[Tutor] Pyserial and invalid handle

[Rance Hall]

On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 8:21 PM, John Smith <jocjo.s at verizon.net> wrote:
>
> On 11/29/2010 5:56 PM, Emile van Sebille wrote:
> (snip)
>>
>> Hmmm... any chance you don't have administrative rights on the account
>> performing this? I never got to Win7 (having stopped at XP) but I know
>> it's got a reputation for excessive permission asking.
>
> You're right about that. It's like Win7 is paranoid. But, it tells me when I
> need to supply administrative permission. Some day I'll find the button that
> tells the system that nobody else uses this computer and to shut up and get
> on with it.
>

Just so you know, Its called User Account Control or UAC.  Google for
"disabling UAC on Windows 7" and you can find a tutorial or two on how
to make your computer "shut up and get on with it."