Maybe that was is, although it's hard to see how that would happen. I guess my only way to know is to nuke it all and start over.
But then I would have to deal with UAC all over again. I don't mind it on my Ubuntu box but man is it annoying on Vista. How is it that Microsoft can take a concept that has been around *NIX since the dawn of the computer age and still manage to make it horribly annoying and obtrusive? ---- Brian On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 2:14 PM, Greg Sevart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you used an unsupported third-party utility to generate a custom Vista > image, then who knows what potential issues you could have. Good luck. > There's a reason it's unsupported. > > If UAC is disabled and your account is an administrator, my guess is that > vlite screwed up something. It sure didn't play well with SP1, at least > initially. > > Greg > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Weeden > > Sent: Friday, August 15, 2008 12:58 PM > > To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com > > Subject: Re: [H] Another Vista annoyance > > > > I thought of that but UAC was already off. One of the beauties of > > creating > > a custom Vista install with vlite is to set it off by default from the > > very > > beginning. > > > > ---- > > Brian > > > > On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 1:49 PM, Beave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Brian, > > > > > > You could try temporarily turning off the UAC in Users part of > > Control > > > Panel and see if that helps. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Tim "The Beave" Lider > > > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > AIM: dowbeave > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Weeden > > > Sent: Friday, August 15, 2008 9:13 AM > > > To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com > > > Subject: Re: [H] Another Vista annoyance > > > > > > Okay this is just frustrating. I used "net user administrator > > > /active:yes" to enable the hidden real admin account at a command > > > prompt and got a success message. So I logged off and logged back in > > > as administrator, but the stupid startup and recovery settings STILL > > > says I'm not part of a group that is allowed to make changes. > > > > > > WTF? This is a fresh Vista install from just 2 days ago. > > > > > > ---- > > > Brian > > > > > > On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 9:54 AM, FORC5 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Vista Admin's ( log on) do not have full authority > > > > may be able to right click/run as/administrator to get there. not > > in > > > front of the vista box at the moment. > > > > > > > > lame > > > > fp > > > > > > > > At 05:02 AM 8/15/2008, Brian Weeden Poked the stick with: > > > >>I'm trying to modify my startup and recovery settings in the > > advanced > > > part > > > >>of the system config panel and it won't let me. Says I need to be > > an > > > >>administrator. But both user accounts I tried it from ARE > > > administrators. > > > >> > > > >>What gives? > > > >> > > > >>---- > > > >>Brian > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Tallyho ! ]:8) > > > > Taglines below ! > > > > -- > > > > You tell 'em Custard Pie, you've got the crust. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Tim "The Beave" Lider > > > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > AIM: dowbeave > > > > > >
