--- Tom Hall wrote: > To be honest, I don't know what my access is. (...) I have to say that I'm > not sure if I'm an administrator or not.
Go to control panel and see under user accounts which one you have, it probably is an Admin account. In doubt, check here where to look: http://www.vista4beginners.com/Manage-User-Accounts > I don't know what LUA is or means. LUA stands for "Limited User Account" > 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 respect that but believe me that you won't regret, it puts UAC to shame, you don't need to turn UAC off, they can live together side by side without any conflicts, however I'd suggest reading how to set it up because I don't have Vista and can't help here. If you do feel lost with it, then I'll look that info for you. > 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. Since I don't have Vista, I hope someone helps you on that doubts. > I have discovered that the Vista I have (Home Premium) is not > equivalent to XP Pro, (...) > 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. Again, hope someone clarifies that up for you. You can live with UAC but the general feedback all around is resumed in one word: Annoying. In Windows 7, it seems they have tweaked it to became less annoying but I can't say anything about that without using the OS.
