Vista Admin/User accts

[TJenkins]

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

 

[Malke]

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

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) -
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Autologon.htm


Malke

 

[TJenkins]

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) -
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Autologon.htm


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

 

[Guest]

go here to turn off UAC:

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/wind...nt-control-uac-the-easy-way-on-windows-vista/

 

[John]

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.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

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?

No, although you can create a user account and configure the computer
to log in to it automatically.

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.

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


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