Launch "Run" in Vista? - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

Tully Mars · 05-06-2009, 03:38 AM

I bought a new dive computer. The SW and driver won't load. Here's the e-mail I got make from the manufacture...

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a) Launch MSCONFIG by from the Run menu.
b) Click on the Tools tab. Scroll down till you find "Disable UAC"
Click on that line.
c) Press the Launch button.
d) A CMD window will open. When the command is done, you can close the window.
e) Close MSCONFIG. You need to reboot the computer for changes to apply.

Note that you can re-enable UAC by selecting the "Enable UAC" line and then clicking on the Launch button.

2) Removing the following key in the registry (you have to run regedit.exe application)

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/National Instruments

Which would be easy if I had an older version of windows. Since I don't... How the heck to I run launch in Vista?

Psycho Dad · 05-06-2009, 03:42 AM

Click on the little Windows logo where it used to say Start. Right above the power off button in the right column it should say run.

Martian · 05-06-2009, 04:03 AM

Not in Vista, it doesn't.

Vista's Run menu item has been rolled into the search. In the Start menu, select Start Search, and simply type in your command there.

Psycho Dad · 05-06-2009, 04:10 AM

I just checked, I have my start menu options set to show the run command. But I tried Martian's method and it worked.

MSD · 05-06-2009, 05:19 AM

Windows Key + R still works for me.

Tully Mars · 05-06-2009, 01:33 PM

Geeks. Umm I mean thanks guys. it works now but what does it mean when the UAC is turned off?

I'm the only one using this computer, if that matters.

Martian · 05-06-2009, 03:43 PM

Short version is UAC gives administrators more control over what programs can be run by regular users. For a single-user PC it's completely meaningless. I'd just leave it off.

spindles · 05-06-2009, 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Martian

For a single-user PC it's completely meaningless.

Actually for a single user computer it is a complete pain in the ass. Stupidest security measure ever introduced.

SSJTWIZTA · 05-07-2009, 02:50 AM

this is the first time ive messed with the run menu in vista.

i just typed "winipcfg" to no avail. why couldnt they just keep the commands the same?

tooth · 05-07-2009, 08:44 AM

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Originally Posted by SSJTWIZTA

this is the first time ive messed with the run menu in vista.

i just typed "winipcfg" to no avail. why couldnt they just keep the commands the same?

Winipcfg was from Windows 98(although you download it from MS for other versions, it was not there by default). In all the NT versions (NT, 2000, XP, etc) it is 'ipconfig' from the command prompt (Start>Run>'cmd').

shakran · 05-07-2009, 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by spindles

Actually for a single user computer it is a complete pain in the ass. Stupidest security measure ever introduced.

No, that would be MS Bob's password recovery feature, which was to assume that a user entering the wrong password 3 times has forgotten the password, and to then prompt the user for a new one.

tooth · 05-07-2009, 08:56 AM

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Originally Posted by shakran

No, that would be MS Bob's password recovery feature, which was to assume that a user entering the wrong password 3 times has forgotten the password, and to then prompt the user for a new one.

D'oh

Lasereth · 05-07-2009, 11:25 AM

UAC is shit. Turn it off if you are any sort of computer user.

Tully Mars · 05-08-2009, 02:52 AM

Thanks guys. It's off I'll leave it off. I do have a little red "shield" with an "x" in it now in the lower right. Plus I get a notice every time I boot that it's off.

Lasereth · 05-08-2009, 04:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Tully Mars

Thanks guys. It's off I'll leave it off. I do have a little red "shield" with an "x" in it now in the lower right. Plus I get a notice every time I boot that it's off.

There should be a way to turn those notifications off. You can in XP anyway. Go to control panel, security center or something like that, and try to find the settings that asks about notifications and uncheck all of them.

Martian · 05-08-2009, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by spindles

Actually for a single user computer it is a complete pain in the ass. Stupidest security measure ever introduced.

User rights management is a long-standing and entirely valid security concept. The problem here is not with the concept itself, but with the implementation. Unfortunately one of the major flaws of Windows is that it doesn't do a very good job of differentiating user levels. Combine that with the amount of software (almost all of it) that abuses this fact, and a late-game lame attempt to introduce it is bound to break more than it fixes.

I have to give Microsoft credit for at least trying to implement basic security measures. And hey, maybe one day they'll get it close to something approximating right.

05-06-2009, 03:42 AM	#2 (permalink)
Psycho Dad Mulletproof Location: Some nucking fut house.	Click on the little Windows logo where it used to say Start. Right above the power off button in the right column it should say run. __________________ Don't always trust the opinions of experts.

05-06-2009, 04:03 AM	#3 (permalink)
Martian Young Crumudgeon Location: Canada	Not in Vista, it doesn't. Vista's Run menu item has been rolled into the search. In the Start menu, select Start Search, and simply type in your command there. __________________ I wake up in the morning more tired than before I slept I get through cryin' and I'm sadder than before I wept I get through thinkin' now, and the thoughts have left my head I get through speakin' and I can't remember, not a word that I said - Ben Harper, Show Me A Little Shame

05-06-2009, 04:10 AM	#4 (permalink)
Psycho Dad Mulletproof Location: Some nucking fut house.	I just checked, I have my start menu options set to show the run command. But I tried Martian's method and it worked. __________________ Don't always trust the opinions of experts.

05-06-2009, 01:33 PM	#6 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	Geeks. Umm I mean thanks guys. it works now but what does it mean when the UAC is turned off? I'm the only one using this computer, if that matters. __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club

05-06-2009, 03:43 PM	#7 (permalink)
Martian Young Crumudgeon Location: Canada	Short version is UAC gives administrators more control over what programs can be run by regular users. For a single-user PC it's completely meaningless. I'd just leave it off. __________________ I wake up in the morning more tired than before I slept I get through cryin' and I'm sadder than before I wept I get through thinkin' now, and the thoughts have left my head I get through speakin' and I can't remember, not a word that I said - Ben Harper, Show Me A Little Shame

05-06-2009, 05:19 AM	#5 (permalink)
MSD The sky calls to us ... Super Moderator Location: CT	Windows Key + R still works for me.

05-07-2009, 02:50 AM	#9 (permalink)
SSJTWIZTA Master Thief. Master Criminal. Masturbator. Location: Windiwana	this is the first time ive messed with the run menu in vista. i just typed "winipcfg" to no avail. why couldnt they just keep the commands the same? __________________ First they came for the Jews and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew. Then they came for the communists and I did not speak out because I was not a communist. Then they came for the trade unionists and I did not speak out because I was not a trade unionist Then they came for me And there was no one left to speak out for me. -Pastor Martin Niemoller

05-07-2009, 11:25 AM	#13 (permalink)
Lasereth Knight of the Old Republic Location: Winston-Salem, NC	UAC is shit. Turn it off if you are any sort of computer user. __________________ "A Darwinian attacks his theory, seeking to find flaws. An ID believer defends his theory, seeking to conceal flaws." -Roger Ebert

05-08-2009, 02:52 AM	#14 (permalink)
Tully Mars Living in a Warmer Insanity Super Moderator Location: Yucatan, Mexico	Thanks guys. It's off I'll leave it off. I do have a little red "shield" with an "x" in it now in the lower right. Plus I get a notice every time I boot that it's off. __________________ I used to drink to drown my sorrows, but the damned things have learned how to swim- Frida Kahlo Vice President Starkizzer Fan Club