Hi Simon. I tested this out and you are right, it doesn't take screenshots of applications running as administrator when the UAC is turned ON. This is to be expected with this setup. Reason: When TimeSnapper is about to take a snapshot, it gets some basic information about the process that is running (such as the process name and the text from the window's titlebar). This information is later used for searching and statistical purposes (as you know). However, the user 'sitary' doesn't have access to the process run be 'admin' (because that would be a security risk) and therefor we encounter an error which aborts the screenshot (and writes to the log). This is what I found in the logs which should support this: [2007-05-01 00:31:01] System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception: Access is denied at System.Diagnostics.ProcessManager.OpenProcess(Int32 processId, Int32 access, Boolean throwIfExited) at System.Diagnostics.NtProcessManager.GetModuleInfos(Int32 processId, Boolean firstModuleOnly) at System.Diagnostics.Process.get_MainModule() Solution: If you want TimeSnapper to take snapshots of a program with elevated rights (admin), you need to grant TS the same rights. I.e. run TimeSnapper as admin and you should be fine.That however is not such an easy task in Windows Vista since they block applications at startup where administrator rights are required.
Here is a little discussion on the topic:
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=967128&SiteID=1
Basically, this seems to be the most simple solution of them all:
I removed the shortcut from the start menu "Startup" folder (although I bet it could've been in the "Run" key in the registry too) and instead I created a task using "Task Scheduler" with the "when I log-on" trigger. It works like a charm.
Hope this helps somewhat (at least until we can find a better solution)!
Best regards,Atlips. we could theoratically take the snapshot but we'd have to leave out any information about the program itself. This is however not an option when the user has some filter in place (such as: don't take snapshot of this and that program).