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Dumb question I'm sure, since I'm not on Win8, but why are the "Administrative Tools" and many other links showing up on the context menu of the "Recycle Bin"? They don't seem to make sense there, at least to me. Shouldn't they be on the context menu of "My Computer" instead? Of course many of those links, such as "Send To" don't make sense to me in either place, but rather should be on regular files and folders. But like I said, I don't use Win8, so maybe it's just another weird thing about Win8. Cheers and Regards

Maybe so, but if JFX can resolve the issue so that nothing needs to be manually done, that would truly be the best solution and would probably help head off future potential unknown problems as well. As you said above, it is very nice and refreshing to see developers helping out both users and other developers to come up with the best solution for everyone. Cheers and Regards

And then it quit happening? Everything is fine now? Cheers and Regards

You are not alone. I have seen others comment about it. Just another screw up by MS update. Nothing to see here. Move along. Cheers and Regards

Read the post above yours. Cheers and Regards

As jaclaz said. It works on Chrome, at least it did for me. Cheers and Regards

Thought you would like that. Cheers and Regards

I'll accept at least part of the blame for getting Win7 "involved" in this thread when it would seem the script is supposed to be used on an XP system to change the XP product key. I don't have an XP system to use for testing, but I figured that I could at least see if the logic used in the OP VBS seemed to function. So I tried it in my Win7 system, specified that I was using Win7 in my test, and specified that I cancelled the script without executing the Key Changer portion, but it did seem to bring it up appropriately once I added the "missing" last line of the script. I did this test since the original complaint was that he couldn't seem to get past the Admin rights check portion. I reported that I could so I didn't understand why the problem was occurring. If my testing methods confused the issue I apologize. EDIT: Thanks to jaclaz for finding the following: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095159/quotes?item=qt0320188 Cheers and Regards

At least it shows they have a sense of humor! LOL Cheers and Regards

And it seems that the only difference between GSM's tests and that of Jeffery, is that GSM calls the external KeyChanger script while Jeffery tried to put it inline. Do I understand that correctly? Jeffery, if you try to break the KeyChanger script out into a separate file does that work correctly? I know you want it as a single file, but does it work as two files? Cheers and Regards

No problem. I like Seamonkey as well. As to which variant of Chrome I like, I used to use SRWare Iron, but now I use COMODO Dragon, that's what the above tests were based on. Cheers and Regards

Both sides expressed their views and agreed to disagree, and that is great! But Steven, I think Legorol does have a point that it should be made clear to the user that your list is meant for the home user, and even if you don't post a complete list of the hotfixes you do not include, perhaps it would be appropriate in general terms to prominently mention the type of updates that are not included? Just so another user will not be surprised as Legorol was. But then that's just my opinion. [Note: such a warning might indeed already be present somewhere, but I didn't see it when I quickly looked just now.] Cheers and Regards

I hope you are honest and tell whoever buys it that it has problems? Cheers and Regards

Then I guess COMODO Dragon beats Seamonkey: Security - 16 Overall - 87 The king is dead! Long live the king! LOL Cheers and Regards

So it works in all cases UNLESS: 1) you have UAC enabled or if you are on a guest account - and - 2) you run the the RunAs script - combined only with - 3) the Key Changer script But otherwise both scripts work? Very specific, weird circumstances. If nothing else I would suggest adding several echo messages to determine exactly where it goes wrong. Cheers and Regards

Then the problem is not the combining of the two scripts, but rather the function of the UAC script. Looks like you need to modify it in some way. Cheers and Regards

If it was possible to edit this thread to remove all of the duplicate and off topic or unnecessary posts, including this one, and organized into question/problem followed by answer, this thread would probably only be 3 or 4 pages long, if that, and would make a great FAQ, but it would take many, many hours to do. Any volunteers? Cheers and Regards

I also used the "original" RunAs Script, and added some extra Echo'ed messages to make sure it got where I thought it was: Set reg = GetObject("winmgmts://./root/default:StdRegProv")rc = reg.GetStringValue(&h80000003, "S-1-5-19\Environment", "TEMP", val)If rc = 5 Then 'return code 5 == access denied 're-launch script only when it was run without arguments, so we don't go 'in circles when admin privileges can't be acquired If WScript.Arguments.Count = 0 Then 're-launch as administrator; the additional argument is a guard to make 'sure the script is re-launched only once WScript.Echo "Relaunch." CreateObject("Shell.Application").ShellExecute "wscript.exe" _ , Chr(34) & WScript.ScriptFullName & Chr(34) & " relaunch", "", "runas", 1 WScript.Quit 0 Else WScript.Echo "Cannot acquire admin privileges." WScript.Quit 1 End IfElse WScript.Echo "Have Admin." '-> Begin of the Key Changer Script ... the rest of your script here ... But no, I'm an admin and I have UAC disabled, but I still got the "Have Admin" message then the input box was displayed. Cheers and Regards

Not what I meant. I copied your exact combined script from above and added the last line and it worked for me in Win7. Cheers and Regards

Well other than missing the last line - End If the above code looks fine to me and seems to run correctly. At least I get the input box when I tried it on my Win7 system. ( I cancelled it of course.) Cheers and Regards

It might be the "king", but I'm quite happy using Chrome and it's variants and miss one point in the security area, and gain in overall to 87 vs 15 for Seamonkey. Cheers and Regards

Exact model of PC? Link to BIOS update? Cheers and Regards

How, EXACTLY, are you launching the script, ie what is the command line you are using? What were you expecting to happen? Also, for reference, give us the link(s) where you found these scripts? Is there a particular reason you were trying to combine these into a single script? Cheers and Regards

"Magic smoke" being good or bad? LOL Smoke in electronics is typically a very bad sign. Cheers and Regards

You could also try using another app to do the actual copying, such as perhaps TeraCopy or something similar. Cheers and Regards