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A friend just showed me his installation of Quark 8.1 on his Vista system and I was surprised to see that it requires administrator privileges to run... That's pretty lame from a security point of view, especially for software that was apparently Vista compatible in version 7 (ie. so it's not old).
I use my Mac for design work so I don't have this issue, but I know that apps generally shouldn't be asking for Admin access just to be able to run. Anyone got any ideas what on earth it uses it for, and if I can disable it without worrying that my friend will discover why it needs those privileges halfway through a major project! :)
Thanks in advance!
Yeah, it baffles me because Quark 7 was given "Vista Certification" in 2007, apparently. Quark 8.1 is supposedly Windows 7 compatible and was released in 2009. Could they be THAT bad (ie. STILL require admin access after all these years)? – Django Reinhardt – 2009-11-12T17:45:00.287
It depends. It works, so if it's a lot of effort to 'fix' it, then the company behind it probably doesn't see the advantage in it, so it could need admin rights indefinately. Bear in mind I could be completely wrong, but this has been the reasoning behind other issues and programs in the past. – Phoshi – 2009-11-12T17:46:59.550