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    Andre xxxxxxx
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    I've just tested my own app on Vista and got a security warning that it is from an unknown publisher and has no valid digital signature. What do I need to do to avoid this warning?

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      I've just tested my own app on Vista and got a security warning that it is from an unknown publisher and has no valid digital signature. What do I need to do to avoid this warning?

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      Jeremy Falcon
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      Andre Buenger wrote:

      What do I need to do to avoid this warning?

      Reinstall XP. :rolleyes:

      Jeremy Falcon "It's a good thing to do and a tasty way to do it." - Wilford Brimley[^]

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        Andre Buenger wrote:

        What do I need to do to avoid this warning?

        Reinstall XP. :rolleyes:

        Jeremy Falcon "It's a good thing to do and a tasty way to do it." - Wilford Brimley[^]

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        Mark Salsbery
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        Jeremy Falcon wrote:

        Reinstall XP

        :laugh: Doesn't XP give the same warning?

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          Jeremy Falcon wrote:

          Reinstall XP

          :laugh: Doesn't XP give the same warning?

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          Jeremy Falcon
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          Mark Salsbery wrote:

          Doesn't XP give the same warning?

          When installing a driver yeah. I thought he was running his app, but yeah I guess he could be doing that too as it could be part of the app.

          Jeremy Falcon "It's a good thing to do and a tasty way to do it." - Wilford Brimley[^]

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            Mark Salsbery wrote:

            Doesn't XP give the same warning?

            When installing a driver yeah. I thought he was running his app, but yeah I guess he could be doing that too as it could be part of the app.

            Jeremy Falcon "It's a good thing to do and a tasty way to do it." - Wilford Brimley[^]

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            Andre xxxxxxx
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            It's just a standalone MFC exe and doesn't install anything. It's also the same with many other apps. I've read on the MSDN blogs that you need to digitally sign the exe, but I didn't spend much attention to that. I've also run into a problem with MSLU/Unicows, the unicows.dll should only be loaded on Win9x systems and that worked well so far (with 95, 98, 2000 and XP), but on Vista the loader also tries to load the DLL.

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              I've just tested my own app on Vista and got a security warning that it is from an unknown publisher and has no valid digital signature. What do I need to do to avoid this warning?

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              Ed Poore
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              You'll probably need to obtain a digital certificate from someone like Verisign (expensive though).


              I have no idea what I just said. But my intentions were sincere.

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                I've just tested my own app on Vista and got a security warning that it is from an unknown publisher and has no valid digital signature. What do I need to do to avoid this warning?

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                Luis Alonso Ramos
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                You can get a digital certificate to sign your exes from Comodo, which is way cheaper than Verisign.

                Luis Alonso Ramos Intelectix Chihuahua, Mexico

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                • A Andre xxxxxxx

                  I've just tested my own app on Vista and got a security warning that it is from an unknown publisher and has no valid digital signature. What do I need to do to avoid this warning?

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                  Daniel Grunwald
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                  Doesn't happen for any of my unsigned apps on Vista. Maybe you downloaded it from an "untrusted" network/internet location? Then even XP SP2 shows that warning. Here on CP are some tools to view NTFS ADS (Alternate data streams), try to see if Windows has marked the .exe as untrusted.

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                    Doesn't happen for any of my unsigned apps on Vista. Maybe you downloaded it from an "untrusted" network/internet location? Then even XP SP2 shows that warning. Here on CP are some tools to view NTFS ADS (Alternate data streams), try to see if Windows has marked the .exe as untrusted.

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                    Andre xxxxxxx
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                    Daniel Grunwald wrote:

                    Maybe you downloaded it from an "untrusted" network/internet location?

                    You're right, I've run it from a shared folder within VMWare, doesn't happen if I run it from a local drive.

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                      I've just tested my own app on Vista and got a security warning that it is from an unknown publisher and has no valid digital signature. What do I need to do to avoid this warning?

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                      Josh Smith
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                      Andre Buenger wrote:

                      What do I need to do to avoid this warning?

                      Throw in the towel and become a hitman. That's my plan, at least...

                      :josh: My WPF Blog[^]
                      We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit. - Aristotle

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                      • A Andre xxxxxxx

                        It's just a standalone MFC exe and doesn't install anything. It's also the same with many other apps. I've read on the MSDN blogs that you need to digitally sign the exe, but I didn't spend much attention to that. I've also run into a problem with MSLU/Unicows, the unicows.dll should only be loaded on Win9x systems and that worked well so far (with 95, 98, 2000 and XP), but on Vista the loader also tries to load the DLL.

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                        Mark Salsbery
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                        Do you get the warning every time or just the first time you run an app? I'm about to deploy an enterprisey app and I'm wondering if I'll have to deal with this (and I thought I was almost done :rolleyes:). Mark

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                        • J Jeremy Falcon

                          Andre Buenger wrote:

                          What do I need to do to avoid this warning?

                          Reinstall XP. :rolleyes:

                          Jeremy Falcon "It's a good thing to do and a tasty way to do it." - Wilford Brimley[^]

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                          Roger Wright
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                          Either that, or become such a famous author that even Vista recognizes the name.:-D

                          "...a photo album is like Life, but flat and stuck to pages." - Shog9

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