Annoying pop-up windows

I have Windows Vista Ultimate.
Every time I turn on my computer, little pop up windows tell me to set a
password as a way to activate Parental Controls.
HOWEVER, I do not need Parental Controls - I am the only user of the
computer and I have not activated the Guest Account or created any other user
account.
And I do not want to give a password to myself…
How can I stop these annoying pop up windows from popping up EVERY time I
turn on my computer?

Make sure that none of the Parental Controls are turned on. You may be able
to completely remove the parental controls component through the add/remove
windows components tool.
guitardude
"Marisa" <> wrote in message
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>I have Windows Vista Ultimate.
> Every time I turn on my computer, little pop up windows tell me to set a
> password as a way to activate Parental Controls.
> HOWEVER, I do not need Parental Controls - I am the only user of the
> computer and I have not activated the Guest Account or created any other
> user
> account.
> And I do not want to give a password to myself…
> How can I stop these annoying pop up windows from popping up EVERY time I
> turn on my computer?

i think if you go into control panel and click on security center then
on the left side
click on change the way security center alerts me . then don't notify
me and don't display the icon. that may stop it for you
mike


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scrooge

No, it did not work... Many thanks to Guitardude and Scrooge, but I still
would like some help...

"scrooge" wrote:

>
> i think if you go into control panel and click on security center then
> on the left side
> click on change the way security center alerts me . then don't notify
> me and don't display the icon. that may stop it for you
> mike
>
>
> --
> scrooge
>

marisa, try turning User Account Control off, go to control panel, user
accounts,turn user accounts on or off, choose off. general opinion is
this does not compromise security on your computer, it just means vista
wont nag you every time you run/install a program, which we all do at
our own risk anyway. hope this works for you.


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>>>does not compromise security on your computer<<<
What do you think UAC does?
You turn it off you disable IE's protected mode and other unforeseen
problems can and will occur.

You may want to read this........
http://technet2.microsoft.com/Window....mspx?mfr=true

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SG
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> marisa, try turning User Account Control off, go to control panel, user
> accounts,turn user accounts on or off, choose off. general opinion is
> this does not compromise security on your computer, it just means vista
> wont nag you every time you run/install a program, which we all do at
> our own risk anyway. hope this works for you.
>
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ok, microsoft says uac is wonderful etc etc, but i want to pick my own
levels of security. every version of windows and its features are great
when the work, but when you get problems that are so complex to resolve
it's time to turn them off. there is a mountain of non-microsoft
software that can make your computer secure, if it screws with you
uninstall it.


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You do as you please, but you advised the OP and I quote:
>>>general opinion is this does not compromise security on your computer<<<

Where do you find it's the general opinion?
Where do you find it DOES NOT compromise security on a users system?
What do you think UAC is for?

It's a little annoying at times, but it is a great new security feature and
unless you can back up your facts please don't advise other users to
compromise their systems based on your opinions.
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> ok, microsoft says uac is wonderful etc etc, but i want to pick my own
> levels of security. every version of windows and its features are great
> when the work, but when you get problems that are so complex to resolve
> it's time to turn them off. there is a mountain of non-microsoft
> software that can make your computer secure, if it screws with you
> uninstall it.
>
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just google, "Is UAC any good" and you will find many different opinions
on UAC, i admit security is important, so is having a pc that is not
frustrating to use. i even found an article on the net about microsoft
encouraging software companies to develop programs that makes UAC more
user friendly(they know it's needs work)


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Oh, I thought this thread was for helping Marisa fix an issue with Parental
controls. Anyone know how that turned out?
sincerely,
guitardude

"Marisa" <> wrote in message
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> I have Windows Vista Ultimate.
> Every time I turn on my computer, little pop up windows tell me to set a
> password as a way to activate Parental Controls.
> HOWEVER, I do not need Parental Controls - I am the only user of the
> computer and I have not activated the Guest Account or created any other
> user
> account.
> And I do not want to give a password to myself…
> How can I stop these annoying pop up windows from popping up EVERY time I
> turn on my computer?