Help with RivaTuner, Admin blocking.

[ReapinHardt]

Trying to run MSI Afterburner but RivaTurner wont launch and so MSI wont use a the OSD. I get the error :An administrator has blocked you from running this app" then shows RTSS.exe. Ive right clicked and tried running as Admin obviously but I think this account already is Admin. Also Ive let it through the Windows Defender firewall. Ive seen some stuff on using CMP to sign in as admin but I need to launch this RivaTuner every time I launch afterburner. Any help would be much appreciated, ive looked everywhere and found nothing helpful.

[Midnight Fawn]

Open the 'Registry Editor', and navigate to 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System'

Select 'EnableLUA' and change the value to '0' instead of '1'.

Close the 'Registry Editor' and restart the computer for it to take effect.

[ReapinHardt]

Originally posted by Midnight Fawn:

Open the 'Registry Editor', and navigate to 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System'

Select 'EnableLUA' and change the value to '0' instead of '1'.

Close the 'Registry Editor' and restart the computer for it to take effect.

Okay I got the message that Rivatuner wants to update to 7.2.2, Should I click yes or no?

[Midnight Fawn]

Originally posted by ReapinHardt:

Originally posted by Midnight Fawn:

Open the 'Registry Editor', and navigate to 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System'

Select 'EnableLUA' and change the value to '0' instead of '1'.

Close the 'Registry Editor' and restart the computer for it to take effect.

Okay I got the message that Rivatuner wants to update to 7.2.2, Should I click yes or no?

Yes, just update it mate..

[ReapinHardt]

Originally posted by Midnight Fawn:

Originally posted by ReapinHardt:

Okay I got the message that Rivatuner wants to update to 7.2.2, Should I click yes or no?

Yes, just update it mate..

Okay thanks for so the help, I appreciate it. So after I clicked yes nothing poped up, that including the error so thats good. I tried lunaching it again but nothing pops up, I can see it running in the task manager.

Okay got it, just opened it thorugh the hidden icons tab. Again really appreciate. I couldnt find this info anywhere. Hopefully anyone that looks this up with be directed here.

[Midnight Fawn]

Originally posted by ReapinHardt:

Originally posted by ReapinHardt:

Okay thanks for so the help, I appreciate it. So after I clicked yes nothing poped up, that including the error so thats good. I tried lunaching it again but nothing pops up, I can see it running in the task manager.

Okay got it, just opened it thorugh the hidden icons tab. Again really appreciate. I couldnt find this info anywhere. Hopefully anyone that looks this up with be directed here.

No problem mate, glad it's all sorted for you.. :)

[ReapinHardt]

Originally posted by Midnight Fawn:

Originally posted by ReapinHardt:

Okay got it, just opened it thorugh the hidden icons tab. Again really appreciate. I couldnt find this info anywhere. Hopefully anyone that looks this up with be directed here.

No problem mate, glad it's all sorted for you.. :)

Hey also could I ask how you know this? Just general knowledge or did I not look good enough?

[Midnight Fawn]

Originally posted by ReapinHardt:

Originally posted by Midnight Fawn:

No problem mate, glad it's all sorted for you.. :)

Hey also could I ask how you know this? Just general knowledge or did I not look good enough?

I work in I.T and know lots of little "tweaks" and "workarounds" for windows.. :)

[ReapinHardt]

Originally posted by Midnight Fawn:

Originally posted by ReapinHardt:

Hey also could I ask how you know this? Just general knowledge or did I not look good enough?

I work in I.T and know lots of little "tweaks" and "workarounds" for windows.. :)

That's awesome, couldn't even find a fix on the forum made for Rivatuner. You obviously know your stuff and probably kill it at your job, thanks again.

[paulsacK]

Originally posted by ReapinHardt:

Trying to run MSI Afterburner but RivaTurner wont launch and so MSI wont use a the OSD. I get the error :An administrator has blocked you from running this app" then shows RTSS.exe. Ive right clicked and tried running as Admin obviously but I think this account already is Admin. Also Ive let it through the Windows Defender firewall. Ive seen some stuff on using CMP to sign in as admin but I need to launch this RivaTuner every time I launch afterburner. Any help would be much appreciated, ive looked everywhere and found nothing helpful.

Update to 7.2.2 solved.


You hardly looked for an answer on the forums. Please remove the answer as the selected answer is hardly a fix and makes you vulnerable.. This jackoffasour had you go in and disable your UAC notifications. Setting the flag from 1 (enabled) to 0 (disabled) basically prevents you from being informed when programs try to make changes to your computer.

Originally posted by Bill Gates:

EnableLUA specifies whether Windows User Account Controls (UAC) notifies the user when programs try to make changes to the computer. UAC was formerly known as Limited User Account (LUA).

All you had to do was update to 7.2.2 and the message would have gone away. If you ever have problems, first update, then consult jackoffasours on the interweb.

Originally posted by Midnight Fawn:

I work in I.T and know lots of little "tweaks" and "workarounds" for windows.. :)

Mr. Jackoffasour... I really hope you are not giving this advice out in your I.T. profession.. JFGI next time. I will give credit where credit is due.. You did wrap it in quotes.. high five down low

[Dïngus]

You shouldn't be running on admin account to begin with. You should be running user, have UAC on, and only allow things you check and know. Even sandbox things, and firewall others.

The above poster is right, turning off UAC is dumb.