Real Temp - New temp program for Intel Core processors

[unclewebb]

I have Administrator privileges on my account and enabled UAC at its Default setting.

When using UAC, the StartUp folder method seems to cause some issues so I decided to add RealTemp to the TaskScheduler.

Open up Task Scheduler and start by clicking on Create Basic Task... on the right hand side.



Enter a name for the task, RealTemp, and then click on Next.



For Trigger, choose the option, When I log on.



For Action select, Start a program and then click on Next.



I dragged the RealTempBeta folder into the Program Files(x86) folder.

Click on Browse and tell it where it can find RealTemp.exe



Click Next to go to the Summary window.
Before clicking Finish select, Open the Properties dialog for this task when I click Finish



Now select, Run with highest privileges and click on OK and you're done.



Now reboot and see if it works.

I know this is a big hassle but when running UAC, it's the correct way to add items to your Start Up routine that need Administrator privileges. You will also have to do the above if UAC is enabled to get Core Temp to start correctly. Temperature monitoring programs need to run at this level to access the temperature sensors which are a protected resource. Maybe we can hang some of the blame on Intel as well since reading the core temperature shouldn't be rocket science or a dangerous activity needing Ring 0 access.

If you ever have problems where RealTemp seems to be running in the Task Manager but doesn't appear on your screen, Kill the RealTemp.exe process and then go into the RealTemp.ini file and delete the WindowXY= key. RealTemp stores the last position it was at in that key so if it gets screwed up there might be a problem. I noticed one issue when testing that if the RealTempBeta folder is located directly in the C: directory then this window position info gets ignored and RealTemp was starting up for me in the top left corner. I think that's another Windows 7 UAC induced feature.

Edit: The above method also works in a limited account but you will need to enter an Administrator password before RealTemp will be allowed to run at Start Up.

Edit #2: Richard was having a lot of problems with this method. RealTemp would show up in the Task Manager but he couldn't access it anywhere. He finally figured out that for the last step it is critical that you have "Run only when user is logged on" is checked.

If you follow the above method exactly then it should work with or without UAC enabled and whether you are in an Admin or Standard account.