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Re: How to Run Blink as Administrator at User Login

Blue1978 — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:59:58 GMT

JayEff:
I just wanted to make sure things like 'updates' could still occur without issue.

I think the auto-updates are suppose to occur without any issues because Blink's service takes care of this in the background (on a limited user account), but you being able to manually update Blink yourself requires Administrative rights. If you try to manually update Blink on a limited user account it will not allow you to do it.

Re: How to Run Blink as Administrator at User Login

JayEff — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:13:15 GMT

Thanks.

I just wanted to make sure things like 'updates' could still occur without issue. I'm getting mixed results currently so I'll dig into it further here.

Re: How to Run Blink as Administrator at User Login

Blue1978 — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 05:02:25 GMT

When using Vista the "default" profile that you log on with has Administrative rights (protected though by UAC) already. However, if you want to make sure you can always navigate to Blink in your Programs list and right click on it and select "Run as Administrator". Either way UAC, in Vista, will normally prompt you to allow certain actions that Blink attempts to perform.

By default, the first profile you log on with (in Windows XP) also has Administrative rights (unless you later on change these).

Personally the only times you really need Administrative rights when using Blink are to be able to install, remove, update it, or install or transfer its license. Everything else can be done on a limited user account.

How to Run Blink as Administrator at User Login

JayEff — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:12:26 GMT

Is there a preferred way to run Blink as Administrator at user login, or is it recommended that one does not attempt this?