Stripping Vista

[Reddwarf]

Can someone please point me to a guide or How-To get rid of all that annoying microsoft-babysitting-security in Vista, all that "do you really want to do this" asking is killing my patience.

Thanks

[Lindsay]

Easy. Open up control panel/user accounts. Select the user and you will find an option to turn UAC off. Mine has been off since I got Vista Feb 2007.

[naador]

Go to control panel, switch to classic view if not already switched, go to "User Accounts", click on "Turn User Account Control on or off", un-check the check box, click ok, reboot.

[Reddwarf]

Thanks a lot, with all this verification and confirmation on should think I was about to launch a multi-warhead nuclear attack-missile instead of just running the Tuning Assistant...

[BigMoose]

Is there any way to stop it moaning at you every reboot that you've turned UAC off (popup help thing)? It's far less annoying than UAC itself, but still....

[HtV]

I guess you can turn the popups off in windows-config-safetycentre, or something like that, I had to translate from dutch to english. That's where you turn off the pop-ups for having no firewall or no antivirus aswell.

Hans

[Reddwarf]

I just have to say this:

The GBPVR community must be one of the best in the world, really an example of international cooperation that others should look to and follow

[griffy]

Just remember if your 'Internet Banking' etc is effected your Bank will check your security setup before paying up :eek:

Better to just install programs on drive 'C' outside of 'programs' folder. Windows adds extra protection to the 'programs' folder (to stop the obvious).