how to stop excessive prompts

How to stop excessive prompts in vista?

when I do admin work, is there a way to turn off the messages like
"did you started..."
and
"are you sure to continue"?

in xp I can
runas /user:administratorID, cmd
start internetexplorer in the above DOS window, and then do whatever

prompting twice for one single action is excessive

"forum.microsoft.com" <> wrote in message
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> How to stop excessive prompts in vista?
>
> when I do admin work, is there a way to turn off the messages like
> "did you started..."
> and
> "are you sure to continue"?
>
> in xp I can
> runas /user:administratorID, cmd
> start internetexplorer in the above DOS window, and then do whatever
>
> prompting twice for one single action is excessive
>
>

You disable and enable UAC, which can be found using MSconfig off the Tools
tab. There is also a tool that sits in the job trey that will also do this.
If I recall it's free, but I don't remember the name of it, use Google.

I also suggest that you use Google and look up what Vista's UAC is about.

"forum.microsoft.com" <> wrote in message
news:...
> How to stop excessive prompts in vista?
>
> when I do admin work, is there a way to turn off the messages like
> "did you started..."
> and
> "are you sure to continue"?
>
> in xp I can
> runas /user:administratorID, cmd
> start internetexplorer in the above DOS window, and then do whatever
>
> prompting twice for one single action is excessive
>
>


Reading that Mr. Arnold pointed you to links describing how to disable
UAC... It's not "just" UAC that prompts one in certain circumstances. Yes,
one can disable UAC. Personally, I would not recommend disabling UAC.
Imperfect security is better than "less than imperfect" security. That said,
yes, multiple confirmation boxes can be annoying.

So... clicking two buttons is too much? Then be thankful you aren't running
OS X or Linux because the UAC equivalents on those OS's require that you
input the admin password before you click the OK button. (Or the OK button's
equivalent...)

It's all about improved (not -perfect- ) security. If you think you've got
that in hand, then proceed to disable UAC. Again, I would not recommend
that. No doubt you will get differing opinions in this ng. You can also try
the vista.security ng to get the folk's who hang in that ng's take on UAC.

Good luck.

Lang