Event Viewer Registration during install doesn't check for success or retry

[brantgurga]

The Event Source Registration during install that needs elevated access may not be granted such access (my experience is that on my workplace setup, the elevated account is an altogether different account and I may not readily have the password right to elevate). The install doesn't block up as a result, but then I'm offered no path to retry the registration. I'd expect the installer to detect the installation failed and offer to skip or retry.

[coreybutler]

This is intentional behavior. Logs don't fail if the UAC prompt is not granted/accepted, they just operate without the registered name.

The community build is designed for user's who control their computer, meaning they can answer UAC prompts with authority at installation time. Certified Builds account for elevation, machine-level installation concerns, and organizational deployment. These builds handle the event source name registration automatically.

We could add a warning in the installer, giving users the chance to cancel the install on failed name registration if desired. This would still be suppressed in silent installations though.

I'm going to move this to a discussion because this isn't a bug.