Certain problems with Vista won’t be fixed by service packs or by updates but rather were actually part of the design. Users got used to XP and the way XP did things but Vista does some things differently. To help get your sanity back here are three things you can do to make Vista more amiable.
First, let’s tackle UAC. Vista’s UAC enables account controls which requires you to specify program actions when they need elevated permissions. The problem is that almost every action in Vista will require such. This can be turned off while still leaving the more important virtualization protection in place.
There are two ways to do this, by using native commands in Vista which is a 6-step process and should be avoided by everyone unless you want to create “Local Security Policy” specifically for that. I can’t recommend doing so. Instead, download Tweak UAC which will allow you to painlessly enable quiet mode.
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First, let’s tackle UAC. Vista’s UAC enables account controls which requires you to specify program actions when they need elevated permissions. The problem is that almost every action in Vista will require such. This can be turned off while still leaving the more important virtualization protection in place.
There are two ways to do this, by using native commands in Vista which is a 6-step process and should be avoided by everyone unless you want to create “Local Security Policy” specifically for that. I can’t recommend doing so. Instead, download Tweak UAC which will allow you to painlessly enable quiet mode.
View: Full Article @ Tech Blorge
I recently found out about the free LoginStudio product from Stardock which works great and finally lets me change the login window. Thats one of my Vista beefs taken care of!
I am loving the UAC quiet mode! UAC really does **** me off, it is probably the single most annoying thing in Windows Vista, for daily usage.
Silent UAC would be a BIG winner though as well.. definately.
The SATA disk speed increase isn't a big problem - I run a pair of 36GB Raptors in RAID0 as a boot drive so performance isn't particularly poor!
I respect your opinions, but that is truly one of the stupidest reasons for not upgrading.
I recently found out about the free LoginStudio product from Stardock which works great and finally lets me change the login window. Thats one of my Vista beefs taken care of!
How many times a day do you log out or lock your Windows session that something as trivial as the look of the freaking login screen bugs you that much?
Frankly I disagree. Look and feel is a totally individual thing - and its part of the reason why companies invest so much in the design of a product, and how it looks and how people react to it. I remeber reading something nuts about Microsoft spending months and millions of dollars just on which way icons were lit (including their shadows) simply because certain angles just didn't "feel" right.
Besides - there are countless other reasons why i've not upgraded to Vista at home (if we want to get down to it) - that was just a contributing factor.
I'm sure i'm not the only person who really disliked the default login screen. But its a moot point with the Stardock app anyway.
UAC "noisy" mode is there for a reason.
Unless you are prompted (and the system freeze in the process) how do you know what process is asking for elevated privilages?
Regards
Simon
I like the uac prompts lets me know whats going on and which programs could cause problems in the future.
Run your own site, post what you like. Until then, zip it.
Run your own site, post what you like. Until then, zip it.
hahahaha xD ... you can never say anything about this xD ...
Also has anyone else noticed this new 'Related news' box on Neowin brings up a load of really old articles? I'm pretty sure there's some more recent news about Vista than that.
Uhhh, no.
Not true... UAC does not prompt you for permission for every action. It primarily prompts you when you try to install programs which are not digitally signed and when you try to access the control panel or admin features.
I tend to agree. Even though UAC is designed to protect the system from careless users, they likely will not read the prompts. Even if they do, UAC makes it easy to continue because it doesn't require a password to continue. I think UAC is a good first attempt at this kind of security in Windows, but it definitely was not fully thought out. Of course if careless users are a problem for you, you should consider changing their user privileges so they can't install anything to begin with.
What? Are you running as an admin account?
i don't understand how people out there can get these millions of prompts for UAC. the only time i see prompts is when i run something as Administrator...
1. Start->Run->Msconfig
2. Tools->Disable UAC->Launch
3. Turn off Security Center warnings
(4) Reboot.
DONE!
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