How Does Virtualization Tie in with Software Installations, if at all??

[Superfreak3]

I was just wondering what role virtualization will play when our
software's installation packages runs. Also, is there any difference
in this role if UAC is enabled/disabled?

Any help, here, is greatly appreciated.

I am currently reading "Windows Vista Application Development
Requirements for User Account Control Compatibility" and have just
reached the subject.

Thanks in advance! : )

 

[Steve Riley [MSFT]]

Mark Russinovich's TechNet Magazine article in June has a good explanation.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/issues/2007/06/UAC/default.aspx


Steve Riley
steve.riley@microsoft.com
http://blogs.technet.com/steriley


"Superfreak3" <Matt.Walker@synergis.com> wrote in message
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>I was just wondering what role virtualization will play when our
> software's installation packages runs. Also, is there any difference
> in this role if UAC is enabled/disabled?
>
> Any help, here, is greatly appreciated.
>
> I am currently reading "Windows Vista Application Development
> Requirements for User Account Control Compatibility" and have just
> reached the subject.
>
> Thanks in advance! : )
>

 

[Superfreak3]

On Jul 6, 6:59 pm, "Steve Riley [MSFT]" <steve.ri...@microsoft.com>
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> Mark Russinovich's TechNet Magazine article in June has a good explanation.
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> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/issues/2007/06/UAC/defaul...
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> Steve Riley
> steve.ri...@microsoft.comhttp://blogs.technet.com/steriley
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> "Superfreak3" <Matt.Wal...@synergis.com> wrote in message
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> news:1183730541.530865.309600@r34g2000hsd.googlegroups.com...
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> >I was just wondering what role virtualization will play when our
> > software's installation packages runs. Also, is there any difference
> > in this role if UAC is enabled/disabled?
>
> > Any help, here, is greatly appreciated.
>
> > I am currently reading "Windows Vista Application Development
> > Requirements for User Account Control Compatibility" and have just
> > reached the subject.
>
> > Thanks in advance! : )- Hide quoted text -
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> - Show quoted text -

>From this article...

"For the purposes of this virtualization, Windows Vista treats a
process as legacy if it's 32-bit (versus 64-bit), is not running with
administrative rights, and does not have a manifest file indicating
that it was written for Windows Vista."

Our installation will most likely require Admin/Credentials, at least
for initial install, because we default to Program Files and we write
'stuff' to HKLM. From this and the above snippet of your linked
article, can i take from this that Virtualization will not come into
play during our install process?