RE: Question on Registry in Vista vs Windows XP

Author: Tracy Pearson

Posted: 2009-02-25 at 15:09:44

You're welcome,

If it's in house, they can change the setting on the EXE from a Right Click

of the EXE directly. They should see at the bottom of the General tab:

Security: This file came from another computer and might be blocked to help

protect this computer.

With an Unblock button next to it.

If the EXE resides on the server and runs on the workstation, the server

needs to be added to trusted sites. Trusted sites can be added in the IE 7

Options dialog.

Digital Signatures cost money, and require an internet connection to verify

it.

-----Original Message-----

From: Jon Westcot

Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 2:34 PM

Hi Dave, Tracy, et al.:

Thanks for the suggestions. It seems that SYS(0) works like a champ.

HOWEVER....

Now I'm being asked to apparently "sign" the executable to avoid having

Vista ask if they really want to run the application. The user sent me the

following comment:

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windows prompts me to run the software because of it being an unknown

publisher, but I think that is an easy fix? Can you change?

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Well, I could, if I knew how to do this. Or even what to do to create

such a signature or certificate. Can someone enlighten me? This is

essentially an in-house application; I just happen to be maintaining it from

1800 or so miles away. ;)

Thanks for any help any of you can share. (Oh, I tried to search for

this on the ProFox search website but, without knowing exactly what it was I

was trying to find, I was having a lot of trouble finding anything useful

that wasn't talking about SSL Certificates for web pages.)

Jon

©2009 Tracy Pearson