Yup, I killed UAC on one of the machines I work with - although I've left it on for my home machine. I don't do nearly as much stuff at home that requires administrator privileges. I also find it's much more annoying on slower computers as there is a long delay for it to pop up.
Alister Christie Computers for People Ph: 04 471 1849 Fax: 04 471 1266 http://www.salespartner.co.nz PO Box 13085 Johnsonville Wellington John Bird wrote: > Thanks. > > As an aside if I do get onto Vista I will be fairly determined to NOT turn > off the UAC, as it is one of the features of Vista I really applaud....from > all those years of living on Unix servers where you had no choice - > certainly you never did routine user work logged in as root (administrator) > and it was a no-brainer once you got used to which directories were > protected and how permissions on files and folders worked. > > (On Unix it is so useful - For instance you didn't have to encrypt files to > keep them hidden - you just turned off the read attribute for anyone not in > the same group, or everyone other than the owner if you wanted them to be > really private). > > However it looks like MS have done a good job of making what is on > Unix/linux a simple idea for all users into a complicated system that most > people cannot figure out the subtleties of all the policies and inherited > permissions etc... > > I wonder how few Vista users do leave UAC turned on? That would be an > interesting figure. > > John > > John asked: > > >> Any issues running D2007 under Vista? - have it on XP Pro at present >> and looking to upgrade... >> > > Once I had Vista tweaked so it behaves largely like XP (i.e. minimising all > the unwanted "are you sure" type dialogs), I've found it perfectly > acceptable for D2007 and other work. > > In other words, if you have a Vista machine (or are feeling compelled to > actively cover Vista), go ahead and put D2007 on it. > > If you are getting a new machine and still feel you have a viable choice of > XP, you may prefer to stick with XP. > > >> Will be mainly writing for clients on XP, and I was wondering if there >> are any issues with either XP/Vista themes or fonts the IDE uses. >> > > Not that I have noticed. I have not tried to actively impose Vista- style > themes on the apps in any way. > > >> Also any install issues. (I tend to put my source folders in a >> separate root level folder, not under Documents and Settings on XP) >> > > Ditto, and yes, same story. > > cheers, > peter > > =========================================== > Peter Hyde, Development Director > * http://TurboNote.com -- top-rated onscreen sticky notes > * TCompress components for Delphi: http://webcentre.co.nz > > > > _______________________________________________ > NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list > Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz > Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > Unsubscribe: send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with Subject: > unsubscribe > > _______________________________________________ > NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list > Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz > Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > Unsubscribe: send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with Subject: unsubscribe > > _______________________________________________ NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi Unsubscribe: send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with Subject: unsubscribe
