Why does the only user need "permission"?

[Ike]

Dell laptop, Vista Home Premium. I'm the only user since day
one, and a generally delighted user I might add, with far fewer
issues than when I went from 3.1 to 95, or 98 to 2000, as
examples. But there are frustrations, and the matter of
"permission" is high on the list.

I want to perform some ordinary task such as shift some folders
around, and often get a "You must have permission..." alert,
with Try Again as an option.

Sometimes clicking Try Again works, but it usually won't and I
have to abandon the task because I just don't know enough.

What can I do to gain ultimate authority over this laptop? After
all, I bought it - I own it - it's mine. As the only user I *am*
its God!


Ike

 

[Guest]

Ike,

Maybe you need to do this:

http://www.petri.co.il/disable_uac_in_windows_vista.htm

I turned mine off. I own mine, too.

 

[Richard Urban]

The problem is that when you turn everything off "because YOU own it", it is
very easy for someone else to "own it" along with you - probably without you
even being aware of the fact.

What bothers you is the built in security that makes Vista superior to
Windows XP.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[Rock]

>
Ike,

Maybe you need to do this:

http://www.petri.co.il/disable_uac_in_windows_vista.htm

I turned mine off. I own mine, too.

That's poor advice to suggest to a user to disable UAC.

 

[Guest]

All,

There's a difference in providing advice and in providing choice.