Outlook 2007 (Crashes) with ACT 10.01 Help Please!!

[newatatc]

(ACT Prem 10.01 - Windows Vista - Outlook 2007)

When I press a email hyperlink from a contact within ACT I get the following:

1. Amazingly - 25% of the time, this feature works perfectly

2. 75% of the time - ACT will take a long time - then finally produce this message " please ensure that both ACT! and Outlook have 'run as administrator privileges' (which I have checked - and do on ACT, and cant seem to find the availablity of this on Outlook [though I log onto the PC as admin and there are no other accounts on the PC)

** This happens when Outlook and ACT are open..... If Oulook is closed -- ACT opens a new (Outlook) email message with no problem...] ---- Most of the time I have Outlook and ACT open at the same time - so when the error message pops up - I close Outlook...... then when I try to re-open Outlook - 50% of the time it wont open and I have to re-boot

All help appreciated

[GLComputing · Accepted solution]

Have you turned of UAC in Vista? Otherwise, you're not really an Admin

[GLComputing · Accepted solution]

Have you turned of UAC in Vista? Otherwise, you're not really an Admin

[newatatc]

Ohhh... UAC -- What is that ?? Please let me know

Thanks

[newatatc]

UAC - User Account Control ... anyhow -- Mike, thanks for that --

I just turned that off, and did a reboot - and so far (on 2 tests) Outlook and ACT work perfectly (again) ....

The problem is/was wierd becuase it worked sometimes for me -

I will test this intensivley throughout the next few days --- So far its working

Thanks again

[newatatc]

Ive done 5 emails now -- so far so good -- by the end of tommorow I suspect I will be able to confirm

[newatatc]

Test results are in --- The UAC change has cured my problem -- Many thanks Mike !!!!!!

[GLComputing]

UAC is IMHO the single worst "feature" in Vista... why, even with SP1, they didn't provide a method to exclude specific applications like the Firewall is a major oversight.

[newatatc]

I agree this is a odd feature (UAC) and I would expect that many would have problems similar to mine - Could ACT not incorporate a string/code that offers to change the UAC selection or even a message that HINTs that the UAC may be the problem (Of Admin rights on the issuse within this thread)

[GLComputing]

Microsoft doesn't want applications to do that... but it is in the Knowledge base

[newatatc]

I tired (I guess not well enough) to look through the knowledge base.... Thanks for the help Mike