Wanna install software easily?

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I have to agree with Michael. When and if users purchase Vista and find that
a majority of their programs won't run correctly with UAC turned on they will
disable the option. It appears like the industry wants everyone to upgrade
their software to later versions that have trusted signatures so that they
function okay with Vista. I am afraid that isn't going to happen simply
because of cost. Most people will complain and then simple turn off defender
and UAC.

Besides I am not sure that UAC is going to be successful anyway. If you can
turn off the option or permit programs to function as an administrator how
long is it going to take the trojan writers to figure out how to take control
of Vista?
 
How do you turn it off?
Thanks, Rick. I completely understand the benefits
of UAC. For some reason, Office 2003 just would
not install with UAC turned. Perhaps, it was coincidence
that it installed after turning off UAC. I had made
numerous attempts at installing Office.

For what it's worth, I have been working with UAC on,
and believe once you get your computer setup, personalized,
and the programs you want- UAC is not so bad.

However, I do believe unless UAC is tweaked some more
and a few of the prompts eliminated- a lot of users will just
simply turn it off permanently.


-Michael
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Go to Run
Type in GPEDIT.MSC

Local Computer Policy
Computer Configuration
Windows Settings
Security Settings
Local Policies
Security Options

At the bottom of this group are all the UAC options. Read and disable all
the ones you want to turn off
 
Beck said:
Maybe they could have UAC so it can be customised so certain things prompt
and others don't. Have the default configuration for new users and a
customisable one for advanced users.
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I agree and not just for installable programs. Some trusted executables are
self-contained and don't need an installer. The Computer Clock synchronizer
from NIST, as an example, see:

http://tf.nist.gov/service/its.htm <- download link on right side

I think Microsoft should make it so that an Administrator can right-click
some executable and turn off UAC for it and all of it's spawned processes.
 
Sure, then someone just needs to exploit that executable to infect the
system. Sorry, but it just isn't a good idea. UAC is not designed to keep
user designated applications from running, it's designed to keep unwanted
processes from usurping them or taking advantage of elevate privileges.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 
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