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[jasonatx0001]

When running my installer, if the logged in user does not have administrator privileges he/she is prompted for the admin password and promoted to administrator and the install begins. Once the install is completed and the user clicks the finish button on the setupcompletesuccess dialog 2 systray processes are launched. The issue is that these processes are run as administrator, not the logged in user. How can I correct this ?

[chrpai]

It sounds like your using RunAs instead of elevated priv installs?

I don't really play with Elevated much since I usually use SMS 2003 to run the install with elevated privs ( SYSTEM ). But I have had occasion where I needed to run something under the context of the logged on user. Basically I install a custom DCOM server that exposes a Run method and configure it to run as the interactive user.

I've talked about it here before:

http://chrpai.blogsp...okreserver.html

[jasonatx0001]

Yes ... I've actually seen your article before and have tried to implement it. I am, however, not installing via sms, I am installing interactively. The processes are being started as administrator (not SYSTEM - even when using your DCOM method although it is entirely possible i've got it set up wrong) and I'd like them to start as the logged on user. Any suggestions ?