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- Disable Vista's User Account Control prompts while protecting your system
- How careful are you?Most of us make our mistakes at 3 in the morning. What I'm trying to say is that there are times and circumstances when even experts need to be protected from themselves. I'm not sure this solution is really a solution.RE: Disable Vista's User Account Control prompts...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), conceptual, UAC, User Account Control prompt, Disable Vista, User Account Control, TweakUAC, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2007-08-31
- Disable Vista's User Account Control prompts while protecting your system
- You may have already disabled Windows Vista's User Account Control UAC in order to avoid its regular "Windows needs your permission to continue" prompts. The only problem with disabling UAC is that once you turn it off, the doors are wide open for inadvertent mistakes or unauthorized changes that can...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Dialog Box, Greg Shultz
- Blog posts 2007-08-30
Additional Resources
- How do I... Disable services in Windows Vista?
- Never Disable first, always set to Manual"Depending on what you need to do, disabling unnecessary services in Vista can help your system boot faster and run better."True, but if you're not very careful about which services you do disable therefore preventing Vista from being able to use you could have...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), PrinceGaz, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2007-06-10
- How do I... Disable services in Windows Vista?
- Recently, TechRepublic published a list of Vista services and identified which ones can safely be disabled. Now, the question becomes this: How do you actually disable services in Vista? Scott Lowe offers this step-by-step look at how you can work with the Services Control Panel applet to manage Vista...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Scott Lowe, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software
- Download resources 2007-06-05
- Turning off Driver Signature Enforcement in Windows Vista Ultimate x64
- I know that when you have a driver installed that is not WHQL certified that Vista does not like it. To the point that you have to press F8 and disable the enforcement just to get Vista to boot. Of course then it will boot but you cannot use the...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, sbrown65@..., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate
- Discussion threads 2007-03-30
- Vista Companion (exe)
- VistaCompanion enables you to customize new features available in Windows Vista. With VistaCompanion you can disable or change various prompts displayed by Vista when certain actions are attempted on Vista and enable features in Vista which are disabled by default. A single button click will configure Vista features and modes...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, VistaCompanion, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software
- Software downloads 2007-03-15
- Windows Vista startup GUI
- Hi,How do I disable Windows Vista "Intel Inside" startup GUI.?From your descriptionThat is the splash screen for the BIOS, not Vista. Look in your BIOS to see if you have an option to disable it.
- Tags: BIOS, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), knmadan2004, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, GUI
- Discussion threads 2007-04-11
- Disable the fax feature in Vista
- Whenever my phone rings the computer thinks it's a fax. How do I fix this or disable this feature in Vista?
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), nu4ever, fax, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2007-04-30
- Windows Vista's firewall. (Ultimate) vs. Kasperskey Intenet Security
- I've been using Vista since it's release in January 2007. In this time I've been evaluating various Antivirus programs and the one I decided best was Kasperskey's Antivirus my opinion. Then I read about how Vista's firewall is not entirely trustworthy and I immediately shopped around for a firewall IS...
- Tags: Firewalls, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Network security, SECURITY, jjstccean@..., Microsoft Windows, firewall, Microsoft Windows Vista, KIS
- Discussion threads 2007-08-11
- Windows Vista - how do you disable the open in same browser for file types
- I am having a problem with excel and word files opening up in the browser instead of the actual program when clicking them on from a web site. There is an option in XP that will let you disable this (under Folder Options/File Types/Advanced) but I am not seeing this...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Web browsers, nettminder, Microsoft Windows Vista, Web browser, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2007-03-14
- Vista wireless problem using non-Broadcast SSID
- I'm unable to connect to the wireless network if I don't broadcast my SSID. It works fine under multiple XP laptops using Open WEP. Once I enable SSID broadcasting Vista connects fine and I can disable broadcasting again. The connection is maintained until I restart Vista. ...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Wi-Fi, xavier_fernandez@..., SSID, Microsoft Windows Vista, wireless
- Discussion threads 2007-03-16
- Windows Vista services that can be disabled
- One of the most effective ways to secure a Windows workstation is to turn off unnecessary services. This reference sheet lists the Windows Vista services, describes each one's function, specifies whether you can safely disable it, and outlines what will happen if you do. The list assumes the machine is...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software
- Download resources 2007-05-22
- How do I... Install Windows Vista in a dual-boot configuration along with Windows XP?
- Keep references to the two disks separateIf you have the two disk scenario with say XP on the first and Vista on the second then it's been my experience that you'll end up with booting of the Vista disk dependent upon the presence of the first.(I am an old mainframe...
- Tags: disk, steve.brunt@..., feedback, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP
- Discussion threads 2007-02-08
- Vista causing router resets
- My formerly reliable network has gone to $%#$ thanks to Vista. Had W2K system wired, 4 XP systems (3 wireless, 1 wired) connexting to a D-Link614+ router. After swapping out the 3 wireles systems for Vista systems, the network connection keeps resetting every couple of minutes or sometimes every 10-15...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Routers & switches, NETWORKING, sclemmer@..., Microsoft Windows Vista, router, Vista System, wireless
- Discussion threads 2007-10-01
- Customizing User Access Control in Windows Vista
- In my previous post, I gave you a brief introduction of User Access Control UAC in Windows Vista. In this post, I am going to show you how to customize UAC if applicable. Click Start | Run | secpol.msc Figure A. Next, expand Local Policies, Security Options| User Account Control...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, User Access Control
- Blog posts 2006-05-23
- Disable Vista from "autosorting" new files I paste in a folder?
- New to Vista Home Premium from XP Home and I've found a head-scratcher.When I copy a bunch of photos or any kind of file to a folder in Vista, it "auto" sorts the files immediately. In XP, it used to just leave the newest files at the end of...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP, adlion94@..., Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2007-05-29
- How do I disable Windows Vista allocating system RAM for video
- I just bought an AMD Radeon X1650 PRO AGP 512MB DDR Video Card and installed it with the latest drivers in my Windows Vista Ulimate PC with 2 GB of system RAM.I tested this new card's performance and was disappointed to find that it is slower than the original Radeon...
- Tags: Corporate communications, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Video cards, solar2go@..., Microsoft Windows Vista, video, video card, RAM, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2007-08-13
- Vista ready-boost function...
- I've been looking around for a way to disable Vista's ready boost feature. All I have come up with are recommendations against doing so.Is it possible to do this without crippling the system, and if so how do I go about it?It is causing me some problems related to...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), boxfiddler, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2007-08-18
- How do I turn Windows Vista features on or off?
- In continuing my conversation from yesterday's post, "How do I disable the Window Vista sidebar?" let's explore how to remove even more of Windows Vista hungry resources. From the Start orb, type Program and Features in the instant search field and select Turn Windows features on or...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Steven Warren
- Blog posts 2008-04-16
- How-to videos: Yes or No?
- Over the past few weeks, we've published a few downloadable WMV videos. The videos show you how to perform a variety of Windows and Office hacks and give you glimpse of Windows Vista. Currently the videos are only being offered as downloads, but we're in the proccess of developing an...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, video
- Blog posts 2006-04-06
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