John wrote:
> Depending on your version, start with control panel and go to the security
> section. If you can run gpedit.msc, then use group policies to kill more.
> Finally go into the Services area and disable all security related services.
> Check dependencies to be sure.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
The devil is in the details. If I knew what I was doing, I wouldn't have
asked the question.
And yep, I'm getting along just fine with win2K. Problem is that more and
more stuff REQUIRES a minimum of XP...for no good reason that I can see,
other than selling more operating systems.
And sooner or later it will be Vista.
If you use MS development tools, you automagically get the "benefit" of
all the new
stuff that don't exist in older OS's. Otherwise nobody would update...
Backward compatibility is bad for business.
I don't really expect any help from MS. But non-MS people don't
have a vested interst and come up with useful fixes.
Looks like it's time to take that free promotonal Vista Ultimate disk
and stick it in the drawer until it's value exceeds the cost.
I'll stick in another question just for fun. Who in hades thought it
was a good idea to have a blurred image of another window appear in the
title bar? I expect you can turn it off...but you shouldn't have to...
Some UI development team has way too much time on their hands.
Thanks, mike
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> "mike" <spamme9******.com> wrote in message news:i3GWj.185$vE.32@trnddc03...
>> I understand that many people need lots of security.
>> I'm NOT one of those people.
>>
>> I want to disable ALL security on my Vista System.
>>
>> I don't want any passwords.
>> I want every file visible/readable/writable/executable by ANYBODY
>> who happens onto my network.
>> I don't want any firewalls.
>> I don't want any antivirus.
>> I don't want any automatic updates of any kind to anything.
>> I don't want any popups asking for permission to do anything.
>> I'd rather not have all the bloat and duplication in folders for
>> different users.
>> I want a single-user system and to be administrator of all things.
>>
>> Yes, I'll put some tiny subset of this back with third-party tools
>> THAT I CONTROL.
>>
>> I've been poking around fixing up one issue after another...but
>> it's a task.
>> Is this info all in one place? Or better yet, a magic incantation
>> to remove ALL of it in one fell swoop?
>>
>> Thanks, mike
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