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i can tell chessmen you don't know much about vista have you ever used
i can tell chessmen you don't know much about vista have you ever used it.

if so did you use the os or just install it found it to be way over your head and then uninstalled it and downgraded back to xp.
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Ed, You Rock  Mr. Big | 04/29/08
RE: Ed, You Rock  cromwellryan@... | 04/30/08
I have this problem  bigsibling | 04/30/08
I hope...  Spiritusindomit@... | 04/30/08
Did you read this story?  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 04/30/08
UAC... is a waste of time  notlehs | 05/01/08
Only half right  klumper | 05/01/08
Waste? IMO - Not!  zenwalker | 05/01/08
did you read the article?  evilkillerwhale@... | 04/30/08
Wow, what kind of magic are those users dabbling in?  Kid Icarus-21097050858087920245213802267493 | 05/01/08
More likely.  rtk | 05/01/08
Hmm, that's funny  Kid Icarus-21097050858087920245213802267493 | 05/01/08
It really is.  rtk | 05/01/08
Really?  Kid Icarus-21097050858087920245213802267493 | 05/01/08
yup, really.  rtk | 05/01/08
Betraying gross ignorance  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 05/01/08
Ignorance?  Kid Icarus-21097050858087920245213802267493 | 05/01/08
re: Ignorance?  rtk | 05/01/08
Seat belts are annoying  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 05/02/08
Disable UAC Tutorials  pcwizkid.tech.talk@... | 05/02/08
RE: Fixing Windows Vista, Part 2: Taming UAC  ddanboyle@... | 04/29/08
Good Article, But Vista Still A Loser  chessmen | 04/30/08
great article, Vista is a winner.  rtk | 04/30/08
i can tell chessmen you don't know much about vista have you ever used  SO.CAL Guy | 04/30/08
Vista  claymann39@... | 05/01/08
Have used... feel the same way.  Raymond Danner | 05/01/08
Message has been deleted.  evilkillerwhale@... | 04/30/08
Limited User Accounts  Jim1977 | 05/03/08
RE: Fixing Windows Vista, Part 2: Taming UAC  thad@... | 04/30/08
Want good support?  mwagner@... | 04/30/08
Excellent recommendation...!  Wolfie2K3 | 04/30/08
Dell is awful  snixon@... | 04/30/08
HP's business line is ok  t_mohajir | 05/01/08
Full of Crapware  jbaviera@... | 05/05/08
Dell? No thank you.  angrykeyboarder | 05/19/08
have you tried...  evilkillerwhale@... | 04/30/08
HP and Vista  davidpeace | 05/01/08
I love UAC, I love Ed too  qmlscycrajg | 04/30/08
Coding around the UAC  deaf_e_kate | 04/30/08
Hmm  TheTruthisOutThere@... | 04/30/08
Here's a bit more info  deaf_e_kate | 04/30/08
Not Bypassing  Jhaks | 04/30/08
Working exactly as intended  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 04/30/08
read my original post  deaf_e_kate | 04/30/08
Not an exploit  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 04/30/08
Is there a way...  Jhaks | 04/30/08
As far as I can tell, no can do  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 04/30/08
Jhaks you might try tweakUAC it keeps UAC on but with out the prompts  SO.CAL Guy | 04/30/08
Does the same as page 3 here  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 04/30/08
Maybe not  dprozzo | 05/02/08
Thanks for clarification on TweakUAC  Jim1977 | 05/03/08
Ok, I admit it - I'm crazy  crypt2121 | 04/30/08
No, not if ...  mwagner@... | 04/30/08
well said mwagner  SO.CAL Guy | 04/30/08
before bashing and all...  batres | 04/30/08
re: Ok, I admit it  Badgered | 04/30/08
LOL...nt  socialism=nowhere | 04/30/08
I agree - it bothers me very little if at all...  socialism=nowhere | 04/30/08
For those of use to Unix/Linux  alaniane@... | 04/30/08
errata  alaniane@... | 04/30/08
UAC is much more annoying in my book  stevey_d | 05/02/08
You actually proved my point  alaniane@... | 05/03/08
RE: Fixing Windows Vista, Part 2: Taming UAC  a_chameleon | 04/30/08
Yes, I document the registry edits  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 04/30/08
Registry keys lines too long  MauiMike | 04/30/08
Thanks for pointing that out - fixed now  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 04/30/08
If you do find UAC annoying in day-to-day use...  Jeremy W | 04/30/08
Actually, Redmond should have  alaniane@... | 04/30/08
Agreed ... but  softwareFlunky | 04/30/08
The reason Microsoft didn't do this earlier are likely...  ye | 04/30/08
Ye: I know why they didn't  alaniane@... | 05/01/08
To add to that  alaniane@... | 05/01/08
Were you being sarcastic?  ye | 05/01/08
Doesn't have to be sarcastic necessarily  alaniane@... | 05/01/08
You're not making sense.  ye | 05/01/08
Ye lookup hyperbole  alaniane@... | 05/01/08
moot point  stevey_d | 05/02/08
I know exactly what DOS  alaniane@... | 05/02/08
Before anyone else decides to go off  alaniane@... | 05/02/08
Go figure - - - - (rhetorical)  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 04/30/08
How is elevating via UAC any different than...  ye | 04/30/08
Excellent post, ye  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 04/30/08
What is the hole? And what is the better way?  ye | 05/01/08
Are you sure about that?  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 05/01/08
@b8375629: Yep. I sure am. And the links...  ye | 05/01/08
@b8375629: One other thing: You didn't answer...  ye | 05/01/08
Well explain it to me, then...  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 05/01/08
@b8375629:  ye | 05/01/08
Sill have questons  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 05/02/08
I suggested to Microsoft the following solution  stevey_d | 05/02/08
Go figure - - - - (rhetorical)  richdave | 04/30/08
There's a difference between  Kid Icarus-21097050858087920245213802267493 | 05/01/08
if you think the dialog is  rtk | 05/01/08
Uh no  Kid Icarus-21097050858087920245213802267493 | 05/01/08
How would you change it and still keep the system secure?  ye | 05/01/08
There is. The one that permits a single elevation...  ye | 05/01/08
I see, soooo....  Kid Icarus-21097050858087920245213802267493 | 05/01/08
I wouldn't know. When there's an OS that does that...  ye | 05/01/08
There already is  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 05/02/08
RE: Fixing Windows Vista, Part 2: Taming UAC  Nik Simpson | 04/30/08
Fixing Windows Vista, Part 2: Taming UAC?  Jeremy W | 04/30/08
So why do you continue to come here?  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 04/30/08
bozo filter  rtk | 04/30/08
Fortunately...  John L. Ries | 04/30/08
unfortunately  rtk | 04/30/08
Priceless  klumper | 04/30/08
roflcopter  rtk | 04/30/08
It was one for the ZDN ages  klumper | 04/30/08
ROFL ed i would say don't feed the troll but that needed to be said  SO.CAL Guy | 04/30/08
Vista  claymann39@... | 05/01/08
A perfect example of distortion  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 05/01/08
Do you believe everything Microsoft tells you?  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 05/01/08
Do you really believe made up statistics?  CobraA1 | 05/02/08
Who said that?  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 05/02/08
Microsoft research shows that 88% leave it turned on  Jeremy W | 05/02/08
If you don't believe a companies own research or reporting  rtk | 05/02/08
Well said, Jeremy W  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 05/02/08
Let's see...  Jeremy W | 05/02/08
Wow  rtk | 05/02/08
this isn't fixing;  nancyjones36507@... | 04/30/08
Re: this isn't fixing;  none none | 04/30/08
"it just works"  rtk | 04/30/08
you made me giggle  evilkillerwhale@... | 04/30/08
happy  batres | 04/30/08
and because of that,  davidpeace | 05/01/08
RE: Fixing Windows Vista, Part 2: Taming UAC  davidhayes | 04/30/08
RE: Fixing Windows Vista, Part 2: Taming UAC  rmelugin@... | 04/30/08
What Malicious Software Installation?  vincentclement1@... | 04/30/08
You could do that  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 04/30/08
I could do that  vincentclement1@... | 04/30/08
Try TweakUAC  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 04/30/08
Microsoft short sighted  Jim Johnson | 04/30/08
Re: Microsoft Short Sighted  vincentclement1@... | 04/30/08
RE: Fixing Windows Vista, Part 2: Taming UAC  jimdorval@... | 04/30/08
Good Intent Needs Other Considerations  isanna | 04/30/08
If UAC is bugging you all day long...  John L. Ries | 04/30/08
Additional thought  John L. Ries | 04/30/08
Good article, but I'm still puzzled  pikeman666 | 04/30/08
UAC is a great idea  Michael Kelly | 04/30/08
Taming UAC  danzig6 | 04/30/08
The symptoms you're pointing out  alaniane@... | 04/30/08
One more thing about Secure Desktop  sjh_vt | 04/30/08
Yes, agreed  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 04/30/08
Two questions  goyta | 04/30/08
Workaround  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 04/30/08
Just more silliness  Jeremy W | 05/03/08
Microsoft Hubris: The Beginning of the End  steven.g.kahn@... | 04/30/08
Re: Microsoft Hubris: The Beginning of the End  graham.lv | 04/30/08
RE: Fixing Windows Vista, Part 2: Taming UAC  cool_frood@... | 04/30/08
No  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 04/30/08
Choice  cool_frood@... | 04/30/08
You do have that option  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 04/30/08
Effect  cool_frood@... | 04/30/08
Because they tried to write to systemlocation  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 04/30/08
Ok  cool_frood@... | 04/30/08
I would expect  rtk | 04/30/08
'Please' don't  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 04/30/08
This is no problem in my world  ThePrairiePrankster | 04/30/08
Hmm....  Spiritusindomit@... | 04/30/08
Master Joe Says...  MasterJoe | 04/30/08
This is why...  John L. Ries | 04/30/08
What about USB appliances ?  Frank from Holland | 04/30/08
Easy way to tell  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 04/30/08
RE: Fixing Windows Vista, Part 2: Taming UAC  Island Gecko | 04/30/08
That;'s what I recommend  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 04/30/08
RE: Fixing Windows Vista, Part 2: Taming UAC  moses123 | 04/30/08
Run everything as root  John L. Ries | 04/30/08
This is exactly why  rtk | 04/30/08
Problem with Task Manager  jorjitop | 04/30/08
Is Task Manager already running?  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 04/30/08
No  jorjitop | 04/30/08
Repeated all instructions  jorjitop | 04/30/08
Several other people have tested  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 05/01/08
It is a notebook, Sony Vaio TZ  jorjitop | 05/01/08
TweakUAC.exe utility  joep1701 | 04/30/08
Sometimes it is necessary to disable UAC  jyin@... | 04/30/08
RE: Fixing Windows Vista, Part 2: Taming UAC  DonBurnett | 04/30/08
Other Vendors  snixon@... | 04/30/08
MAC recommends Vista  theo_durcan | 04/30/08
Prefect fix...  mikifinaz1@... | 04/30/08
RE: Fixing Windows Vista, Part 2: Taming UAC  atari8bit@... | 04/30/08
thanks Ed another informative post  marks055@... | 04/30/08
yup  rtk | 04/30/08
rtk is right  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 05/01/08
Vista online flash emulator:  maximv | 04/30/08
How to Fix a Windows computer?  as901 | 05/01/08
Hardly the solution  rtk | 05/01/08
Hmm, so do Windows updates install  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/01/08
Windows Update runs as a service  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 05/01/08
UAC is a crock!  Kid Icarus-21097050858087920245213802267493 | 05/01/08
You're running as admin  alaniane@... | 05/01/08
Right mind  beoz | 05/01/08
Some good advice!  CobraA1 | 05/01/08
So get microsoft to ship VIsta like this  stevey_d | 05/02/08
Not secure enough  CobraA1 | 05/02/08
so make it a third selectable option  stevey_d | 05/02/08
Agreed.  CobraA1 | 05/02/08
RE: Fixing Windows Vista, Part 2: Taming UAC  tomtyi1 | 05/02/08
Microsoft's REAL problems...  Narg | 05/02/08
RE: Fixing Windows Vista, Part 2: Taming UAC  jes1831 | 05/02/08
Where'd you get that idea?  rtk | 05/02/08
That's a load of bull  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 05/03/08
Funny  rtk | 05/03/08
Wrong again  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 05/03/08
RE: Fixing Windows Vista, Part 2: Taming UAC  Striikor | 05/03/08
RE: Fixing Windows Vista, Part 2: Taming UAC  mjn31@... | 05/03/08
UAC Prompt Gone But Now UAC Is Off  dhamilt01@... | 05/04/08
RE: Fixing Windows Vista, Part 2: Taming UAC  Andrej.G. | 05/05/08
Taming unwanted UAC that say,"Continue anyway!"  rtirman37@... | 05/05/08
RE: Fixing Windows Vista, Part 2: Taming UAC  angrykeyboarder | 05/19/08
RE: Fixing Windows Vista, Part 2: Taming UAC  femmdraven | 05/20/08

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