Stupid question of the day! Is there a way to eliminate the Administrator
and User accounts and just turn on the computer and go to work? I am the
only one using this computer and see absolutely no need for Administrator
accounts, etc., but each time something pops up, I have to decide what I
must do according to Vista. I am so sick of vista.
TJenkins

TJenkins wrote:[color=blue]
> Stupid question of the day! Is there a way to eliminate the
> Administrator and User accounts and just turn on the computer and go to
> work? I am the only one using this computer and see absolutely no need
> for Administrator accounts, etc., but each time something pops up, I
> have to decide what I must do according to Vista. I am so sick of vista.
> TJenkins[/color]

You absolutely do not want to have only one user account. Like XP and
all other modern operating systems, Vista is a multi-user operating
system with built-in system accounts such as Administrator, Default, All
Users, and Guest. These accounts should be left alone as they are part
of the operating system structure.

You particularly don't want only one user account with administrative
privileges on Vista because the built-in Administrator account (normally
only used in emergencies) is disabled by default. In addition to the
system accounts mentioned above, you should create at least three user
accounts: one standard user account that you will use for your daily
work and two administrative accounts for permissions and emergencies.

If you want to go directly to the Desktop and skip the Welcome Screen
with the icons of user accounts, you can do this the same way as in XP:

Configure Windows to Automatically Login (MVP Ramesh) -
[url]http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Autologon.htm[/url]


Malke
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"Malke" <notreally@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
news:ubrh0eI8HHA.5184@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> TJenkins wrote:[color=green]
>> Stupid question of the day! Is there a way to eliminate the
>> Administrator and User accounts and just turn on the computer and go to
>> work? I am the only one using this computer and see absolutely no need
>> for Administrator accounts, etc., but each time something pops up, I have
>> to decide what I must do according to Vista. I am so sick of vista.
>> TJenkins[/color]
>
> You absolutely do not want to have only one user account. Like XP and all
> other modern operating systems, Vista is a multi-user operating system
> with built-in system accounts such as Administrator, Default, All Users,
> and Guest. These accounts should be left alone as they are part of the
> operating system structure.
>
> You particularly don't want only one user account with administrative
> privileges on Vista because the built-in Administrator account (normally
> only used in emergencies) is disabled by default. In addition to the
> system accounts mentioned above, you should create at least three user
> accounts: one standard user account that you will use for your daily work
> and two administrative accounts for permissions and emergencies.
>
> If you want to go directly to the Desktop and skip the Welcome Screen with
> the icons of user accounts, you can do this the same way as in XP:
>
> Configure Windows to Automatically Login (MVP Ramesh) -
> [url]http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Autologon.htm[/url]
>
>
> Malke
> --
> Elephant Boy Computers
> [url]www.elephantboycomputers.com[/url]
> "Don't Panic!"
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User[/color]


Thanks for reply. I went to auto login. I'll just have to live with it.
TJenkins

go here to turn off UAC:

[url]http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/disable-user-account-control-uac-the-easy-way-on-windows-vista/[/url]

"TJenkins" wrote:
[color=blue]
> Stupid question of the day! Is there a way to eliminate the Administrator
> and User accounts and just turn on the computer and go to work? I am the
> only one using this computer and see absolutely no need for Administrator
> accounts, etc., but each time something pops up, I have to decide what I
> must do according to Vista. I am so sick of vista.
> TJenkins
>
>[/color]

If you set up your user account as a member of the Administrators Group and
want to get rid of the nag screen but not completely turn off UAC go to this
reg key:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
"ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin"=dword:00000002
"ConsentPromptBehaviorUser"=dword:00000001
"EnableInstallerDetection"=dword:00000001
"EnableLUA"=dword:00000001
"EnableSecureUIAPaths"=dword:00000001
"EnableVirtualization"=dword:00000001
"PromptOnSecureDesktop"=dword:00000001
"FilterAdministratorToken"=dword:00000000
"LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy"=dword:00000001

Now set the ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin value to zero (0) from 2 and the nag
screen should go away.


"TJenkins" <tfjk@charter.net> wrote in message
news:uNXsxZI8HHA.5796@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> Stupid question of the day! Is there a way to eliminate the Administrator
> and User accounts and just turn on the computer and go to work? I am the
> only one using this computer and see absolutely no need for Administrator
> accounts, etc., but each time something pops up, I have to decide what I
> must do according to Vista. I am so sick of vista.
> TJenkins[/color]

TJenkins wrote:[color=blue]
> Stupid question of the day! Is there a way to eliminate the
> Administrator and User accounts and just turn on the computer and go to
> work?[/color]


No, although you can create a user account and configure the computer
to log in to it automatically.
[color=blue]
>
> I am the only one using this computer and see absolutely no need
> for Administrator accounts, etc., but each time something pops up, I
> have to decide what I must do according to Vista. I am so sick of vista.[/color]


Windows 98 will behave the way you seem to want: with absolutely no
security.


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