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JohnWu · ‎Jul 15, 2011

Hi everyone, I've found out that in order to make this to work, I need to modify the manifest for the program exe file. In the manifest, I have to change the setting of "requestedExecutionLevel" from "requireAdministrator" to "asInvoker". Unfortunately, this change causes side effects to the program. I've also found out that user can change some settings in Task Scheduler to make it working. However, we don't want users to change their systems to make our product working. So my question is that is there anyway I can make an InstallShield project to change the settings in Task Scheduler? Any comment or suggestion is appreciated. Thank you. John

JohnWu · ‎Jul 13, 2011

Hi everyone, Here's my question. I want to have the application program to be able to autorun when Windows boots up and UAC is on. Is it possible to do this with InstallShield? Or is this can be only done in the application program? Any comment or suggestion is appreciated. Thank you. John

JohnWu · ‎Jun 23, 2011

Hi Alpesh, Thanks for your help. However, I remember that when I bought the certificate from VeriSign before, there was no such problem. This time, the certificate is bought from Thawte and the problem exists. Is it because the certificate created by VeriSign is better? Thank you. John

JohnWu · ‎Jun 22, 2011

Hi everyone, I have some digital signed exe files showing up fine on Win7, but not on Vista. On Vista, when I launch any of those exe files, the UAC dialog shows "Unidentified Publisher". (This doesn't happen on Win7. On Win7, the UAC dialog displays the common name from the certificate.) However, when I open the Certificate dialog from the file's Properties dialog, all the infos are correct. For "Issued To" and "Subject", it displays the common name from the certificate, not "Thawte" like last time. Also, it shows 2012 in the expiration date, not 2020 like last time. Therefore, the certificate information for the exe files are correct, but why the UAC dialog still shows "Unidentified Publisher" on Vista? How can I have the UAC dialog on Vista to display the common name from the certificate? Any suggestion is appreciated. Thank you. John

JohnWu · ‎May 25, 2011

I found out that on Vista, Win 7, and 2008 Server, it doesn't generate a PVK file. Instead, the private key is installed into the registry. Then I reissue the certificate from Thawte on my XP machine. Later Thawte sent me a link to download and install the actual certificate and two intermediate certificates. These certificates don't require to have a PVK file. I can still export the certificate to a PFX file and import the file on a different machine. Therefore, I think it's still ok to purchase a certificate on Vista, Win 7, or 2008 Server, and the certificate can still work fine without a PVK file. Anyway, thank you for reading my post and trying to help me.

JohnWu · ‎May 23, 2011

Hi everyone, I purchased a certificate from Thawte on my Vista machine. Then Thawte sent me an e-mail with three links, one for installing the certificate, two for installing two intermediate certificates. After I did all the installations, I used the command "certmgr.msc" to check the certificate store. In the certificate store, in "Personal"->"Certificates", under "Issued To", it shows "Thawte Code Signing CA - G2" and "Thawte Personal Basic CA", but not the common name that I put in when I made the purchase. Also under "Expiration Date", it shows "2/7/2020" and "1/1/2021", but not "5/20/2012", the correct expiration date. What should I do so that the common name can show up under "Issued To" and the correct expiration date can show up under "Expiration Date"? Also, I notice that Thawte didn't send me any pvk and spc file. Is it because I used a Vista machine to make the purchase? Any suggestion is appreciated. Thank you. John

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