Hardhead Posted November 4, 2007 ID:9559 Share Posted November 4, 2007 Can't get database to update to #185.I installed MBAM and ran as admin on first install.I still don't get a log after quick scan when clicking on Main menu. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardhead Posted November 4, 2007 Author ID:9562 Share Posted November 4, 2007 I had the old MBAM and the new program update installed overtop of old program.Must have been what caused the problem.I just installed new MBAM and I went to Program files and ran MBAM as admin and had no problems with getting database update. I got log this time Marcin. Must have been an issue with the last overtop install of MBAM. All is good now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John L. Galt Posted November 4, 2007 ID:9564 Share Posted November 4, 2007 HH - do you normally *not* run MBAM as admin? I have mine set to always run as admin - I figured it would need to since I got an error on first run (after closing installer) when I first installed it....so I didn't think it could run without admin privileges.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardhead Posted November 4, 2007 Author ID:9571 Share Posted November 4, 2007 HH - do you normally *not* run MBAM as admin? I have mine set to always run as admin - I figured it would need to since I got an error on first run (after closing installer) when I first installed it....so I didn't think it could run without admin privileges....Yes, when I first installed MBAM when I was having these issues I installed MBAM as admin and thats where I had the problems because when the new program update came out MBAM installed overtop of the old version and thats where the UAC issue is coming from to the best of my knowledge.Keep in mind that I had the old version installed as admin and I got the lastest version through the program updater itself.Does that make any sense? LOL... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardhead Posted November 4, 2007 Author ID:9572 Share Posted November 4, 2007 Basically what happens when using the program updater, it installs MBAM and you are not given a choice to install as admin. You have to manually do that through program files afterwords. So thats where the issue is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John L. Galt Posted November 4, 2007 ID:9575 Share Posted November 4, 2007 but, if you run MBAM as admin then the updater *should* (theoretically) run as admin as well.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John L. Galt Posted November 4, 2007 ID:9577 Share Posted November 4, 2007 In talking with you on the phone, I realize now that that was the main difference between you and I - I run the *app* as admin all the time, and thus the updater will run as admin also, thus allowing it to update definitions.I don't know if this is a requirement (I only tried running as non admin once, when I installed, and it gave me some error message, cannot recall what it said, so I set the program to always run as admin) but if it is then this will need to be documented for Vista users. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardhead Posted November 4, 2007 Author ID:9593 Share Posted November 4, 2007 I'm still having issue with database updates and log.I have to run as admin each time before I can get both to work.Latest database #187 installed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John L. Galt Posted November 5, 2007 ID:9602 Share Posted November 5, 2007 That is probably as should be - Marcin, does the database file get written to the %ProgramFiles% directory? If so, then this is going to be an issue for anyone running MBAM under Vista that does not run the program with elevated privileges.I have mine set to always run as admin, partially because it will give more access to the registry, and partially because the very first time I ran it it gave me an error of some sort (may not have been pertinent, but I assumed, after having run into all sorts of quirks in Vista when not running a program with elevated privileges, that MBAM would require elevated privileges and thus I set edited the compatibility on the executable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardhead Posted November 7, 2007 Author ID:9666 Share Posted November 7, 2007 All works fine now John when ruunning admin with elevated privileges.TY Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John L. Galt Posted November 7, 2007 ID:9670 Share Posted November 7, 2007 Latest - MBAM keeps updating the db to 187 even though 187 is already installed. Ducky said he already found the problem, so we should probably see a new release here soon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adchia Posted November 8, 2007 ID:9723 Share Posted November 8, 2007 well...as a side note, mbam also does it on windows 2000...hopefully the next release will fix it on windows 2000 as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff nosirrah Posted November 8, 2007 Staff ID:9724 Share Posted November 8, 2007 I think we have this fixed , update and see how it goes . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adchia Posted November 8, 2007 ID:9730 Share Posted November 8, 2007 Works fine on mine now. Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John L. Galt Posted November 9, 2007 ID:9784 Share Posted November 9, 2007 The database updated to 191 for me now too. A retry on the update told me I have the latest - all seems to be working well again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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