I want FULL CONTROL NOW!!!

[Guest]

I'm the sole user of my PC, and I dont like to see these damn permmissions
thing preventing me from doing what I want on my PC! I want to delete, move,
rename whatever is in my Vista drive and NEVER be held back by any security
controls at all. Pleaser tell me this is a one or two step procedure to get
the full control I'm seeking and to never be bothered by these pop-up
permissions boxes ever again. Thank you.

P.S. I dont want to create another acount named 'Adminstrator' unless
necessary, the account I have is already an adminstrative acount and as a
single user on my PC I should NOT have to create any other accounts.

amenx

 

[Adam Albright]

I'm the sole user of my PC, and I dont like to see these damn permmissions
thing preventing me from doing what I want on my PC! I want to delete, move,
rename whatever is in my Vista drive and NEVER be held back by any security
controls at all. Pleaser tell me this is a one or two step procedure to get
the full control I'm seeking and to never be bothered by these pop-up
permissions boxes ever again. Thank you.

Simple. Control Panel, User Accounts, turn off User Account Control,
reboot.

 

[Jon]

I'm the sole user of my PC, and I dont like to see these damn permmissions
thing preventing me from doing what I want on my PC! I want to delete,
move,
rename whatever is in my Vista drive and NEVER be held back by any
security
controls at all. Pleaser tell me this is a one or two step procedure to
get
the full control I'm seeking and to never be bothered by these pop-up
permissions boxes ever again. Thank you.

P.S. I dont want to create another acount named 'Adminstrator' unless
necessary, the account I have is already an adminstrative acount and as a
single user on my PC I should NOT have to create any other accounts.

amenx

You can turn off UAC via User Accounts in Control Panel, but the only real
route to full control is spending time *learning* how the security model
works. You can do the first of these in less than 5 minutes, but not the
second.

 

[Dale White]

Well, technically the Administrator account is already on your PC, it's just
disabled.

Sounds like you might want to disable the UAC, the brains behind all the
permission pop-ups. to do so, go to Control Panel, user Accounts and choose
turn on-off the User Account Control. Reboot and no more Pop-ups.

 

[Richard Urban]

Suggest you go back to Windows XP as the security issues that bother you
will not go away. I suppose that you also do not want to see a popup from an
antivirus program saying that you are infected and how you want to handle
the infection.

One of the main reasons for purchasing Vista is the added security. It is,
of course, your choice.

--


Regards,

Richard Urban MVP
Microsoft Windows Shell/User

 

[Steve Thackery]

I want! I want!!

Sounds like a three year old.

Switch off UAC. Or go back to XP. No-one's forcing you to use Vista.

Steve

 

[Frankster]

I hereby grant you FULL CONTROL!

-God

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the reply, but nope, security was a non-issue for me when I bought
Vista. I have a DX10 graphics card that binds me to Vista when DX10 games
come out in the next few months and thats the only reason I got Vista.
Perfectly happy on XP, if you can you go knock some heads over at Redmond and
get them to issue a huge SP3 patch with DX10 support for it, I'll be happy to
ditch my Vista DVD and I assure you I would have a big smile on my face using
it as a frisbee.

Re-UAC, thats the first thing I did after installing this OS, but still I
get permission pop-ups if I want to delete certain things in my Programs
Folder, like those near 100mb DVD samples that are of no use to me in Movie
Maker. Thats not so much the problem, I just dont like being forbidden to
delete or remove anyhting, simple as that. Now I'm getting error boxes when I
tried to change the permissions on that folder, along with 'access denied'
when I try to get full control.

amenx

 

[Dale White]

Well, this is where it gets a little muddy. The UAC is what was used to turn
those permissions on and off, so if you turned off the UAC you get more of
those errors of access denied.

What you have to do now is take ownership of the file permissions on that
drive. I think it's namely the Program folders and the User folders. You
should be able to right click, choose security, choose advance and take
ownership, be sure to check the option to replace on child folders.

That should fix the access denied issues

As you probably already know, It's currently nothing but a dream to get DX10
for XP. Microsoft's stance is that it's too much work and post support to
make it happen. Plus, how can they sell a new OS, if they don't find ways to
make the other one obsolete. I know some say that we got a good return on
XP, since it's been out 5+ years and it's time to get a new OS. I know of a
few people that are glad they don't have that approach with cars. I think it
would be great ! Next year make all cars run on E85, and then in 5 years,
make them run on E65, than in 5 years make them run on E50. Then make them
run on water.

I'd personally would have been happy if Microsoft offered to sell DX10 to XP
for like $30, heck even $50 (price of a game). But why settle for $50, when
you can get $100

 

[NoStop]

Simple. Control Panel, User Accounts, turn off User Account Control,
reboot.

You're serious? You mean that after all these years, MickeyMouse still can't
come up with an "operating system" that doesn't require these silly reboots
to get things done? Geez.

Cheers.

--
The "Wow" starts now.

"No sane person wants Vista, so Microsoft is making sure they have no
choice."
http://www.aaxnet.com/editor/edit043.html

 

[Jim Blacksher]

To enable a true "Administrator" account:
- Left-click the "Start" orb in the lower-left of the screen
- Right-click the "Computer" button
- Left-click "Manage"
- Left-click the "Continue" button
- Double-left-click "System Tools"
- Double-left-click "Local Users and Groups"
- Double-left-click "Users"
- Double-left-click "Administrator" in the right window
- Left-click to uncheck "Account is disabled"
- Left-click the "Apply" button
- Left-click the "OK" button
- Left-click the "X" in the red button in the upper-right of the window
- Restart the computer
You will now have an "Administrator" account with full administrator rights,
which will appear as a button on startup along with your <name> account
button (which does not have full administrator rights). You may have to
enable permissions under certain circumstances, but that is another
question.

 

[Rick Rogers]

Be aware though, that some Vista compliant software will not function
correctly (or even install correctly) if UAC is disabled. In particular,
some AV programs incorporate this function into their program.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[AJR]

Or turn off UAC via Services msconfig.

Be aware though, that some Vista compliant software will not function
correctly (or even install correctly) if UAC is disabled. In particular,
some AV programs incorporate this function into their program.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Rick Rogers]

Um, that's not going to help. If it's disabled and the program expects it to
be there, it may not function correctly. This is regardless of how it is
disabled.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[ray]

I'm the sole user of my PC, and I dont like to see these damn permmissions
thing preventing me from doing what I want on my PC! I want to delete, move,
rename whatever is in my Vista drive and NEVER be held back by any security
controls at all. Pleaser tell me this is a one or two step procedure to get
the full control I'm seeking and to never be bothered by these pop-up
permissions boxes ever again. Thank you.

There is a fairly simple process:

1) shut down machine and ensure it is set to boot from CD before hard
drive.
2) insert Linux install CD in drive and boot
3) follow online instructions

 

[Rich]

you must be a liberal

Rich

 

[jonah]

I'm the sole user of my PC, and I dont like to see these damn permmissions
thing preventing me from doing what I want on my PC! I want to delete, move,
rename whatever is in my Vista drive and NEVER be held back by any security
controls at all. Pleaser tell me this is a one or two step procedure to get
the full control I'm seeking and to never be bothered by these pop-up
permissions boxes ever again. Thank you.

P.S. I dont want to create another acount named 'Adminstrator' unless
necessary, the account I have is already an adminstrative acount and as a
single user on my PC I should NOT have to create any other accounts.

amenx

You are under the mistaken impression that your "admin" account is a
full admin account, it is not. You can enble the full admin account
following these instructions then use that. However having now removed
all the security offered by Vista it begs the question why noiot use
XP instead.

http://www.fastfs.com/help.htm

Jonah

 

[Rich]

There is a fairly simple process:

1) shut down machine and ensure it is set to boot from CD before hard
drive.
2) insert Linux install CD in drive and boot
3) follow online instructions
4) shoot the knucklehead who gave you 1), 2) & 3)

Do you hereby take FULL responsibility for FULL control?

Didn't think so .. so I recommend PUNT!

let the defense sort it out


Rich

 

[ray]

Do you hereby take FULL responsibility for FULL control?

Didn't think so .. so I recommend PUNT!

Absolutely - I guarantee full and absolute control.

 

[Guest]

Children, behave yourselves.