Comments on: Disable User Account Control (UAC) in Windows Vista

By: IbbiDa

IbbiDa — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 20:17:29 +0000

Do NOT turn off the control feature or always log on as admin. You will expose your system to malware and probably cause other damage by putting things in the wrong place. You will end up slowing your system down and eventually having to reinstall your operating system. There is a reason they designed those annoying things. Live with it or suffer severe, dire, irreparable consequences.

PeaceOut

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By: Shivaranjan

Shivaranjan — Fri, 11 May 2007 19:14:31 +0000

Actually I have disabled these functionality in my Vista but I reccommend noob users to keep this thing switched ON always.

By: Martin Daugaard Stevnhoved

Martin Daugaard Stevnhoved — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 12:27:29 +0000

Hi, John.

You should try to take a look at the free software TweakUAC (www.tweak-uac.com). With this software you can set UAC in quiet-mode. You still get protected mode in IE, and applications are started without administrative privileges. But you get rid of the annoying UAC-”Windows needs your permission to continue”-pop-ups.

Best Regards, Martin

By: Robert Irizarry

Robert Irizarry — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 10:16:37 +0000

Vista may be the most secure but its also the most annoying. The “security” features are just overbearing to deal with at times and Madhur I’ve seen the file deletion issues as well. They occurred under XP as well but at least I could turn to the application Unlocker to release the file. Last I checked Unlocker did not work with Vista.

See Linux and the Mac for far better security implementations from the user perspective. BTW, this is coming from a Windows guy.

By: Madhur Kapoor

Madhur Kapoor — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 22:50:17 +0000

It is a bit annoying, sometimes it has even denied me permission when i was deleting a file , dont know why .

By: Gili

Gili — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 09:27:08 +0000

This is an important feature when you run in an enterprise environment.At home it could be quite annoying. That’s why the first thing i do when i install a new PC is set myself as an administrator

By: Ashish Mohta

Ashish Mohta — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 02:58:29 +0000

This Sounds like a normal feature though.Most of the secured operating system wont allow you to change things if its restricted with Admin Privilege.I think There is an option in XP also

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