[DUG] Windows 7 Delphi 2007

[Ross Levis]

Surely that is security gone made.  Not letting another application change
the icon of another is fair enough, but where is the security threat for an
application that created the icon in the first place!

Ross.

-----Original Message-----
From: delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz] On
Behalf Of Jan Bakuwel
Sent: Friday, 28 May 2010 1:43 p.m.
To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
Subject: Re: [DUG] Windows 7 Delphi 2007

Hi Conor,

On 28/05/10 12:42, Conor Boyd wrote:
> I'm not particularly well up on Windows 7, but if you're talking about
> applications by default NOT running elevated, then Vista was the same.
>
> As you say, there is a difference between running applications simply
> while logged into an administrative account and an application running
> "elevated", but it's not completely new in W7.
>   

That is correct.

Microsoft changed the behaviour of UAC (User Account Control) quite a
bit in W7 compared to Vista.

Apparently this now includes access rights to icons in the Taskbar...
even if those icons are "owned" by applications elevated privileges
(apparently) are needed to update those icons.

John: Google for "elevated privileges updating icons taskbar windows 7"
- should give you some pointers.

Jan



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>
> Windows 7 has a more strict access control system (Microsoft changed it
> quite a bit since Vista) - even if the user has administrative rights,
> any programs started by that user do not get administrative rights
> unless explicitly granted (via a dialogue). I welcome this change ...
> but it seems they might have taken it too far?
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