Running wubdate silently

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Arnor (Iceptips) recently very kindly posted some code to run Wupdate
silently. Thsi works perfectly under XP but when run under Vista (with some
modifications to use shellexec) Vista UAC seems to pop up the window asking
if the program can be trusted etc.

Is there any way that wupdate can run truly silently and bypass all this
Vista stuff? I would not expect any users to have to turn off UAC or set up
permissions etc. specially to overcome all this.

Just a thought as if the user sees this pop up at program start up they will
probably say no to the run and fail to lod the update process.

TIA

John Fligg

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John,

The elevation prompt under Vista/2008 with UAC enabled is displayed for
*all* applications that request administrator execution level privileges ;-)
Even for Vista's own applications and functions.

wupdate.exe makes use of the WinSock core component to download files.
"Unelevated" applications do not have access to this component!

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By the way, wupdate.exe runs truly silent <g> Vista displays that message,
not wupdate.exe.

Friedrich

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Absolutely - and just when I was getting to like Vista <g>

John

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What about trying a nettalk download on ini file and if a difference in
version between site and registry then only launch wupdate ...

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Cordialement - Best regards
Jean-Pierre GUTSATZ

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Hi John,

Without going into deep detail <g>, there will be a cool new set of Internet
functionality in the upcoming SetupBuilder 7 flagship product. SB7 will
make it possible to handle what you want (and more) without requesting
administrator execution level privileges under Vista and Windows Server
2008. Means, it will work completely behind the scenes...

Friedrich

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Friedrich Linder
Lindersoft
www.lindersoft.com
+1.954.252.3910

"point. click. ship" - that's SetupBuilder 6.7
Create Windows Vista ready installations in minutes

-- Official Comodo Code Signing and SSL Certificate Partner

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Will it work behind the scenes like Clarion 7 & 8 and 9 Monsieur ?

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Thank you

Cordialement - Best regards
Jean-Pierre GUTSATZ

CGF

Data Management Center - A tool to let you Migrate Import Export Transfer
all your Data very easily
www.dmc-fr.com
Certified by Microsoft : "Works with Vista" & "Works with Windows Server
2008"