hey,

tried google and no shot but im trying to get rid of the security shield thing thats on my shortcuts it takes up half the icons heres a pic



on right side xfire, vent, irc, rainbow six vegas all the have that stupid shield thing on it.

let me know if u know of a fix plz thanks alot,

redrumy3

I dont appear to have that on any of my icons, but i have UAC disabled.

hmm i have that disabled as well still have that security shield thing =[

That ONLY happens sporadically and in very weird occassions, I have seen it happening but it eventually goes away, try logging into the Admin account and then logging off of it, rebooting the PC also seems to fix it sometimes.
Usually it happens when you have just downloaded a file that needs Admin privileges to be installed or ran. once you run it or install it and reboot it will go away, however keep in mind that the installer (.EXE file) of many
programs require Admin privileges to be installed correctly and when that's the case it will show that on the icon.

Disabling UAC is stupid and I would not recommend it at all.

i tried rebooting and still same what i did was i turned off uac and rebooted and it went away and turned it back on

thanks for the help guys

I have rc2 loaded right now (waiting for my retail copy to arrive), and I have UAC enabled, but barely any programs ever have that shield, except setup files for programs.

I've found that some programs that contained in just one .exe (CCleaner, uTorrent) tend to display the shield over the desktop icon.

why would you want those away? it's a clear indication the program needs admin privileges to run and could have full access to your system

People don't care... They're ugly. And if you're alone about your pc, it should be possible to disable ALL this.

Hi Guys i tried this on Vista premium
One way of getting rid of the security shield after disabling UAC is to right click the icon, "select properties",on the short cut tab select change icon, there you will see the original desktop icon displayed, select the same icon and apply...the shield should the be removed,
i have tried this with Vista and it worked ok for me, so i hope this is some help to others