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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:

  • Turn off the Windows 7 or Vista User Account Control (UAC) and restart the target computer.

  • Use the built-in local administrator for authentication so that you do not have to turn off UAC.

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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.