At 05:10 PM 06/05/2009, quantiworks wrote:
>Tom, > >Do you run Vista as an admin? To be honest, I don't know what my access is. I am the first and only user and the machine came brand-new from the dealer. I even had to activate Vista myself. If we were talking about XP, I would say the answer to your question is yes, but since this is Vista - and I have all of 3 days' experience with it so far - I have to say that I'm not sure if I'm an administrator or not. >If you run as a limited user, then take a look at the software I >mentioned here: > ><http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/power-pro/message/35369>http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/power-pro/message/35369 > >I've been using it on XP with my LUA account but it works with Vista too. I don't know what LUA is or means. >See if it makes your interaction with that OS easier. >I'm loving it, whatever I need to elevate is painlessly simple and >very comfortable to use. I'm trying to resist the urge to add too many things to this system too quickly. I need to get a feel for how it works under normal conditions - i.e., simply using applications, not adding them. I'm even more confused by what Vista's UAC allows and doesn't allow. For instance, I'm writing this message in Eudora, which I've used for years. Every time I launch it, I get asked for confirmation to let it run - even though I use it dozens of times a day. OTOH, I have installed other programs that run at startup and Vista hasn't made a single noise about them. I have discovered that the Vista I have (Home Premium) is not equivalent to XP Pro, even though I told the store that built the computer for me that this was a priority concern for me. I'm afraid that I'm going to discover that there are things that I will never be able to do in Vista Home Premium that I was accustomed to doing in XP Pro. A prime example of this is the Policy Editor which I've already discovered I don't have. I suspect - but have no proof of so far - that the UAC is something I'm going to have to live with, or else disable it altogether (which I've already found out how to do). I would prefer to work with UAC than without it, but there's a limit to the loss of functionality that I will put up with. Cheers, Tom [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
