I was about to reply with exactly the same advice. :P That's what I do, every format, 1st thing, disable UAC.
2008/6/23 Olly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I highly recommend disabling UAC. Its job is pretty useless as it does not > ask for a password like the linux equivalent. > > To disable: > > Start > Control Panel > User Accounts > Turn user account control on or off > > uncheck the box. > > This does not disable any account/user stuff todo with file permissions or > stuff like that. It just sets it like XP. UAC is the first thing I disable > when installing vista. > > I'm sure if you look over the internet, you will see sooooo many people > turning UAC off. > > 2008/6/23 Brainstorm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I recently noticed that there are a few servers which seem to have > active-x > > controls in the MOTD. A nice flash-enabled motd might seem nice, but if > you > > do not have the proper controls installed it also causes a nice UAC popup > > (Vista) and eventually leads to hl2.exe being stuck on 100% cpu. > > > > > > > > Besides the obvious choice of not playing on those servers or installing > > the > > addon manually (or not running vista ^^), is there actually a way for > > end-users to avoid being asked to install an addon? The servers that I > saw > > did not try to do anything malicious, but just getting the popup or even > > crashing from the game is quite annoying. > > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > -- Arnold Schwarzenegger - "I have a love interest in every one of my films - a gun." _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
