Me vs Topaz - Fixed: I just downloaded a potentially fixed Topaz Photo AI with the result that it no longer needs to be opened as Admin. The problem has been corrected.

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Me vs Topaz - Fixed

Dec 9, 2022 01:49:37 #

TheShoe Loc: Lacey, WA

I just downloaded a potentially fixed Topaz Photo AI with the result that it no longer needs to be opened as Admin. The problem has been corrected.

Dec 9, 2022 05:51:12 #

dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

??? when setting up windows one has the choice of designating themselves as administrator.
When installing programs most give the choice of "for all to use"
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/create-a-local-user-or-administrator-account-in-windows-20de74e0-ac7f-3502-a866-32915af2a34d

Photo AI is indeed a miraculous bit of software magic. I ran Topaz Photo AI on an old 2001 heavily cropped photo the IQ [image quality] became competitive with those taken with modern expensive hi resolution DSLR...

Dec 10, 2022 02:15:19 #

TheShoe Loc: Lacey, WA

dpullum wrote:

??? when setting up windows one has the choice of... (show quote)

My id, the only one on the system, is an Admin. The program was doing something that required that it be "Run as Admin"; however, it hung at that point rather than displaying an error message and exiting. The other option would have been to request permission to execute whatever it was trying to do as an Admin. There were two problems: 1. Normal applications should never require Admin privileges, and 2. Neither should they hang. Both have been fixed the right way, by eliminating the requirement for "Run as Admin".

Note: Since mine is the only account, anything I install is "for all to use".

Dec 10, 2022 07:07:21 #