this is an OS?

I have been using Windows, and *nix for years, and am not happy when the
folks at MS decide to change how things work for absolutely no reason.
I have XP Pro on my mail machine, and Vista Premium on my wife's (which
I avoid like the plague). Now I replaced one of my laptops, and
(unfortunately) it comes with Vista Home. Instead of increasing my
productivity, I now have to spend at least a half hour researching how
to get this POS (piece of ___) to do even the simplest task. I can't
even drag & drop a dictionary file into a text editor sub folder.

Everything takes special permission, and I have to jump through hoops to
"run as administrator" half the time. Is there a simple way to put
"operating" back in this "system?"

"William Gill" <> wrote in message
newsp_Ll.2696$...
>I have been using Windows, and *nix for years, and am not happy when the
>folks at MS decide to change how things work for absolutely no reason. I
>have XP Pro on my mail machine, and Vista Premium on my wife's (which I
>avoid like the plague). Now I replaced one of my laptops, and
>(unfortunately) it comes with Vista Home. Instead of increasing my
>productivity, I now have to spend at least a half hour researching how to
>get this POS (piece of ___) to do even the simplest task. I can't even
>drag & drop a dictionary file into a text editor sub folder.
>
> Everything takes special permission, and I have to jump through hoops to
> "run as administrator" half the time. Is there a simple way to put
> "operating" back in this "system?"

Switch User Account Control off, go to start menu, type user account into
the search box, click user accounts, click turn user account control on or
off, uncheck the box, click ok and restart your pc. That should get rid of
the dreadful 'do you have permission' pop up window.

On Tue, 05 May 2009 13:09:37 -0400, William Gill wrote in microsoft.public.windows.vista:

>I have been using Windows, and *nix for years, and am not happy when the
>folks at MS decide to change how things work for absolutely no reason.
>I have XP Pro on my mail machine, and Vista Premium on my wife's (which
>I avoid like the plague). Now I replaced one of my laptops, and
>(unfortunately) it comes with Vista Home. Instead of increasing my
>productivity, I now have to spend at least a half hour researching how
>to get this POS (piece of ___) to do even the simplest task. I can't
>even drag & drop a dictionary file into a text editor sub folder.
>
>Everything takes special permission, and I have to jump through hoops to
>"run as administrator" half the time. Is there a simple way to put
>"operating" back in this "system?"

From <http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/enable-or-disable-uac-from-the-windows-vista-command-line/>:

Disable UAC:
reg.exe ADD HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Pol icies\System /v EnableLUA /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
(Enable UAC again
reg.exe ADD HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Pol icies\System /v EnableLUA /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f


From <http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/disable-user-account-controluac-for-administrators-only/>:

No UAC prompts for Administrator:
reg.exe ADD HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Pol icies\System /v ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
(Enable UAC prompts for Administrator again
reg.exe ADD HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Pol icies\System /v ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin /t REG_DWORD /d 2 /f

Good luck. YMMV

--
Michael Bednarek http://mbednarek.com/ "POST NO BILLS"

Michael Bednarek wrote:
>
> From <http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/enable-or-disable-uac-from-the-windows-vista-command-line/>:
>
> Disable UAC:
> reg.exe ADD HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Pol icies\System /v EnableLUA /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
> (Enable UAC again
> reg.exe ADD HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Pol icies\System /v EnableLUA /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
>
>
> From <http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/disable-user-account-controluac-for-administrators-only/>:
>
> No UAC prompts for Administrator:
> reg.exe ADD HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Pol icies\System /v ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
> (Enable UAC prompts for Administrator again
> reg.exe ADD HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Pol icies\System /v ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin /t REG_DWORD /d 2 /f
>
> Good luck. YMMV
>

Disabling UAC seemed to help. I actually found simple instructions in
help (imagine that).

As for downgrading or upgrading, I didn't want Vista Home in the first
place (would have preferred XP) but it's an inexpensive machine who's
primary purpose is a wireless terminal of my main (not mail) machine,
and for email, word processing and minor "paperwork" functions. It
seems better now.

Thanks all for prompt practical responses (I hate all those responses
that want to recreate the watch when you ask for the time).

Hipupchuck wrote:
> Your learning curve seems to have hit a brick wall.
Though your response exhibits a lack of any helpful content, and exposes
a significant deficiency in manners, it is quite possible you were
raised by a pack of computer literate wolves, so I won't hold that
against you. Although, it is more likely a result of self indulgent
arrogance and a superiority complex wrongfully arrived at by mastering
some (narrow?) discipline. Good for you.

There is nothing wrong with my learning curve. I frankly find it more
than inconvenient for me to waste time having to relearn things because
some wet behind the ears unsupervised children decided to reinvent the
wheel to no particular purpose other than to show how smart they are. My
time is too valuable to spend trying to decipher nonintuitive illogical
changes to syntax, grammar, or general operation. My primary propose in
owning any software is its value in facilitating the actual work I need
to accomplish, not how much fun it is spending hours trying to figure
out "How it works this week?" Fortunately there were others in this
group who were willing and able to give some constructive direction, and
even with my defective learning curve, it allowed me to determine a
satisfactory resolution.

Perhaps someday you will grow up and have an actual job, with actual
work to be accomplished, and your perspective may change. Perhaps you
may even be responsible for an organization of workers whose
productivity will matter to you. My guess though, is that won't happen.
Instead you will remain a smug adolescent and grouse about the boss
that expects you to actually get something done instead of just becoming
an expert on the tools you are given.

William Gill <> wrote in news:FNeOl.40926$Rf7.28683
@newsfe21.iad:

> Hipupchuck wrote:
>> Your learning curve seems to have hit a brick wall.
> Though your response exhibits a lack of any helpful content, and
exposes
> a significant deficiency in manners, it is quite possible you were
> raised by a pack of computer literate wolves, so I won't hold that
> against you. Although, it is more likely a result of self indulgent
> arrogance and a superiority complex wrongfully arrived at by mastering
> some (narrow?) discipline. Good for you.
>
> There is nothing wrong with my learning curve. I frankly find it more
> than inconvenient for me to waste time having to relearn things because
> some wet behind the ears unsupervised children decided to reinvent the
> wheel to no particular purpose other than to show how smart they are.
My
> time is too valuable to spend trying to decipher nonintuitive illogical
> changes to syntax, grammar, or general operation. My primary propose
in
> owning any software is its value in facilitating the actual work I need
> to accomplish, not how much fun it is spending hours trying to figure
> out "How it works this week?" Fortunately there were others in this
> group who were willing and able to give some constructive direction,
and
> even with my defective learning curve, it allowed me to determine a
> satisfactory resolution.
>
> Perhaps someday you will grow up and have an actual job, with actual
> work to be accomplished, and your perspective may change. Perhaps you
> may even be responsible for an organization of workers whose
> productivity will matter to you. My guess though, is that won't
happen.
> Instead you will remain a smug adolescent and grouse about the boss
> that expects you to actually get something done instead of just
becoming
> an expert on the tools you are given.

Perfect response. I especially like the narrow dicipline comment. That's
the trouble with the educated crowd, they know little about one thing and
nothing about everything else.