How do I rid the User Account Control - "Do you want the following program to make changes to this computer?" - FireFox Helper pop-up that shows after every log in?
The following pop-up is displayed after every log-in, even after it is clicked yes after previous log-ins. Several students log-in the computers daily. How do I rid THIS?:
User Account Control
"Do you want the following program to make changes to this computer?
Program Name: FireFox Helper Verified Publisher: Mozilla Corporation File Origin: Hard Drive on this Computer
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In Windows 7, Microsoft updated UAC in several ways. By default, UAC does not prompt when certain programs included with Windows make changes requiring elevated permissions. Other programs still trigger a UAC prompt. The strictness of UAC can be changed to either always prompt, or to never do so.
Turn User Account Control on or off
It is the same on win7.
thank you
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Check that you do not run Firefox as Administrator.
Right-click the Firefox desktop shortcut and choose "Properties".
Make sure that all items are deselected in the "Compatibility" tab of the Properties window.
- Privilege Level: "Run this program as Administrator" should not be selected
- "Run this program in compatibility mode for:" should not be selected
Also check the Properties of the firefox.exe program in the Firefox program folder (C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\).
Thank you for your replies. I have checked and done so cor-el and it still pops up.
I wonder if I need to uninstall Internet Explorer.???
Any other ideas.......
Thank you greatly for your time !
Oh, ideato - i went into user account control and changed the level and after doing so it added two more pop ups when I logged in. So I changed it back to default. Thank you tho!
You may need to check other programs in the Firefox program folder and the uninstall folder (helper.exe)
You can also try to run Firefox once as Administrator.