One more issue and I will be done for the day.

As I'm the admin
and I'm the only user

How do I stop all those windows that ask if I do indeed want to start this
program or that one

please and thank you.

If you talked to a soldier about his bullet proof vest or his helmet, he
would probably tell you it was heavy and uncomfortable. You would find few
soldiers foolish enough to do without them. The UAC control is disabled in
User Accounts, with a simple checkbox. Go ahead, make a terrorist's day.

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"FireBrick" <w9ol@billnjudy.com> wrote in message
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> One more issue and I will be done for the day.
>
> As I'm the admin
> and I'm the only user
>
> How do I stop all those windows that ask if I do indeed want to start this
> program or that one
>
> please and thank you.
>

On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 10:29:33 -0500, "FireBrick" <w9ol@billnjudy.com>
wrote:

>One more issue and I will be done for the day.
>
>As I'm the admin
>and I'm the only user
>
>How do I stop all those windows that ask if I do indeed want to start this
>program or that one
>
>please and thank you.

Short answer: Turn of UAC and be happy again.

If you want to invest the time, take over control by making yourself
owner of your hard drives and changing permissions to allow full
access. I've explained it countless times already in greater detail.

This explains it as well as any other web site:

http://elegantcode.com/2008/04/07/ch...-and-longhorn/

FireBrick wrote:
> One more issue and I will be done for the day.
>
> As I'm the admin
> and I'm the only user
>
> How do I stop all those windows that ask if I do indeed want to start
> this program or that one
>
> please and thank you.
>

You use this.

<http://www.computerperformance.co.uk/vista/vista_administrator_activate.htm#Summary_of_Vista_ Administrator_-_Super_User_(Hidden_Account)>

You turn UAC off period.

You use a tool.

<http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/03/18/turn-off-and-on-uac-or-disable-elevation-prompt-with-tweakuac/>


You leave it on at all times and deal with it.

The choice is yours to make.

On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 11:02:14 -0500, "Mark L. Ferguson"
<MarkLFerguson@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>If you talked to a soldier about his bullet proof vest or his helmet, he
>would probably tell you it was heavy and uncomfortable. You would find few
>soldiers foolish enough to do without them. The UAC control is disabled in
>User Accounts, with a simple checkbox. Go ahead, make a terrorist's day.

You should stick to your silly copy and paste replies. Sharing your
opinions makes you look even more foolish.

Your analogy is well, lame. Here's why:

While far from perfect a bullet proof vest actually stops some
projectiles or minimizes the potential damage. UAC does nothing but
NAG, by popping up a warning. Because it is such a president nag and
one that can't learn from it's past experiences most people either
quickly learn to turn off UAC or ignore the warning by developing a
reflex clicking through without thinking about it totally defeating
the intended purpose of UAC.

And oh, if you think UAC will stop a determined terrorist, I have a
bridge in New York on sale this week, let me know if you're interested
in making an offer.

On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 11:45:35 -0500
Ringmaster <bigtop@VistaGeneralCircus.net> wrote:

> On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 11:02:14 -0500, "Mark L. Ferguson"
> <MarkLFerguson@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >If you talked to a soldier about his bullet proof vest or his
> >helmet, he would probably tell you it was heavy and uncomfortable.
> >You would find few soldiers foolish enough to do without them. The
> >UAC control is disabled in User Accounts, with a simple checkbox. Go
> >ahead, make a terrorist's day.
>
> You should stick to your silly copy and paste replies. Sharing your
> opinions makes you look even more foolish.
>
> Your analogy is well, lame. Here's why:
>
> While far from perfect a bullet proof vest actually stops some
> projectiles or minimizes the potential damage. UAC does nothing but
> NAG, by popping up a warning. Because it is such a president nag and
> one that can't learn from it's past experiences most people either
> quickly learn to turn off UAC or ignore the warning by developing a
> reflex clicking through without thinking about it totally defeating
> the intended purpose of UAC.
>
> And oh, if you think UAC will stop a determined terrorist, I have a
> bridge in New York on sale this week, let me know if you're interested
> in making an offer.

So...its a bullet "resistant" vest.

If UAC is nothing but a nag...so is having to use sudo in ubuntu.
I should just login as root

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Thanks
I dl th e 'tool' and best of both worlds
can turn it off when working and installing and turn it on when I need it.
thank you


"Kicking Albright" <Albright@Kicking.com> wrote in message
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> FireBrick wrote:
>> One more issue and I will be done for the day.
>>
>> As I'm the admin
>> and I'm the only user
>>
>> How do I stop all those windows that ask if I do indeed want to start
>> this program or that one
>>
>> please and thank you.
>>
>
> You use this.
>
> <http://www.computerperformance.co.uk/vista/vista_administrator_activate.htm#Summary_of_Vista_ Administrator_-_Super_User_(Hidden_Account)>
>
> You turn UAC off period.
>
> You use a tool.
>
> <http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/03/18/turn-off-and-on-uac-or-disable-elevation-prompt-with-tweakuac/>
>
>
> You leave it on at all times and deal with it.
>
> The choice is yours to make.

On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 10:29:33 -0500, "FireBrick" <w9ol@billnjudy.com> wrote:

>One more issue and I will be done for the day.
>
>As I'm the admin
>and I'm the only user
>
>How do I stop all those windows that ask if I do indeed want to start this
>program or that one
>
>please and thank you.

Sheesh, they really want to shut you down.

They gave you half an answer. UAC is there for your protection.
But it is primarily just an annoyance.
Turn it off if you want to remove the nags.

Other things that can and do protect.
You have the windows defender. [1]
DEP [2]
windows explorer security [1]
Firefox [3]

[1] my opinion- questionable value. I don't use either.
[2] always on and configurable.. May or may not work. I have seen it sendout a
popup when something goes bad. Have no idea what it did.
[3] not a virus target yet. So security is fair. I still clean a trojan out of
it's cache weekly. Also browses the web faster.


Add a GOOD 24/7 AIO virus scanner / firewall and forget about your machines
security and annoying popup's.

I use trend micro..
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Go here and download this script, it will turn off the prompt, but will keep
UAC on.
http://www.paulsxp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=109

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"FireBrick" <w9ol@billnjudy.com> wrote in message
news:eiVYZ2$7IHA.5052@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> One more issue and I will be done for the day.
>
> As I'm the admin
> and I'm the only user
>
> How do I stop all those windows that ask if I do indeed want to start this
> program or that one
>
> please and thank you.
>

FireBrick wrote:
> Thanks
> I dl th e 'tool' and best of both worlds
> can turn it off when working and installing and turn it on when I need it.
> thank you
>

You are welcomed.

>
> "Kicking Albright" <Albright@Kicking.com> wrote in message
> news:OhHqQOA8IHA.3696@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> FireBrick wrote:
>>> One more issue and I will be done for the day.
>>>
>>> As I'm the admin
>>> and I'm the only user
>>>
>>> How do I stop all those windows that ask if I do indeed want to start
>>> this program or that one
>>>
>>> please and thank you.
>>>
>>
>> You use this.
>>
>> <http://www.computerperformance.co.uk/vista/vista_administrator_activate.htm#Summary_of_Vista_ Administrator_-_Super_User_(Hidden_Account)>
>>
>>
>> You turn UAC off period.
>>
>> You use a tool.
>>
>> <http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/03/18/turn-off-and-on-uac-or-disable-elevation-prompt-with-tweakuac/>
>>
>>
>>
>> You leave it on at all times and deal with it.
>>
>> The choice is yours to make.
>

> How do I stop all those windows that ask if I do indeed want to start this
> program or that one

Upgrade those applications to Vista-compatible ones.

If any program generates UAC prompts in normal use, it doesn't comply with
the XP programming guidelines (yep, XP, not Vista). Bearing in mind those
guidelines were published several years ago at the beginning of XP's life,
there is really no excuse for any program from the XP era (or later) failing
to comply.

The exception is programs which perform some specific administrative task,
which will always generate confirmation requests.

Remember: UAC prompts are little different from the elevation prompts in
Linux and Mac OS. If Vista detects that something is trying to mess around
with its guts, it says "are you sure?".

This is a good thing, and NOT something you should disable lightly.

SteveT

> Go here and download this script, it will turn off the prompt, but will
> keep UAC on.

No, don't. UAC without the prompt is almost (not completely) worthless.
All this script does - in effect - is automatically answer 'Yes' to every
UAC prompt. What is the point of that?

SteveT

UAC is fine for a certain limit. It is nagging whenever u start an old
application which are earlier permitted through UAC still need
permission. A "remember my answer" option to check/uncheck will avoid so
many pop ups of UAC


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I wrote that script because a lot of users wanted a way to turn off the
prompt, but keep UAC on.
When you run the script it will tell you all it is doing is turning off the
prompt, not UAC.
It is their choice.

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"Steve Thackery" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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>> Go here and download this script, it will turn off the prompt, but will
>> keep UAC on.
>
> No, don't. UAC without the prompt is almost (not completely) worthless.
> All this script does - in effect - is automatically answer 'Yes' to every
> UAC prompt. What is the point of that?
>
> SteveT

On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:22:18 +0100, "Steve Thackery"
<nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

>> Go here and download this script, it will turn off the prompt, but will
>> keep UAC on.
>
>No, don't. UAC without the prompt is almost (not completely) worthless.
>All this script does - in effect - is automatically answer 'Yes' to every
>UAC prompt. What is the point of that?
>
>SteveT


The same point of clicking 'yes proceed' which is what everyone does
99.999% of the time every time UAC nags about something.

No point at all.

Actually surprising that many that should know better fall for this
Microsoft snake oil.

User Account Control has got to go down with other Microsoft flops
like BOB and Windows ME.