A Minor Inconvenience

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RScotti

Hi,
I noticed a minor inconvenience that I had to keep giving permission to do certain procedures even though I am the
Administrator and logged on with a password.
Is there a way around this? I Thought that was unnecessary.

Have a good day,
RScotti

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My Specifications:
HP Windows XP MCE 2005 & Vista RC-1
PentiumD 820 (S) DC 2.8 GHz
Socket 775 Chipset Intel 945P
Asus Motherboard Name: P5LP-LE
Memory Installed 2 GB (2 x 1 GB)
Hard drive 250 GB SATA 7200 rpm
Western Digital External HD 500 GB
16X DVD(+/-)R/RW (+/-)R DL LightScribe drive
Nvidia Video Graphics GeForce 7300LE 256 MB
Sound/Audio Integrated High Definition audio
Realtek ALC 882 chipset Supports up to 8 audio channels Dolby Pro Logic II compatible
 
M

Mark Gillespie

Hi,
I noticed a minor inconvenience that I had to keep giving permission to
do certain procedures even though I am the
Administrator and logged on with a password.
Is there a way around this? I Thought that was unnecessary.

Have a good day,
RScotti
Click to expand...

This is UAC, User Account Control. If it annoys you, and you accept the
implications of disabling it, then you can switch it off as follows:

Type MSCONFIG in the start menu search box, press enter, enter your
creditials, Select the tools tab, there is a entry called DisableUAC,
Click Launch, then reboot...
 
R

RScotti

Thanks you Mark, I will do this when I reinstall RC1. Had some problems with the partition and MBR.
May have to do an upgrade instead of a clean install on a new partition?

This is UAC, User Account Control. If it annoys you, and you accept the
implications of disabling it, then you can switch it off as follows:

Type MSCONFIG in the start menu search box, press enter, enter your
creditials, Select the tools tab, there is a entry called DisableUAC,
Click Launch, then reboot...
Click to expand...

Have a good day,
RScotti

remove "nospam" in order to email me.

My Specifications:
HP Windows XP MCE 2005 & Vista RC-1
PentiumD 820 (S) DC 2.8 GHz
Socket 775 Chipset Intel 945P
Asus Motherboard Name: P5LP-LE
Memory Installed 2 GB (2 x 1 GB)
Hard drive 250 GB SATA 7200 rpm
Western Digital External HD 500 GB
16X DVD(+/-)R/RW (+/-)R DL LightScribe drive
Nvidia Video Graphics GeForce 7300LE 256 MB
Sound/Audio Integrated High Definition audio
Realtek ALC 882 chipset Supports up to 8 audio channels Dolby Pro Logic II compatible
 
R

RScotti

Thanks Kerry, I will check it out.
Before you disable UAC you should educate yourself as to what it is, how it
works, and why it is there. The following link explains it very well.

http://www.jimmah.com/vista/security/uac.aspx
Click to expand...

Have a good day,
RScotti

remove "nospam" in order to email me.

My Specifications:
HP Windows XP MCE 2005 & Vista RC-1
PentiumD 820 (S) DC 2.8 GHz
Socket 775 Chipset Intel 945P
Asus Motherboard Name: P5LP-LE
Memory Installed 2 GB (2 x 1 GB)
Hard drive 250 GB SATA 7200 rpm
Western Digital External HD 500 GB
16X DVD(+/-)R/RW (+/-)R DL LightScribe drive
Nvidia Video Graphics GeForce 7300LE 256 MB
Sound/Audio Integrated High Definition audio
Realtek ALC 882 chipset Supports up to 8 audio channels Dolby Pro Logic II compatible
 
R

RScotti

Hi Kerry,
I read the information you gave me and have a question:

If I understand it correctly, I only have to consent ONCE and that program will always run for me if I am the
Administrator?

Before you disable UAC you should educate yourself as to what it is, how it
works, and why it is there. The following link explains it very well.

http://www.jimmah.com/vista/security/uac.aspx
Click to expand...

Have a good day,
RScotti

remove "nospam" in order to email me.

My Specifications:
HP Windows XP MCE 2005 & Vista RC-1
PentiumD 820 (S) DC 2.8 GHz
Socket 775 Chipset Intel 945P
Asus Motherboard Name: P5LP-LE
Memory Installed 2 GB (2 x 1 GB)
Hard drive 250 GB SATA 7200 rpm
Western Digital External HD 500 GB
16X DVD(+/-)R/RW (+/-)R DL LightScribe drive
Nvidia Video Graphics GeForce 7300LE 256 MB
Sound/Audio Integrated High Definition audio
Realtek ALC 882 chipset Supports up to 8 audio channels Dolby Pro Logic II compatible
 
R

Rock

Hi Kerry,
I read the information you gave me and have a question:

If I understand it correctly, I only have to consent ONCE and that program
will always run for me if I am the
Administrator?
Click to expand...

If the program asks for administrator privileges to run then UAC will
prompt. If you are logged in to an account with administrative privileges,
then the UAC prompt will just require clicking continue. If it's a standard
user account, then it will prompt with a list of administrative level
accounts; select the account and enter the password for it.
 
R

RScotti

Thanks again,
If the program asks for administrator privileges to run then UAC will
prompt. If you are logged in to an account with administrative privileges,
then the UAC prompt will just require clicking continue. If it's a standard
user account, then it will prompt with a list of administrative level
accounts; select the account and enter the password for it.
Click to expand...

Have a good day,
RScotti

remove "nospam" in order to email me.

My Specifications:
HP Windows XP MCE 2005 & Vista RC-1
PentiumD 820 (S) DC 2.8 GHz
Socket 775 Chipset Intel 945P
Asus Motherboard Name: P5LP-LE
Memory Installed 2 GB (2 x 1 GB)
Hard drive 250 GB SATA 7200 rpm
Western Digital External HD 500 GB
16X DVD(+/-)R/RW (+/-)R DL LightScribe drive
Nvidia Video Graphics GeForce 7300LE 256 MB
Sound/Audio Integrated High Definition audio
Realtek ALC 882 chipset Supports up to 8 audio channels Dolby Pro Logic II compatible
 
R

RScotti

Hi Kerry,
Well I guess I have to keep using it does have some good features that out way the inconvenience.

No unfortunately it doesn't always work that way.
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Have a good day,
RScotti

remove "nospam" in order to email me.

My Specifications:
HP Windows XP MCE 2005 & Vista RC-1
PentiumD 820 (S) DC 2.8 GHz
Socket 775 Chipset Intel 945P
Asus Motherboard Name: P5LP-LE
Memory Installed 2 GB (2 x 1 GB)
Hard drive 250 GB SATA 7200 rpm
Western Digital External HD 500 GB
16X DVD(+/-)R/RW (+/-)R DL LightScribe drive
Nvidia Video Graphics GeForce 7300LE 256 MB
Sound/Audio Integrated High Definition audio
Realtek ALC 882 chipset Supports up to 8 audio channels Dolby Pro Logic II compatible
 
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Kerry Brown

I agree the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. I run Vista as a standard
user and find UAC far less intrusive than as an administrator user. As a
standard user it does generally work that way. i.e. one UAC prompt (but a
password has to be entered) then the process runs with elevated privileges
so it doesn't ask you again.
 

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