"Fredrik Eriksson" <fe79}--at--{yahoo}--dot--{com> wrote:
> Typically, Vista will notify you when an installer needs administrative
> privileges, and prompt the user, but not always. It may have something to
> do with the name of the installer; at least that is how it worked in XP.

Executables can have a "manifest" saying they need admin privileges. The
same kind of manifest used on Windows XP for an app to say it wants to be
XP-styled (by loading the newer common controls library).

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