Vista is much better if you turn off UAC

I hated Vista--until I turned off UAC. This solved a whole
LOT of problems, and made Vista a useable operating system again.
Programs start working again like they're supposed to, and that
annoying message, "Windows needs your permission to continue," no
longer shows up. I no longer have the urge to heave my Vista laptop
out the window as far as I can in disgust. I no longer have a huge
desire to downgrade my Vista computer back to Windows XP.

To turn off UAC:
1. Go to Control Panel
2. Open User Accounts
3. select "Turn User Account Control on or off"
4 Remove the checkmark from the "turn user account control on/off" section
5. UAC is now disabled.


More with Vista:
How to set the start menu back to Windows XP style:
CONTROL PANEL -> TASKBAR AND START MENU -> START MENU(tab) -> Classic
Start menu


Don't like the new look or color of Vista's Aero?
Stardock WindowBlinds
http://www.stardock.com/products/windowblinds


Some fun links:
Mac vs. PC security
http://movies.apple.com/movies/us/ap...ty_480x376.mov


South Park parody of Mac vs. PC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Id_kGL3M5Cg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YSfXdPm0kE


You can use a free program called DoOver which is a keystroke and mouse
recorder. Download it at:

http://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Skrommel/#DoOver

There's DoOver.exe & DoOver.ahk . You only need to download the
DoOver.exe . This is not an install file; this is the actual program.

Run DoOver.exe

an icon appears in the system tray.

Then:
Left CTRL+F12 - Start & stop recording
Left CTRL+F5 - playback recorded

DoOver is written using the free AutoHotKey Scripting language.
AutoHotKey is not required to run DoOver. But you can look at AutoHotKey
as a free program with a scripting language. AutoHotKey Macros are plain
text files with .AHK file extension.

http://www.autohotkey.com/
http://www.autohotkey.net/

AutoHotKey comes with an AutoScriptWriter (recorder), but there's
apparently no documentation on how to use it.

There's also a new Beta replacement for AutoScriptWriter at
http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=23671


There's also a program called KeyText ($30) very nice for scripting &
automation.
http://www.mjmsoft.com/keytext.htm

On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:22:21 -0800, David Deley <>
wrote:

[snip]

I think it is a much better idea to leave UAC on.

I have two identities - one being the administrator and the other a
standard user. I log on as administrator only if I need to carry out
a task that requires the administrator. Otherwise I log on as a
standard user.

I then have the reassurance that if someone hacks into the computer
they will not get very far without the administrator password.

Security is more important than convenience any day.

Scott wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:22:21 -0800, David Deley <>
> wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
> I think it is a much better idea to leave UAC on.
>
> I have two identities - one being the administrator and the other a
> standard user. I log on as administrator only if I need to carry out
> a task that requires the administrator. Otherwise I log on as a
> standard user.
>
> I then have the reassurance that if someone hacks into the computer
> they will not get very far without the administrator password.
>
> Security is more important than convenience any day.

I'll take my chances...I hate anything that won't even let me rename a
folder in start/programs without asking for my permission. First thing I
ever do with a new install of Vista is disable that curse from Hell.

On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:24:05 -0500, Bill <> wrote:

>Scott wrote:
>> On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:22:21 -0800, David Deley <>
>> wrote:
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>> I think it is a much better idea to leave UAC on.
>>
>> I have two identities - one being the administrator and the other a
>> standard user. I log on as administrator only if I need to carry out
>> a task that requires the administrator. Otherwise I log on as a
>> standard user.
>>
>> I then have the reassurance that if someone hacks into the computer
>> they will not get very far without the administrator password.
>>
>> Security is more important than convenience any day.
>
>I'll take my chances...I hate anything that won't even let me rename a
>folder in start/programs without asking for my permission. First thing I
>ever do with a new install of Vista is disable that curse from Hell.

Go for it. Your computer, your choice.

Unless of course you are storing personal details of other people,
then they might be less than happy with you if you compromise their
privacy.

I hate having to have firewalls, antivirius and passwords as they all
slow down the computer. I won't be disabling them though.

Instead of turning off UAC completely you can turn off the UAC prompts so
that you still have the benefit of UAC security.

"David Deley" <> wrote in message
news:OPsjj.1763$...
>I hated Vista--until I turned off UAC. This solved a whole
> LOT of problems, and made Vista a useable operating system again.
> Programs start working again like they're supposed to, and that
> annoying message, "Windows needs your permission to continue," no
> longer shows up. I no longer have the urge to heave my Vista laptop
> out the window as far as I can in disgust. I no longer have a huge
> desire to downgrade my Vista computer back to Windows XP.
>
> To turn off UAC:
> 1. Go to Control Panel
> 2. Open User Accounts
> 3. select "Turn User Account Control on or off"
> 4 Remove the checkmark from the "turn user account control on/off"
> section
> 5. UAC is now disabled.
>
>
> More with Vista:
> How to set the start menu back to Windows XP style:
> CONTROL PANEL -> TASKBAR AND START MENU -> START MENU(tab) -> Classic
> Start menu
>
>
> Don't like the new look or color of Vista's Aero?
> Stardock WindowBlinds
> http://www.stardock.com/products/windowblinds
>
>
> Some fun links:
> Mac vs. PC security
> http://movies.apple.com/movies/us/ap...ty_480x376.mov
>
>
> South Park parody of Mac vs. PC
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Id_kGL3M5Cg
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YSfXdPm0kE
>
>
> You can use a free program called DoOver which is a keystroke and mouse
> recorder. Download it at:
>
> http://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Skrommel/#DoOver
>
> There's DoOver.exe & DoOver.ahk . You only need to download the DoOver.exe
> . This is not an install file; this is the actual program.
>
> Run DoOver.exe
>
> an icon appears in the system tray.
>
> Then:
> Left CTRL+F12 - Start & stop recording
> Left CTRL+F5 - playback recorded
>
> DoOver is written using the free AutoHotKey Scripting language. AutoHotKey
> is not required to run DoOver. But you can look at AutoHotKey as a free
> program with a scripting language. AutoHotKey Macros are plain text files
> with .AHK file extension.
>
> http://www.autohotkey.com/
> http://www.autohotkey.net/
>
> AutoHotKey comes with an AutoScriptWriter (recorder), but there's
> apparently no documentation on how to use it.
>
> There's also a new Beta replacement for AutoScriptWriter at
> http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=23671
>
>
> There's also a program called KeyText ($30) very nice for scripting &
> automation.
> http://www.mjmsoft.com/keytext.htm