Yes. even if it is active, the detect application installations and prompt for elevation policy should be enable. One thing i do to bypass this is the following command before installing synaptic REG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System" /v EnableInstallerDetection /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f Why not just run the dpinstall.exe or whatever its called, which is in the same folder as the setup.exe? smartasses took me 20 secs to figure that out Think for other people