Urchin Installation Guide Addendum for Windows 2008
The notes in this article apply to installing Urchin on Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista. While the steps in Urchin Installation Guide (Windows) will work for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista, the following considerations apply.
Windows 2008 contains a new security feature called User Access Control (UAC), for details please refer to http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc709691.aspx.
The known issues when UAC is enabled are:
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If UAC is enabled, the application can’t correctly write to the “Program files” folder. Find more details here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa905330.aspx
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Urchin’s executables can’t be run from a command prompt by default. You must either use the command prompt as administrator or set the properties of the executable as follows: Right click and select Properties-> Compatibility -> “Run this program as administrator” -> OK. Please note that Urchin Windows services operate as expected without any additional effort required.
Solution:
- Disable UAC and set up Urchin wherever you want. Run Urchin using the binaries or Windows services.
- IF UAC is enabled DO NOT install Urchin in the Program files folder. Install it in, for example, your Users directory. Modify the properties to run binaries in admin mode (as described in 2, above) or use Windows services without any changes.