Replay AV in Windows 7

[dr3d]

Replay A/V might run fine on Windows 7. But you will get this warning if you try to select "Start Program when Windows starts":

Note: "Start Program when Windows starts" may not work on Vista and Windows 7 if UAC (User Account Control) is enabled.

I don't especially want or need to turn UAC completely off, and I am not sure I understand why Replay A/V needs to run as Administrator in the first place. I have regularly scheduled programs that need to be recorded even across reboots, and I am not always around or able to remember to fire up RAV, so this limitation is somewhat frustrating...

[Cheryl Wester]

This is due to the way audio is captured and at this time there is not a workaround for this. I know, personally, I have my User Account Control turned off and have since Vista first came out.

[carlobee]

thanks for this heads up. i'll be using Windows starting next week i guess

[stream-recorder.com]

Originally Posted by carlobee

thanks for this heads up. i'll be using Windows starting next week i guess

I wouldn't update to Windows 7. The only way I could get Windows 7 is with a new computer (unless I can get it with Linux).

[carlobee]

Originally Posted by stream-recorder.com

I wouldn't update to Windows 7. The only way I could get Windows 7 is with a new computer (unless I can get it with Linux).

Yes. I was planning on having a new computer too. Just for a new start of everything because I heard it's quite time consuming and even complicated to update a Vista machine to Windows 7.

[dr3d]

Originally Posted by Cheryl Wester

This is due to the way audio is captured and at this time there is not a workaround for this. I know, personally, I have my User Account Control turned off and have since Vista first came out.

I think writing log files to the program's install directory might be an issue also - not supposed to do that any more...

[awatkins]

Originally Posted by Cheryl Wester

This is due to the way audio is captured and at this time there is not a workaround for this.

Cheryl -- Could you expand on this a little? What exactly is it that RAV is doing that prevents it from starting automatically in Win 7 with UAC active?

[Cheryl Wester]

I don't know the technical aspects-it won't start with UAC on as your system will then ask for permission to open the file. Without the permission your program won't open and thus it won't start when windows starts. This applies to both Vista and Windows 7 with our latest version. The latest version does work with the UAC on except for this aspect of starting when windows starts.

[bblackmoor]

I am using Replay AV on Windows 7 64-bit. The only way I could get Replay AV to start at startup was to add a scheduled task to do it.

1. Start by opening Task Scheduler (under Admin tools on your start menu)
2. Then Create task (using basic task did not work)
   1. Name it whatever you like - I used Replay AV
   2. Description - Whatever you like
   3. Then select Run Only when user is logged on
   4. Then click run with highest privileges
   5. I then clicked on the drop down box and selected configure for windows 7/server 2008R2. If you are using Windows Vista, select "Windows Vista"
3. Then move to the triggers tab
   1. Click new
   2. Begin the task at Logon
   3. Click Any user
   4. I did not select any other check boxes, but I did have to unselect (stop task if running for longer than ....)
4. Move to the actions tab
   1. Click new
   2. Select start a program
   3. Then click browse in the program/script section and find your ReplayAV application file
5. Then move to the conditions tab
   1. Uncheck everything in this section.
6. Move to settings tab. In this section have selected:
   1. Allow task to be run on demand
   2. Run task as soon as possible if schedule missed
   3. If task fails restart every minute
   4. Attempt to restart 3 times
   5. Everything else remains unticked.
   6. Last of all in the drop down box for If the task is already running select Do Not Start another instance.
7. Then click OK and you have completed your auto startup sequence.
   Reboot your machine and when windows logs back on you will be happy to see Replay AV pop up. This is not a permanent fix, but at least now we can start Replay AV automatically and we don't have to wait for a future version to be released.

[awatkins]

Thanks very much for the solution. It was very kind of you to write it up in detail.