Digital Signature

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Ok, I got my Comodo certficate, I used the sign tool to sign my .exe, I
added the certificate to the SetupBuilder properties and compiled.

When I run the install .exe I never see the Security warning window on
either Vista or XP. Property window on the install .exe shows the
digital certificate. Is having a valid certificate supposed to bypass
the security warning?

Thanks,

Tony

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Hi Tony,

No, it has nothing to do with the certificate.

On XP SP2, you only see the "warning" it if you have downloaded the .exe
from the Internet or LAN.

On Vista, you always see it if your installation executable (or application)
requests administrator execution level privileges.

Does this help?

Friedrich

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Hmmm... Well, I did run the install on the XP SP2 machine over the LAN
(install was on my W 2003 server).

If the install script writes to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE does it request admin
privilege?

Thanks,

Tony

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Hi Tony,

By default, setup.exe only requests admin execution privileges (to run
elevated) on Vista and Windows Server 2008. All Windows versions prior to
Vista have no idea what "admin execution privileges" are. It's not the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE action per se that requests admin execution privileges.
If the app does not run elevated (Vista/Longhorn), the function will simply
fail.

BTW, the IE's download management feature in XP SP2 does all this "security"
stuff. If you download via Firefox, etc. then you'll not see the warning.

Does this help?

If not, please ask. I am here to help.

Friedrich