Windows Vista prompting me for permission

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05 Sep 2009, 7:24 pm

for some reason, Vista started asking me for permission to run third-party programs again. I thought I had stopped this back when it was delivered but now it's back. The control panel seems to have changed quite a bit (at least the administrative tools) since I last used it so i don't know where to go and what to do about it.

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05 Sep 2009, 9:50 pm

Control Panel > choose Classic View > User Accounts > Turn User Account Control On and Off, turn it off. Don't restart yet.

Go to Security Center, choose "Change the way Security Center Alerts Me", choose "Don't notify me and don't display the icon". Restart. You'll be much happier with how your computer runs.

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05 Sep 2009, 9:54 pm

digger1 wrote:

1. Launch MSCONFIG by from the Run menu.
2. Click on the Tools tab. Scroll down till you find "Disable UAC" . Click on that line.
MSCONFIG - Disable Account Protection
3. Press the Launch button.
4. A CMD window will open. When the command is done, you can close the window.
5. Close MSCONFIG. You need to reboot the computer for changes to apply.

You can re-enable UAC by selecting the "Enable UAC" line and then clicking on the Launch button.

there are few methods to disable the UAC :
disable user acount control in vista

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06 Sep 2009, 7:09 am

thanks!

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12 Sep 2009, 10:46 pm

That's the thing I hate about Windows Vista: UAC. Until I found out how to turn it off.

XP was fine.

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13 Sep 2009, 7:29 am

That's the thing I hate about Windows Vista: UAC. Until I found out how to turn it off by installing Ubuntu.

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28 Sep 2009, 7:46 am

Fuzzy wrote:

That's the thing I hate about Windows Vista: UAC. Until I found out how to turn it off by installing Ubuntu.

Linux has UAC too. It's called sudo.
Whenever you want to do any system level stuff in Linux it asks you for your password. So I don't see how that's any different from Windows UAC?

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28 Sep 2009, 9:46 am

MrVulcan wrote:

Fuzzy wrote:

That's the thing I hate about Windows Vista: UAC. Until I found out how to turn it off by installing Ubuntu.

Linux has UAC too. It's called sudo.
Whenever you want to do any system level stuff in Linux it asks you for your password. So I don't see how that's any different from Windows UAC?

You sure showed that Linux fanboy!

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28 Sep 2009, 10:54 am

trgd_15 wrote:

MrVulcan wrote:

Fuzzy wrote:

That's the thing I hate about Windows Vista: UAC. Until I found out how to turn it off by installing Ubuntu.

Linux has UAC too. It's called sudo.
Whenever you want to do any system level stuff in Linux it asks you for your password. So I don't see how that's any different from Windows UAC?

You sure showed that Linux fanboy!

Yes, Windows Fanboy, he sure did. Never mind that Linux UAC can be shut off far easier, and won't prompt more than once for the same action, if you tell it. It learns.

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28 Sep 2009, 11:10 am

Man what Im thankful to this thread!! !

I returned to it the other day when it was absolutely nessesary to download something and the info I got here was SO HELPFUL!! !

Since then I have indeed enjoyed my vista way better and had a lot of fun downloading things, thanks Digger1!

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28 Sep 2009, 12:03 pm

kip wrote:

trgd_15 wrote:

MrVulcan wrote:

Fuzzy wrote:

That's the thing I hate about Windows Vista: UAC. Until I found out how to turn it off by installing Ubuntu.

Linux has UAC too. It's called sudo.
Whenever you want to do any system level stuff in Linux it asks you for your password. So I don't see how that's any different from Windows UAC?

You sure showed that Linux fanboy!

Yes, Windows Fanboy, he sure did. Never mind that Linux UAC can be shut off far easier, and won't prompt more than once for the same action, if you tell it. It learns.

I actually use Ubuntu 9.04 even though it has inferior software. But I'm not really a fan of any OS. I just found sudo annoying, having to type in a password all the time. Vista's UAC is quite annoying too of course, but it's easily disabled (I figured out how to disable UAC quicker than I did sudo).

xalepax wrote:

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,2845,2151352,00.asp

I recommend you check out that web page if you're using Vista, xalepax. It's a little outdated but it lists a bunch of useless services on Vista that you can disable to speed up your PC.

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28 Sep 2009, 12:18 pm

trgd_15 wrote:

I recommend you check out that web page if you're using Vista, xalepax. It's a little outdated but it lists a bunch of useless services on Vista that you can disable to speed up your PC.

Hahahahacking Windows Vista! Thats a cool site, and good to be informed what all gimmicks on my comp is supposed to be used for, I will keep it in favourites, Thanks!

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28 Sep 2009, 12:35 pm

I think Vista is worse than WIndows XP, I can't wait until Windows 07.

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28 Sep 2009, 3:48 pm

trgd_15 wrote:

MrVulcan wrote:

Fuzzy wrote:

That's the thing I hate about Windows Vista: UAC. Until I found out how to turn it off by installing Ubuntu.

Linux has UAC too. It's called sudo.
Whenever you want to do any system level stuff in Linux it asks you for your password. So I don't see how that's any different from Windows UAC?

You sure showed that Linux fanboy!

Haha! I feel so humbled.

But seriously, I dont run linux as root. And I find its account control makes a lot better sense.

For one, the computer doesnt sit there chugging away before it decides to ask me for root password. Vista takes some interminable time before it finally says "well I better ask for permission". Whats it busy doing anyway?

Cant we all just use Amiga OS instead?

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28 Sep 2009, 3:58 pm

Fuzzy wrote:

But seriously, I dont run linux as root. And I find its account control makes a lot better sense.

For one, the computer doesnt sit there chugging away before it decides to ask me for root password. Vista takes some interminable time before it finally says "well I better ask for permission". Whats it busy doing anyway?

You can do that in Windows too. You just log in as a normal user. When a program needs admin privilege, you use "Run As" to log into an administrator account for that program. There are also many freeware that elevate a program to admin status but stay in the context of the current user.

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28 Sep 2009, 9:53 pm

CloudWalker wrote:

Fuzzy wrote:

But windows never tells you when a programme needs to be run as admin until you've sat there wonder 'what are you doing?!?!' for ten minutes.

It would be nice if a little dialogue would pop up and tell you 'This programme must be run as administrator' before you waste time trying to run it as a normal user.

Oh wait, that's UAC. Go M$! !!

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