Maser Posted October 17, 2008 Report Share Posted October 17, 2008 (edited) So, maybe I can't find this in other postings, but... I have some Vista clients running the latest 7.6 client. I modified my backup server script (backup server is Mac 6.1) to give a countdown notice to those clients. However, on the Vista boxes, the countdown notice just gets tossed down into the taskbar as an "interactive message" instead of just popping up on the users screen (like XP and Mac OSX clients do). So the users never actually see the countdown box and it's associated message -- unless they notice the message in the taskbar -- which they don't. Is there some setting/change I need to do with the Vista client install so those messages pop up in front of the user? Thanks! Edited October 17, 2008 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayoff Posted October 17, 2008 Report Share Posted October 17, 2008 The client is running under the System Account. Vista doesn't like user accounts to have access to dialog boxes reported under a different user account. I can't think of an easy workaround Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maser Posted October 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2008 (edited) In this case, the user is running as an "administrator" -- not as a "user" -- still have the same problem. Actually, how I originally set this up was I created an initial admin account ("mysecretadmin") and installed the client under that account. Then I made an additional admin account for the user. Would things be "fixed" if I uninstalled the client and reinstalled it from that user's admin account? Or is this not really going to matter? (And, if not, when will there be a new client that *does* work with Vista?) Edited October 17, 2008 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayoff Posted October 17, 2008 Report Share Posted October 17, 2008 The System account is used by Retrospect, not administrator. The Vista rules still apply. One account has trouble notifying someone in a different user account. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maser Posted October 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2008 whoops I edited my message while you replied... If I uninstall the client and reinstall it from that user's account, would that resolve the problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayoff Posted October 17, 2008 Report Share Posted October 17, 2008 Probably not. The client running as "system" gives it full access to the disk. Once you login as someone else then you will get the WIndows complaint. The best you can do is disable the Interactive Services Dialog box "feature" in Vista. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maser Posted October 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2008 Is there a new Windows client "in the works" that will give this feature to Vista clients? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayoff Posted October 20, 2008 Report Share Posted October 20, 2008 I do not know the plans to address this. Steve, feel free to email Eric U. He can answer easier then I can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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