windows 7 or Vista, when you use the
Find Unmanaged
Computers
task, if you use the
nonbuilt-in local administrator user's credentials
to remote push a
client, and your target computers are listed on the
Unknown
Computers
tab,
then you are not allowed to remote push the client to those
computers.
To work around this problem, you
can either:
AND
Client computers that
take a long time to be automatically upgraded to
Release Update 5 may need to be restarted
Client computers that take a long
time to automatically upgrade to Release Update
5 may need to be restarted. This occurs on client
computers that run Windows Vista or
Windows Server 2008
SOURCES:
Release Notes for Symantec Endpoint
Protection and Symantec Network Access Control, version 11,
Release Update 5
Known issues and
workarounds
JK Technologies recommendation:
The Windows UAC continues to be
problematic for programmers. If a program does not install
properly, turn off the UAC, restart the PC and try the
installation again. After the program installs properly,
restore the UAC to the default setting.
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