Jet Profiler will run under windows 7 but it requires Admin privileges, since many corporate environments do not allow Administrator access for users this is show stopper. When I run the app I get the following pop-up.
"Do you want to allow the following program from an unknown publisher to make changes to this computer?"
"To continue, type an administrator password, and then click Yes"
The reason for this is that the application needs to run on many different os:es (Mac OS X, Linux, most Windows flavors). On all platforms, everything gets installed in one directory (e.g. C:\Program Files\Jet Profiler for MySQL\). From then on, the application needs to be able to write to this directory in order to perform software updates and save configuration settings. Windows 7 and Windows Vista both have the UAC, User Access Control, which prevents normal users from doing certain operations, such as writing to the Program Files folder. So originally, the application would not run at all on Windows Vista. The solution then was to force the program to run as Administrator - an efficient, although simplistic, solution.
Having said that, we will look into changing the installer to avoid this problem. Hopefully, the application will require administrator privileges only during installation. From then on, only normal privileges are required. I will get back to you later this week when I have more information.
Adam, this problem has now been fixed! Administrator rights are now only required during installation and software updates. Regular usage only requires normal privileges, which should work better for your environment.
If the software discovers that there are updates available, the user will be prompted to restart the application as an Administrator. This is required so that new binaries can be downloaded and written to the Program Files folder. Software updates are not mandatory, so you can skip them if you want to.
For this to be effective, a reinstall is required. You can download the new version (beta status) from here: