 Problem With Vista, Running as administrator:User Account Control |
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 Oct 18 2007, 11:10 PM
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Much Respect Josh  (Moderator edit: added Topic Description. jgweed) This post has been edited by jgweed: Oct 19 2007, 09:20 AM |
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Oct 18 2007, 11:21 PM
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AFAIK this is just Defender looking after the system. It can be turned off and you should not get this message again.
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Oct 19 2007, 06:41 AM
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 Still visually handicapped, new avatar :0) Group: Global Moderator Posts: 15,523 Joined: 2-October 05 From: Southeastern CT, USA Member No.: 35,824 |
This is (IMO) the down side of User Account Control (UAC) - it runs as a standard user and prompts you to elevate if it needs additional privileges to execute the program. The easiest way to "fix" this is to only use Vista compatible programs with your computer.
If that doesn't work for you, then you'll have to decide if you really want to keep UAC (a good thing IMO). While I do recommend that eveyone use UAC, I"ve opted to disable it on my home system because of the amount of experimentation that I do on it. All of my other Vista systems still have it enabled and I put up with the hassle on them. To disable it you'll have to go into User Accounts in Control Panel. -------------------- - John
**If you need a more detailed explanation, please ask for it. I have the Knack. ** BTW - the avatar pic is a camel as it looks back at me while I'm in the saddle (and he wasn't happy!) |
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Oct 19 2007, 09:04 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 130 Joined: 14-June 07 From: Canada Member No.: 136,486 |
Alright thx a bunch i have disabled UAC, will this cause any major problems in regards to security though?.. That is my prime concern...... and im guessing this message saying "User account control" is off click here to fix the problem will likely always be on, or is there a way to disable that also, since thats gonna be quite an annoyance if it just stays there and wants me to fix it
 Any ideas on how to disable this message prompting me to click to fix.?So as i said earlier will this cause much of a problem in regards to security or should i be safe disabling this? This post has been edited by Roadblock: Oct 19 2007, 09:05 AM |
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Oct 19 2007, 09:09 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 130 Joined: 14-June 07 From: Canada Member No.: 136,486 |
I see this option on the left that says change the way security center alerts me, i can choose Don't notify me and don't display the icon. This will likely fix the problem im sure, but as I posted above will this cause a major security problem ?
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Oct 19 2007, 03:04 PM
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Still visually handicapped, new avatar :0) Group: Global Moderator Posts: 15,523 Joined: 2-October 05 From: Southeastern CT, USA Member No.: 35,824 |
IMO if you weren't getting infected before (with XP) then you should be OK with it off in Vista. OTOH - if you'd been infected with XP, then leaving UAC on may help "stem the tide" if you do become infected.
There are differing views on the helpfulness of UAC. I say it's a good thing, others say that it's essentially useless (because a determined hacker can work around it). FWIW - it's more secure if you have it than if you don't. As for the notifications - I don't have a clue on how to shut them off. I just ignore them on my system and they seem to go away. -------------------- - John
**If you need a more detailed explanation, please ask for it. I have the Knack. ** BTW - the avatar pic is a camel as it looks back at me while I'm in the saddle (and he wasn't happy!) |
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Oct 20 2007, 08:57 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 130 Joined: 14-June 07 From: Canada Member No.: 136,486 |
Alright thx for your help
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