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[Aravorn]

This method does work.... for a while. But after EVERY Windows update (or even going to the Windows Update page to check for updates0 the UAC is back on. very irritating!

[Adama]

I had to turn off my UAC for a couple of weeks, but I didn't like not having the protection. So I turned it back on. Now I no longer mind the prompts I receive, I guess I've gotten used to it.

[Car54]

I've kinda just given into it too, for now.

[tascon]

I did it a few months ago and never looked back... UAC is for beginners and I don't think that it gives you extra protection, since after a while, you don't pay attention to it anymore and are more vulnerable to threats.

[piyushsingh]

If only you are using your system , then UAC is merely delaying your work by a few seconds, so its better to turn it off.
For multiple accounts on a system , its a powerful tool and theres a lot to tweak in there.

[dalemay]

I just use Live One Care from Microsoft and I'm done. User control becomes less important, and I don't have to switch from Admin to User every time I want to download a file.

[Mercedes55]

UAC = USELESS ACCESS CONTROLLER

[billhatton100]

I turn my UAC off just as soon as I install Vista. I only use Windows to play games. If you want to do serious computing & have security switch to Linux.
I have to reinstall Windows at least 2 or 3 times a year. I don't foresee Vista changing that fact.

[crazy4laptops]

I don't like UAC. Why does it prompt for every single system change? (msconfig, software, etc.) It just slows me down when i need to be the most productive. I want to know why i need protection from actions that I know are safe. I wish there was an add to safe list with UAC. And plus Mcafee security center does a better job of keeping my computer safe from real threats instead of false positives/alarms within the computer itself.

[Lexicon]

UAC meddling gave me the error message, "Failed to load resource DLL" when I tried to launch WS-FTP Pro, a program that had worked just fine for a month in my Vista Ultimate install. Why would UAC do such a thing? Because for some reason Vista forgot that I am an ADMINISTRATOR. I fixed the problem by turning UAC completley off -officially "not recommended"- and now my XP version of WS-FTP Pro works exactly in Vista as I'd hoped it would!

[texronin]

A free program WinBubble 1.71 will probably solve most of these problems w/o all of the person coding.

[rgoya]

to create the desktop shortcuts, I used the right-click menu by right-clicking on the files where I saved them (User/Documents/Vista and chose "Send To > Desktop (create a shortcut)" -- Done!

[gforeman]

Anyone know how to add gpedit.msc to Vista Home Premium? It has been stripped out

[crazy4laptops]

Vista home doesn't have gpedit. You can edit policy the registry keys though. Go here for more info.

btw, what's your opinion of vista?

[tnetech]

How much fiddling do people do on their computers, I can go days without getting a UAC pop up.

I have used both Windows and Linux extensively and I find that having to type 'sudo' or enter root password on Linux just as 'annoying'!Nobody ever complains about that. Try doing any system update on Ubuntu andyou have to not only click OK but also enter a password. Just imagine if Microsoft had gone down that road.

I think that people just love complaining about Vista and Microsoft!

[crazy4laptops]

windows does not need to prompt you via uac just to change the blasted clock.

Vista truly sucks on some of today's hardware, on tomorrow's it might be great. (i'm not counting on it)

if you have a simplex (simply complex) password in linux, then typing the password and hitting enter takes less time than dealing with the uac prompt in vista.

[piyushsingh]

crazy4laptops said:

windows does not need to prompt you via uac just to change the blasted clock.


Vista truly sucks on some of today's hardware, on tomorrow's it might be great. (i'm not counting on it)


if you have a simplex (simply complex) password in linux, then typing the password and hitting enter takes less time than dealing with the uac prompt in vista.

No one , other that you will agree on the password thing. Its just you are saying anything to show your hatred for vista. Tell , does an enter takes more time then typing password and enter ?

PLZ , atleast be practical.

And changing system time may look a small thing to you. But its not. A wrong setting and you wont even b able to tell what went wrong where .

[bob29fl]

From the pages of PC World (August 2008)
Many Vista users hate User Account Control, the security system that pops up a warning every time they try to do something as serious as installing software or as innocuous as changing the system's clock. Luckily, a free program called TweakUAC can turn UAC off for Administrator accounts but leave it on for everyone else. Just run the program, select Switch UAC to the quiet mode, and click OK.

bob29fl

[bob29fl]

Many Vista users hate User Account Control, the security system that pops up a warning every time they try to do something as serious as installing software or as innocuous as changing the system's clock. Luckily, a free program called TweakUAC can turn UAC off for Administrator accounts but leave it on for everyone else. Just run the program, select Switch UAC to the quiet mode, and click OK. Works Great!!!

From the pages of PC World

bob29fl