Drivers requiring permission to load on every boot.

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I have been waiting for the Vista drivers from USR for the 5699B modem. They
were released last week. I have installed them on three customer’s machines
and every time the computer boots up I receive the Open File Security Warning
for USRLDR.exe and 3CMLINK.exe file. I uncheck the “Always ask before
running files of this type†box yet the warning comes up on every reboot.
Additionally there is a User Account Control window requiring permission for
Modem R3 Interface to run. I sent this information to USR and here is their
reply: “Unfortunately this is not an issue that we can resolve; Microsoft
may have a suggestion as to how to configure the security aspects of Windows
Vista to not give you these security warnings every time you boot up. Our
technicians will be looking into this issue in the near future; please let us
know if you have this same issue with other installations of the same driver.
The issue you are experiencing is related to the Windows operating system
rather than your U.S. Robotics product.â€
Any Ideas?
 
Scott,

Vista has something called 'User Account Control' and the default setting
for this is 'on'. The work around is to launch control panel, select User
Accounts and the applicable User Accounts and then click once on the option
'Turn User Account off'.

When you select off, it will need to re-boot. When you reboot, you may get
the same permission seeking boxes again for the modem items and, if you do,
uncheck the 'always check before running' box and then hit run on all dialog
boxes. You can then go back into Control Panel and re-enable UAC. The next
time you boot the permission boxes should have gone away. If you have
further problems with this, post back. The idea behind this security feature
is to prevent malware from running.
 
I followed the procedure and everything works fine as long as the UAC is
turned off. When I turn it back on and reboot I still get the UAC warning.
Additionally with the UAC off I get security center warnings. From what I
can tell there is no way to turn off the security setting warning for just
the UAC.
 
Scott,

Well, you can turn off the Security Center Service. That would turn off all
the basic warnings you get when you turn off security items, such as the
firewall, automatic update, UAC, and who knows what else. A lot of people
turn it off to free themselves of the nags.

You can turn it off by right clicking Computer and selecting Manage. Then a
window titled Computer Management opens. There, scroll down to Services and
Applications and highlight Services. Expand the Services window and scroll
down to Security Center. Right click Security Center and select Properties.
In the window you get, select Disable this service. It will now be disabled
and specific security warnings will no longer be given. However, this step
is not recommended, for obvious reasons.

The better option is to figure out how to stop the nagging involving the
permissions. I think there is a way of doing that, but off had it escapes
me. I'll research it and be back. In the meantime, go ahead and disable UAC
and the Security Center. The choice is yours, however. lol
 
Scott,

I don't know what folders, shortcuts, executables, etc., that you have from
installing those modems. On my computer, I can right click a shortcut, a
folder, or an executable, and select Properties. In the window that opens
there is a security tab. You can set Permissions under that tab. You'll
need to look around using that for a guideline and apply it to your
situation. Let me know how that works for you.
 
Scott said:
I have been waiting for the Vista drivers from USR for the 5699B modem. They
were released last week. I have installed them on three customer’s machines
and every time the computer boots up I receive the Open File Security Warning
for USRLDR.exe and 3CMLINK.exe file. I uncheck the “Always ask before
running files of this type†box yet the warning comes up on every reboot.
Additionally there is a User Account Control window requiring permission for
Modem R3 Interface to run. I sent this information to USR and here is their
reply: “Unfortunately this is not an issue that we can resolve; Microsoft
may have a suggestion as to how to configure the security aspects of Windows
Vista to not give you these security warnings every time you boot up. Our
technicians will be looking into this issue in the near future; please let us
know if you have this same issue with other installations of the same driver.
The issue you are experiencing is related to the Windows operating system
rather than your U.S. Robotics product.â€
Any Ideas?
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Oops. Sorry. I have the same problem with the same modem, but my problem
goes further. When my daughter logs on with her user account she gets the
same prompts. The problem comes when the User Account Control asks for
permission to run the R3 Interface. No matter how I set the parental
controls, it insists on an administrator password to continue. This is a
huge inconvenience as she cannot use the internet if I'm not home or
otherwise unavailable to enter my password--which I'm certainly not going to
share. Perhaps this is a remedial fix that I just cannot overcome. I've
resigned myself to having to give the modem permission to load three times
everytime I start my computer, but I'd like to know how to allow my daughter
to use the internet when I'm not standing there. Anyone?? Thanks!
 
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