Yes, you can turn User Account Controls off. It's what causes those warnings, and is the first thing I turn off on a Vista machine. It can be accessed via the User Accounts control panel (In Classic View, I'm not sure which it comes under on the idiot view default for Control panel in Vista)
-Adam On 12/23/07, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Godfrey DiGiorgi" > Subject: Re: OT: The modern world confuses me > > > > > > > I think Microsoft is doing a great job of that themselves with the > > Vista release. ;-) > > Talking about that..... > Is there any way of configuring Vista to not treat the user like they have > the brains of a 3 year old polyheaded moron? > I was trying to get a Vista machine running on our network a couple of days > ago (I eventually succeeded), but every step of the way I was informed that > continuing down the path I had chosen would have dire consequenses, and did > I really want to cause worldwide strife? > I realize that MS has pretty much been forced into over the top security, > but surely there must be a way to shut that part off and get the machine to > treat you like an adult. > > William Robb > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.