Disabling UAC

[Andrea]

Well,

it could be useful for newbie user, but after some screen freezing waiting
for user input and for some update impossible to install due to some blocks
to program files folder I decided to disable the UAC.
Unfortunately there's not a way to hide the red shield in the tray bar. For
Antivirus there is a "Show possible action" where is located a "I'm manage
it by myself", but for UAC you should get the "error" also if I know exactly
what I've done.

Any idea?

Andrea

 

[Troy McClure]

red shield? when i disable uac i have no red shield.
just like the security center in xp, you can change the way you are alerted.
tell vista to "change the way security center alerts me"... its right there

 

[BobC]

Go to control panel,security center,"change way security alerts me"
That should take care of "it".
Rgds

 

[Jim]

Well,

it could be useful for newbie user, but after some screen freezing waiting
for user input and for some update impossible to install due to some blocks
to program files folder I decided to disable the UAC.
Unfortunately there's not a way to hide the red shield in the tray bar. For
Antivirus there is a "Show possible action" where is located a "I'm manage
it by myself", but for UAC you should get the "error" also if I know exactly
what I've done.

Any idea?

Andrea

No, I think you're stuck with it. it should go away within a couple of
seconds.

Disabling UAC is the best thing I ever did with Vista!



Jim

 

[Troy McClure]

sound like one of those people that bitch about taking their shoes off at
the airport but then REALLY bitch when they get blown up.

you cry that theres no security then when its implemented you cry about it

 

[Jim]

****ing bullcrap. Control Panel > Security Centre > ****ing read it...

"Change the way Security Centre alerts me".

You ****ing nitwit ****.

That will disable the warning for all notification, not just UAC.

So to paraphrase you, go **** yourself, since clearly you're a ****
yourself and that's what cunts are for. Oh SORRY, you;re obviously a
dickless ****ing **** so you have no way to ****. So you'd better just
dream about it instead.

 

[Jim]

sound like one of those people that bitch about taking their shoes off at
the airport but then REALLY bitch when they get blown up.

you cry that theres no security then when its implemented you cry about it

Only the people who are too stupid to take adequate protection against
wors and viruses need UAC. If you're running a PC and you're not
messing about with Limewire, you don't need it.

Never had a virus or a worm on any of the PCs I run, not with 2000, NT
or XP. Vista will be no different.

You'll not catch me crying that there's no security. UAC is great for
muppets who don't know what they're doing (A.K.A most office chicks
who use the PC because they have to), but if you know what you're
doing then it adds zero value.

 

[Richard Urban]

I have been using every single version of Windows since 1991.

I am not smart enough, nor as intelligent as the Vista operating system, to
disable UAC.

I am glad that you are.

I am telling everyone who's computer I work on to leave UAC alone. After a
couple of weeks, when you have all the programs installed that you wish to
use, you will be "bothered" by it damn little. When it does pop up, you had
better find out why - before you allow whatever it is to have elevated
privileges.

--


Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[Andrea]

Thanks to all ... it was so big that I don't see it

But disabling it, Vista disable the red shield at all. It was more "useful"
a disable under the UAC only as it exist for the firewall service.


Bye
Andrea

 

[Andrea]

Well it's not a question to be smart or not. The main problem for the major
part of the user is that they install everything is downloadable from
internet without take care consequence.
I think this is the main problem.

A part from this, disabling UAC certainly could be dangerous for everybody.
If it has been implemented maybe there is certainly a reason.

But in some case, as I said, you are impossible to upgrade software nor
install patch or something else.

Just today updating the FoxIt reader was impossible until I uninstalled UAC.

So, until the major software house doesn't release a Vista version for all
their software, the most of the problem can be solved in this way.

Bye
Andrea

 

[Jim]

Well it's not a question to be smart or not. The main problem for the major
part of the user is that they install everything is downloadable from
internet without take care consequence.
I think this is the main problem.

A part from this, disabling UAC certainly could be dangerous for everybody.
If it has been implemented maybe there is certainly a reason.

But in some case, as I said, you are impossible to upgrade software nor
install patch or something else.

Just today updating the FoxIt reader was impossible until I uninstalled UAC.

So, until the major software house doesn't release a Vista version for all
their software, the most of the problem can be solved in this way.

Bye
Andrea

Agreed.

UAC would be SO much better if the end user said "I'm going to be
making some system changes, please disable UAC for the next 5
minutes". A bit like the "sleep" function on most AV software.

But no, when you disable UAC you have to reboot!

So UAC just becomes a pain, especially on a new system when you're
making lots of tweaks.



As far as I can tell, there's no discussion to be had. Som fanboys
obviously love UAC, and thta's great. I hate it so I disable it. It's
a free world.


Jim

 

[Jimmy Brush]

But in some case, as I said, you are impossible to upgrade software nor
install patch or something else.

Right-clicking a program and clicking Run As Administrator will allow
programs that need admin permission to run correctly if they do not ask you
for such permission.

I agree this is a problem now - applications that need admin permission will
not ask for it if they were not designed for vista - but this will quickly
become less and less of a problem as vista-compatible applications emerge.

That being said, UAC does not prevent you from doing anything that you can
do with it turned off; however, for now, you may have to accomplish said
tasks in different ways .


--
- JB
Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User

Windows Vista Support Faq
http://www.jimmah.com/vista/

 

[Rock]

Well it's not a question to be smart or not. The main problem for the
major part of the user is that they install everything is downloadable
from internet without take care consequence.
I think this is the main problem.

A part from this, disabling UAC certainly could be dangerous for
everybody. If it has been implemented maybe there is certainly a reason.

But in some case, as I said, you are impossible to upgrade software nor
install patch or something else.

Just today updating the FoxIt reader was impossible until I uninstalled
UAC.

So, until the major software house doesn't release a Vista version for all
their software, the most of the problem can be solved in this way.

Bye
Andrea

Did you try right clicking on the installation file and choosing Run as
Administrator?